Kaptanganj Assembly constituency

Kaptanganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Kaptanganj in the Basti district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1][2][3]

Kaptanganj
Constituency for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictBasti
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Kavindra Chaudhary
PartySamajwadi Party
Elected year2022

Kaptanganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Basti Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 308 amongst 403 constituencies.

Members of Legislative Assembly
# Term Member of Legislative Assembly Party From To Days Comment
0106th Vidhan SabhaRam LakhanIndian National CongressMarch 1974April 19771,153[4]
0207th Vidhan SabhaOm Prakash Alias Milan SinghJanata PartyJune 1977February 1980969
0308th Vidhan SabhaAmbika SinghIndian National CongressJune 1980March 19851,735
0409th Vidhan SabhaMarch 1985November 19891,725
0510th Vidhan SabhaKrishan Kinkar Singh RanaIndependentDecember 1989April 1991488
0611th Vidhan SabhaJune 1991December 1992533
0712th Vidhan SabhaRam Prasad ChaudharySamajwadi PartyDecember 1993October 1995693
0813th Vidhan SabhaBahujan Samaj PartyOctober 1996March 20021,967[4]
0914th Vidhan SabhaBhartiya Janta PartyFebruary 2002May 20071,902[4]
1015th Vidhan SabhaBahujan Samaj PartyMay 2007March 20121,762[4]
1116th Vidhan SabhaMarch 2012March 20171,829[4]
1217th Vidhan SabhaChandra Prakash ShuklaBhartiya Janata PartyMarch 2017March 2022-[4]

Election results

2022
2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kaptanganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Sanjay Kumar Chaudhery [5]

2017

This seat belonged to Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Chandra Prakash Shukla who won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Ram Prasad Chaudhary by a margin of 6,827 votes.[6]

2017 General Elections: Kaptanganj[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Chandra Prakash Shukla 70,527 35.40 Increase32.33
BSP Ram Prasad Chaudhary 63,700 31.97 Decrease4.08
INC Krishna Kinkar Singh Rana 60,142 30.19 Increase5.25
None of the Above None of the Above 1,898 0.95 Increase0.95
Remainder 5 candidates 4,857 2.41 Steady
Majority 6,827 3.39 Decrease2.53
Turnout 2,01,124 58.17 Decrease1.49
BJP gain from BSP Swing Decrease0.69

16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections
2012 General Elections: Kaptanganj[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BSP Ram Prasad Chaudhary 67,416 36.05 -
SP Trayambak Nath 56,346 30.13 -
INC Krishna Kinkar Singh Rana 46,636 24.94 -
BJP Ganesh Narayan Mishra 5,741 3.07
Remainder 11 candidates 10,853 5.80 -
Majority 11,070 5.92
Turnout 1,86,992 59.66
BSP hold Swing

References
  1. "KAPTANGANJ Election Result 2017, Uttar Pradesh". NDTV. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  2. "Kaptanganj Election Results 2017 Live: Chandra Prakash of BJP Wins". News18. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  3. "Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2017". Times Of India. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  4. "List of candidates for Kaptanganj Constituency". www.elections.in.
  5. Bhandari, Shashwat (16 January 2022). "AAP announces 150 candidates for UP elections 2022 | Check complete list". indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  6. "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  7. "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  8. "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

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