Allahabad South Assembly constituency

Allahabad South
Constituency No. 263 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictPrayagraj
LS constituencyAllahabad
Total electors399,776(2019)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2022

Allahabad South is one of five assembly constituencies in the Allahabad Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 263 amongst 403 constituencies.

Currently this seat belongs to Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi who won in last Assembly election of 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Raish Chandra Shukla by a margin of 26,182 votes.[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year Member[2] Party
1957 Kalyan Chandra Mohiley Praja Socialist Party
1962
1967 Samyukta Socialist Party
1969 Ram Gopal Sand Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1974 Satya Prakash Malaviya Bharatiya Kranti Dal
1977 Janata Party
1980 Satish Chandra Jaiswal Indian National Congress (I)
1985 Indian National Congress
1989 Keshari Nath Tripathi Bharatiya Janata Party
1991
1993
1996
2002
2007 Nand Gopal Gupta Bahujan Samaj Party
2012 Haji Parvej Ahmad Samajwadi Party
2017 Nand Gopal Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party
2022

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prayagraj South[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Nand Gopal Gupta 97,864 54.14 Increase1.61
SP Raish Chandra Shukla 71,682 39.66 Increase3.28
BSP Devendra Mishra 4,208 2.33 Decrease4.54
AIMIM Mohammad Farhan 1,533 0.85 Increase0.36
AAP Dr. Altaf Ahmad[4] 1,115 0.62 New
NOTA None of the Above 831 0.46 Increase0.09
Majority 26,182 14.48 Decrease1.67
Turnout 1,80,745
BJP hold Swing

2017

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prayagraj South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Nand Gopal Gupta (Nandi) 93,011 52.53
SP Haji Parvez Ahmad (Tanki) 64,424 36.38
BSP Masooq Khan 12,162 6.87
PECP Aqeelur Rahman 872 0.49
AIMIM Syed Afzaal Muzib 868 0.49
NOTA None of the Above 665 0.37
Majority 28,587 16.15
Turnout 1,77,087 45.16
BJP gain from SP Swing

2012

2012 Uttar Pradesh state assembly election: Prayagraj South[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Haji Parvez Ahmad (Tanki) 43,040 29.44
BSP Nand Gopal Gupta (Nandi) 42,626 29.16
BJP Keshari Nath Tripathi 33,399 22.85
INC Ch. Jitendra Nath Singh 19,121 13.08
PECP Mohd. Julfikar Khan 4,092 2.80
Majority 414 0.28
Turnout 1,46,174 45.05
SP gain from BSP Swing

References

  1. ^ "Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election result: Prayagraj South". ECI. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Allahabad South Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election result: Prayagraj South". ECI. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  4. ^ Bhandari, Shashwat (16 January 2022). "AAP announces 150 candidates for UP elections 2022 | Check complete list". indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  5. ^ "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

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