Kapilvastu Assembly constituency
Kapilvastu | |
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Constituency No. 303 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | North India |
State | Uttar Pradesh |
District | Siddharthnagar |
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
From | Term | Name | Party |
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2012 | 16th Vidhan Sabha | Vijay Kumar | Samajwadi Party |
2017 | 17th Vidhan Sabha | Shyam Dhani | Bhartiya Janata Party |
2022 | 18th Vidhan Sabha | Shyam Dhani | Bhartiya Janata Party |
Election results
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Shyam Dhani | 1,14,082 | 49.07 | 27.26 | |
SP | Vijay Kumar | 75,928 | 24.31 | 16.88 | |
BSP | Chandra Bhan | 37,166 | 15.98 | 0.95 | |
NOTA | None Of The Above | 2,623 | 1.13 | 1.13 | |
Remainder 3 candidates | 5,330 | 2.27 | |||
Majority | 38,154 | 16.23 | 3.16 | ||
Turnout | 2,35,172 | 54.61 | 5.04 | ||
BJP gain from SP | Swing | 0.65 |
16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SP | Vijay Kumar | 78,344 | 41.19 | 41.19 | |
BJP | Sri Ram Chauhan | 41,474 | 21.81 | 21.81 | |
BSP | Patturam Azad | 32,204 | 16.93 | 16.93 | |
INC | Kailash Prasad | 11,554 | 6.07 | 6.07 | |
Independent | Manju Devi | 8,776 | 4.61 | 4.61 | |
Independent | Anil Kumar | 4,479 | 2.35 | 2.35 | |
PECP | Motilal Vidyarthi | 3,510 | 1.85 | 1.85 | |
Independent | Shiv Dayal | 1.895 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Remainder 8 candidates | 7,960 | 4.19 | |||
Majority | 36,870 | 19.39 | 19.39 | ||
Turnout | 1,90,196 | 49.56 | |||
SP win (new seat) |