Kapilvastu (Assembly constituency)

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Kapilvastu
Constituency of
Incumbent MLAShyam Dhani
Political PartyBharatiya Janta Party
Elected Year2017
Constituency Details
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictSiddharthnagar
ReservationSchedule Caste

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

Kapilvastu is one of five assembly constituencies in the Domariyaganj (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 303 amongst 403 constituencies.

Currently this seat belongs to Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Shyam Dhani who won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Vijay Kumar by a margin of 38,154 votes.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly[]

# Term Name Party From To Comments Ref
01 16th Vidhan Sabha Vijay Kumar Samajwadi Party March 2012 March 2017
02 17th Vidhan Sabha Shyam Dhani Bhartiya Janata Party March 2017 Incumbent

Election Results[]

17th Vidhan Sabha: 2017 General Elections[]

2017 General Elections: Kapilvastu (SC)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Shyam Dhani 1,14,082 49.07 Increase27.26
SP Vijay Kumar 75,928 24.31 Decrease16.88
BSP Chandra Bhan 37,166 15.98 Decrease0.95
NOTA None Of The Above 2,623 1.13 Increase1.13
Remainder 3 candidates 5,330 2.27 Steady
Majority 38,154 16.23 Decrease3.16
Turnout 2,35,172 54.61 Increase5.04
BJP gain from SP Swing Decrease0.65

16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections[]

2012 General Elections: Kapilvastu (SC)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Vijay Kumar 78,344 41.19 Increase41.19
BJP Sri Ram Chauhan 41,474 21.81 Increase21.81
BSP Patturam Azad 32,204 16.93 Increase16.93
INC Kailash Prasad 11,554 6.07 Increase6.07
Independent Manju Devi 8,776 4.61 Increase4.61
Independent Anil Kumar 4,479 2.35 Increase2.35
PECP Motilal Vidyarthi 3,510 1.85 Increase1.85
Independent Shiv Dayal 1.895 1.00 Increase1.00
Remainder 8 candidates 7,960 4.19 Steady
Majority 36,870 19.39 Increase19.39
Turnout 1,90,196 49.56 Steady
SP win (new seat)

References[]

  1. ^ "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 November 2018.


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