Mohammadabad Assembly constituency

Mohammadabad is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly,[1] and a segment of Ballia Lok Sabha constituency, covering the city of Mohammadabad (also spelled Muhammadabad) in the Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It should not be confused with the assembly segment Muhammadabad-Gohna which falls under Ghosi Lok Sabha seat in Mau district.

Mohammadabad
Constituency for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictGhazipur
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartySamajwadi Party
Elected year2022

Mohammadabad is one of five assembly constituencies in the Ballia Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 378 amongst 403 constituencies.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Picture Party
1957Raghubir and Sarju Pande Communist Party of India
1985Afzal AnsariAfzalansarimp Communist Party of India
1989
1991
1993
1996 Samajwadi Party
2002Krishnanand Rai Bharatiya Janata Party
2006^Alka Rai Bharatiya Janata Party
2007Sibgatullah Ansari Samajwadi Party
2012
2017 Alka Rai Bharatiya Janata Party
2022 Suhaib Ansari Samajwadi Party

^ = (by-poll) after Krishnanand Rai was murdered in 2005, His wife Alka Rai won.

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Mohammadabad[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Suhaib Ansari 111,443 45.26 new
BJP Alka Rai 92,684 37.64 Decrease15.44
BSP Madhvendra Rai 32,440 13.18 Decrease25.68
Jan Adhikar Party Sanjay Singh Kushwaha 2,522 1.02
INC Dr. Arvind Roy 2,458 1.00
NOTA None of the Above 1,567 0.64
Majority 18,759
Turnout
SP gain from BJP Swing

2017

  • Alka Rai (BJP) : 122,156 votes[3]
  • Sibgatulla Ansari (BSP) : 89,429 (Lost by 32,727 votes)

1977 Vidhan Sabha Elections

  • Ram Janam Rai (JNP) : 22,371 votes [4]
  • Krishna Nand Rai (INC) : 20,378 (He was not the same person as 2002 winner from this seat.)

References

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