Raniganj, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency

Raniganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Raniganj in the Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]

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

Raniganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Pratapgarh Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 250 amongst 403 constituencies. Dr RK Verma from Samajwadi Party is current MLA.

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Raniganj[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Dr. R K Verma 75,583 40.05
BJP Abhay Kumar (Dheeraj Ojha) 72,934 38.65
BSP Ajay Yadav 21,411 11.35
AIMIM Anil Kumar 11,748 6.23
NOTA None of the Above 1,139 0.60
INC Abdul Wahid 1,085 0.57
Rest of the candidates ~4,500 2.30
Majority 2,649
Turnout
SP gain from BJP Swing

2017

Bharatiya Janta Party's Dhiraj Ojha won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Shakeel Ahmad Khan by a margin of 9,009 votes.[3]

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