Gauriganj (Assembly constituency)

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Gauriganj
Constituency details
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictAmethi
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAVacant
PartySamajwadi Party
Elected year2017

Gauriganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Gauriganj in the Amethi district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[citation needed]

Gauriganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency) Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 185 amongst 403 constituencies.[citation needed]

Election results[]

2022[]

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election:
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Shiv Prasad Kashyap [1]

2017[]

Samajwadi Party candidate Rakesh Pratap Singh won in 2017 defeating Indian National Congress candidate Mohammad Nayem by a margin of 26,419 votes.[2] On 31 October 2021, Singh resigned from the 17th Uttar Pradesh Assembly citing "non-fulfilment of promises" by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party government.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Bhandari, Shashwat (16 January 2022). "AAP announces 150 candidates for UP elections 2022 | Check complete list". indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  3. ^ PTI (31 October 2021). "SP MLA Rakesh Pratap Singh resigns from U.P. Assembly alleging non-fulfilment of promises by BJP government". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 November 2021.


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