Chauri-Chaura (Assembly constituency)

Chauri-Chaura is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Chauri-Chaura in the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Chauri-Chaura
Assembly Constituency
DistrictGorakhpur
StateUttar Pradesh
Electorate3,39,854 (2017)
Current Assembly Constituency
Created2017
PartyBharatiya Janta Party
MLASangeeta Yadav
ReservationNone
Ex MLAJai Prakash Nishad (BSP)

Chauri-Chaura is one of five assembly constituencies in the Bansgaon (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 326 amongst 403 constituencies.

Currently this seat belongs to Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Sangeeta Yadav, who won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections by defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Manurojan Yadav by a margin of 45,660 votes.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly
# Term Member of Legislative Assembly Party From To Days Comment
0116th Vidhan SabhaJai Prakash NishadBahujan Samaj PartyMarch 2012March 20171,829[2]
0217th Vidhan SabhaSangeeta YadavBhartiya Janata PartyMarch 2017Incumbent1243[3]

Election Results
2017 Assembly Elections: Chauri-Chaura[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Sangeeta Yadav 87,863 45.63 32.36
SP Manurojan Yadav 42,203 21.92 4.78
BSP Jai Prakash Nishad 37,478 19.46 9.82
NISHAD Ishwar Chand 13,048 6.78 New
NCP Dudhnath Kewat 2,045 1.06 New
BMP Amar Singh Paswan 1,340 0.70 New
Independent Rakesh 1,268 0.66
NOTA None of the Above 1,150 0.60 New
Remaining 13 Candidates 7,329 3.78
Majority 45,660 23.56 11.43
Turnout 1,93,724 57.00 3.44
Registered electors 3,39,854
BJP gain from BSP Swing 16.35
2012 Assembly Elections: Chauri-Chaura[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BSP Jai Prakash Nishad 49,687 29.28
SP Anoop Kumar Pandey 29,086 17.14
BJP Vinay Kumar Singh 22,515 13.27
SBSP Nilesh 10,620 6.26
PECP Hari Lal 9,438 5.56
Independent Iswar Chand 9,378 5.53
Independent Keshav Nath 9,151 5.39
INC Madho Prasad 5,796 3.42
Remaining 23 Candidates 24,025 14.56
Majority 20,601 12.13
Turnout 1,69,696 53.56
BSP win (new seat)

References
  1. "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  2. "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  3. "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  4. "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  5. "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 8 June 2020.


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