Vishwanathganj Assembly constituency

Vishwanathganj
Constituency No. 247 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictPratapgarh
Total electors3,99,623
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Jeet Lal Patel
PartyApna Dal (Sonelal)
Elected year2022

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

Vishwanathganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Pratapgarh Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 247 amongst 403 constituencies.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member[2] Party
Till 2012 : Constituency did not exist
2012 Raja Ram Samajwadi Party
2014^ Rakesh Kumar Verma Apna Dal
2017 Apna Dal (Soneylal)
2022 Jeet Lal Patel

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vishwanathganj[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AD(S) Jeet Lal Patel 86,829
SP Saurabh Singh 38,777
Independent Sanjay Pandey 22,962
Jan Adhikar Party Mohd Ashfaq 20,271
INC Prashant Singh 1,933
AAP Pankaj Pal[4] 1,484
Majority 48,052
Turnout
AD(S) hold Swing

2017

Apna Dal (Sonelal) candidate Rakesh Kumar Verma won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating INC candidate Sanjay Pandey by a margin of 23,358 votes.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Vishwanathganj Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ^ "State Election, 2022 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 March 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. ^ "State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  6. ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH" (PDF). Eci.nic.in.

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