Prayagraj West Assembly constituency

Prayagraj West is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Prayagraj West in the Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Prayagraj West
Constituency for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictPrayagraj
Total electors4,18,849 (2018)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janta Party
Elected year2022

Prayagraj West is one of five assembly constituencies in the Phulpur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 261 amongst 403 constituencies.

Currently this seat is represented by Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Siddharth Nath Singh who won in last Assembly election of 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Richa Singh by a margin of 29,873 votes.

Members of Legislative Assembly
Year Winner Party
1967 Chaudhary Naunihal Singh Indian National Congress[1]
1969 Habib Ahmad Independent[2]
1974 Tirath Ram Kohli Bharatiya Jan Sangh[3]
1977 Habib Ahmad Janata Party[4]
1979^ Chaudhary Naunihal Singh Indian National Congress (Indira)
1980 Chaudhary Naunihal Singh Indian National Congress (Indira)[5]
1985 Gopal Das Yadav Lok Dal[6]
1989 Atique Ahmad Independent[7]
1991 Atique Ahmad Independent[8]
1993 Atique Ahmad Independent[9]
1996 Atique Ahmad Samajwadi Party[10]
2002 Atique Ahmad Apna Dal[11]
2004^ Raju Pal Bahujan Samaj Party
2005^ Khalid Azim Samajwadi Party
2007 Pooja Pal Bahujan Samaj Party[12]
2012 Pooja Pal Bahujan Samaj Party[13]
2017 Sidharth Nath Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2022 Sidharth Nath Singh Bharatiya Janata Party

^ by poll

Election results

2022
2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prayagraj West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Siddharth Nath Singh 1,18,759 53.29% +10.25%
SP Richa Singh 88,826 39.86% +9.57%
BSP Gulam Qadir 7,626 3.42% -17.00%
INC Tasleem Uddin 2,288
NOTA None of the Above 1,514
Majority 29,873
Turnout 2,22,861
BJP hold Swing

2017 result
2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prayagraj West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sidharth Nath Singh 85,518 43.04 +37.55
SP Richa Singh 60,182 30.29 +19.87
BSP Pooja Pal 40,499 20.38 -19.73
Independent Hasan Akhlaq 4,018 2.02
NISHAD Syed Asaf 2,974 1.49
Independent Reeta Devi 1,000 0.50
RLD Sunil Kumar 999 0.50
Independent Rajendra Kumar 435 0.21
Independent Ganesh 368 0.18
VP Raj Kumar Srivastava 307 0.15
AVP Nadim Ahamad 280 0.14
Independent Nizamuddin 250 0.12
PGSP Dakkhini Prasad 203 0.10
NOTA None of the Above 1,659 0.83
Majority 25,336 12.75
Turnout 1,98,758 47.45
BJP gain from BSP Swing +28.64

2012 result
U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2012: Prayagraj West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BSP Pooja Pal 71,114 40.11
AD Atiq Ahmad 62,229 35.10
SP Jyoti Yadav 18,867 10.64
BJP Ramji Kesarwani 9,740 5.49
INC Ravi Prakash 4,933 2.78
Majority 8,885 5.01
Turnout 1,77,311 51.74
BSP hold Swing

2007 result
U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2007: Prayagraj West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BSP Pooja Pal 56,198 47.08
SP Khalid Azim 45,876 38.43
BJP Keshav Prasad Maurya 11,111 9.31
INC Syed Mohammad Shahab 2,110 1.76
Independent Sachin Sonkar 918 0.77
Majority 10,322 8.65
Turnout 1,19,355 34.05
BSP gain from SP Swing

2005 by-election
By Election, 2005: Prayagraj West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Khalid Azim 90,836 52.42
BSP Pooja Pal 77,453 44.69
BJP Lakshmi Shankar Ojha 1,410 0.82
Independent Vasudev 1,140 0.66
INC Sanjay Krishna Srivastava 660 0.38
Majority 13,383 7.73
Turnout 1,73,282 45.30
SP gain from BSP Swing

2004 by-election
By Election, 2004: Prayagraj West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BSP Raju Pal 70,533 47.16
SP Khalid Azim 65,715 43.94
BJP Keshav Prasad 6,116 4.09
INC Anshuman Singh 2,313 1.55
AD Syed Asaf 1,165 0.78
Majority 4,818 3.22
Turnout 1,49,555 40.08
BSP gain from AD Swing

References
  1. "1967 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  2. "1969 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  3. "1974 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  4. "1977 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  5. "1980 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  6. "1985 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  7. "1989 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  8. "1991 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  9. "1993 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  10. "1996 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  11. "2002 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  12. "2007 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  13. "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

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