| Soraon | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 255 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Prayagraj |
| Total electors | 3,65,758 (2017) |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Samajwadi Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Soraon is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Soraon in the Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]
Soraon is one of five assembly constituencies in the Phulpur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 255 amongst 403 constituencies.
Samajwadi Party candidate Geeta Shastri won defeating Apna Dal (Sonelal) candidate Jamuna Prasad Saroj by a margin of 5,914 votes[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Geeta Shastri | 91474 | 40.99 | ||
| AD(S) | Jamuna Prasad Saroj | 85660 | 38.48 | ||
| BSP | Anand Bharti | 29250 | 13.11 | ||
| INC | Manoj Kumar Pasi | 2027 | 0.91 | ||
| NOTA | NOTA | 1712 | 0.77 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| SP gain from AD(S) | Swing | ||||
Apna Dal (Sonelal) candidate Jamuna Prasad won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Geeta Devi by a margin of 17,735 votes. In 2012 Samajwadi Party candidate Satyaveer Munna won the Soraon Vidhan Sabha seat.[4]