Kapilvastu Assembly constituency
| Kapilvastu | |
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| Constituency No. 303 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Siddharthnagar |
| Total electors | 4,52,988 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| Elected year | 2017 |
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.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Year | Member[1] | Party | |
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Till 2012 : Constituency did not exist
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| 2012 | Vijay Kumar | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Shyam Dhani | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | |||
Election results
[edit]2022
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Shyam Dhani | 122,940 | 48.72 | ||
| SP | Vijay Kumar | 92,001 | 36.46 | ||
| BSP | Kanhaiya Prasad | 26,662 | 10.57 | ||
| Sabka Dal United | Bhaggan | 2,698 | 1.07 | ||
| INC | Devendra Singh Guddu | 2,484 | 0.98 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,279 | 0.90 | ||
| Majority | 30,939 | 12.26 | |||
| Turnout | 252,356 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
[edit]Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Shyam Dhani won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Vijay Kumar by a margin of 38,154 votes.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| BJP | Shyam Dhani | 1,14,082 | 49.07 |  27.26
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| SP | Vijay Kumar | 75,928 | 24.31 |  16.88
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| BSP | Chandra Bhan | 37,166 | 15.98 | 0.95
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| NOTA | None Of The Above | 2,623 | 1.13 | 1.13
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| Remainder 3 candidates | 5,330 | 2.27 | 
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| Majority | 38,154 | 16.23 | 3.16
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| Turnout | 2,35,172 | 54.61 | 5.04
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| BJP gain from SP | Swing | 0.65
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16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| SP | Vijay Kumar | 78,344 | 41.19 | 41.19
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| BJP | Sri Ram Chauhan | 41,474 | 21.81 | 21.81
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| BSP | Patturam Azad | 32,204 | 16.93 | 16.93
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| INC | Kailash Prasad | 11,554 | 6.07 | 6.07
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| Independent | Manju Devi | 8,776 | 4.61 | 4.61
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| Independent | Anil Kumar | 4,479 | 2.35 | 2.35
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| PECP | Motilal Vidyarthi | 3,510 | 1.85 | 1.85
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| Independent | Shiv Dayal | 1.895 | 1.00 | 1.00
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| Remainder 8 candidates | 7,960 | 4.19 |
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| Majority | 36,870 | 19.39 | 19.39
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| Turnout | 1,90,196 | 49.56 |
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| SP win (new seat) | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Kapilvastu Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh 2022 Result". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
External links
[edit]- "Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.