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Kerakat Assembly constituency

Coordinates: 25°38′N 82°55′E / 25.64°N 82.92°E / 25.64; 82.92
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Kerakat
Constituency No. 372 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictJaunpur
Total electors4,16,720
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartySamajwadi Party
Elected year2022

Kerakat is one of five assembly constituencies in the Machhlishahr Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 372 amongst 403 constituencies.

Members of Legislative Assembly

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Year Member[1] Party
1957 Ram Samjhawan Indian National Congress
Lal Bahadur
1962 Ram Samjhawan
1967
1969 Ram Sagar Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1974 Ram Samjhawan Indian National Congress
1977 Shambhu Nath Janata Party
1980 Ram Samjhawan Indian National Congress (I)
1985 Gajraj Ram Indian National Congress
1989 Raj Pati Janata Dal
1991 Somaru Ram Saroj Bharatiya Janata Party
1993 Jagarnath Chaudhary Bahujan Samaj Party
1996 Ashok Sonker Bharatiya Janata Party
2002 Somaru Ram Saroj
2007 Biraju Ram Bahujan Samaj Party
2012 Gulab Chandra Saroj Samajwadi Party
2017 Dinesh Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party
2022 Tufani Saroj Samajwadi Party

Election results

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2022

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2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kerakat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Toofani Saroj 94,022 39.13
BJP Dinesh Choudhary 84,178 35.04
BSP Dr. Lal Bahadur 51,633 21.49
INC Rajesh Gautam 2,688 1.12
VIP Pappu 2,590 1.08
NOTA None of the Above 2,147 0.89
Majority 9,844
Turnout
SP gain from BJP Swing

2017

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Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Dinesh Choudhary, won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Sanjaj Saroj by a margin of 15,259 votes.[2]

History

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The first Member of Kerakat legislative Assembly is Lal Bahadur INC and Parmeshari INC.

Ward/Area

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Kerakat, Chandwak, Dobhi, Muftiganj, Huruhuri, Ratanupur, Parauganj, Thanagaddi Deokali, Itaili, Hebhal etc.


Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election Member Party
1957 Ram Samjhawan Indian National Congress
1957 Lal Bahadur Indian National Congress
1962 Ram Samjhawan Indian National Congress
1967 Ram Samjhawan Indian National Congress
1969 Ram Sagar Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1974 Ram Samjhawan Indian National Congress
1977 Shambhu Nath Janata party
1980 Ram Samjhawan Indian National Congress
1985 Gajraj Ram Indian National Congress
1989 Raj Pati Janata Dal
1993 Jagarnath Chaudhary Bahujan Samaj Party
1996 Ashok Sonker Bharatiya Janata Party
2002 Somaru Ram Bharatiya Janata Party
2007 Biraju Ram Bahujan Samaj Party
2012 Gulab Chandra Saroj Samajwadi Party
2017 Dinesh Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party
2022 Tufani Saroj Samajwadi Party

See also

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First Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh

References

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  1. ^ "Kerakat Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  2. ^ "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
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