| Gauriganj | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Amethi |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Samajwadi Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Gauriganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Gauriganj in the Amethi district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]
Gauriganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 185 amongst 403 constituencies.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Rakesh Pratap Singh | 79,040 | 38.96 | ||
| BJP | Chandraprakash Mishra Matiyari | 72,077 | 35.53 | ||
| INC | Fateh Bahadur | 28,964 | 14.28 | ||
| BSP | Ramlakhan | 9,872 | 4.87 | ||
| Jansatta Dal (L) | Chaudhary Nafees Ahamad | 7,056 | 3.48 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,920 | 0.95 | ||
| Majority | 6,963 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| SP hold | Swing | ||||
Samajwadi Party candidate Rakesh Pratap Singh won in 2017 defeating Indian National Congress candidate Mohammad Nayem by a margin of 26,419 votes.[2] On 31 October 2021, Singh resigned from the 17th Uttar Pradesh Assembly citing "non-fulfilment of promises" by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party government.[3]