Katehari Assembly constituency

Katehari
Constituency No. 277 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictAmbedkar Nagar
LS constituencyAmbedkar Nagar
Total electors3,94,267
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP
AllianceNDA
Elected year2024
Preceded byLalji Verma

Katehari Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Katehari in the Ambedkar Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Katehari is one of five assembly constituencies in the Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha constituency.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member[2] Party
1957 Loknath Singh Indian National Congress
1962 Raghunath Singh Socialist Party
1967 Ramnarayan Tripathi Indian National Congress
1969 Bhagwati Prasad Shukla
1974
1977 Ravindra Nath Tewari Janata Party
1980 Jiya Ram Shukla Indian National Congress (I)
1985 Ravindranath Tewari Janata Party
1989 Janata Dal
1991 Anil Kumar Tewari Bharatiya Janata Party
1993 Ram Dev Verma Bahujan Samaj Party
1996 Dharamraj Nishad
2002
2007
2012 Shankhlal Majhi Samajwadi Party
2017 Lalji Verma Bahujan Samaj Party
2022 Samajwadi Party
2024^ Dharmraj Nishad Bharatiya Janata Party
  • ^ denotes by-election

Election results

2024 by-election

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election, 2024: Katehari[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dharmraj Nishad 104,091 45.57 New
SP Shobhawati Verma 69,577 30.46 Decrease7.32
BSP Amit Verma 41,647 18.23 Decrease5.39
ASP(KR) Rajesh Kumar 5,152 2.26 Increase1.87
Independent Govind Kumar 1,650 0.72 New
NOTA None of the Above 1,530 0.67 Increase0.07
Majority 34,514 15.11 Decrease12
Turnout 2,28,434
BJP gain from SP Swing

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Katehari[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Lalji Verma 93,524 37.78
NISHAD Avadhesh Kumar 85,828 34.67
BSP Prateek Pandey 58,482 23.62
INC Nishat Fatima 2,049 0.83
NOTA None of the Above 1,492 0.6
Majority 7,696 3.11
Turnout 2,47,560
SP gain from BSP Swing

2017

Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Lal ji Verma won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Awadhesh Kumar Dwiwedi by a margin of 6,287 votes.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Katehari Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ^ "Majhawan By elections 2024". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  4. ^ "State Election, 2022 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  6. ^ "State Election, 2012 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 April 2023.

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