Rohaniya Assembly constituency

Rohaniya is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the town of Rohaniya in the Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is a Patel dominant seat. The constituency number is 387. Rohaniya is one of five assembly constituencies in the Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1] Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 387 amongst 403 constituencies.

Rohaniya
Constituency No. 387 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Varanasi
Total electors	3,91,609 (2019)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sunil Patel
Party	Apna Dal (Soneylal)
Elected year	2022

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[2]	Party
Till 2012 : Constituency did not exist
2012	Anupriya Patel		Apna Dal
2014^	Mahendra Singh Patel		Samajwadi Party
2017	Surendra Narayan Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2022	Sunil Patel		Apna Dal (Soneylal)

^ By-Poll

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rohaniya^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AD(S)	Sunil Patel	118,663	48.08
	AD(K)	Abhay Patel	72,191	29.25
	BSP	Arun Singh Patel	26,356	10.68
	INC	Rajeshwar Patel	16,785	6.80
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,967	1.20
Majority			46,472	18.83
Turnout
	AD(S) gain from BJP		Swing

2017

Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Surendra Narayan Singh belonging to the Bhumihar community, won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Mahendra Singh Patel by a margin of 57,553 votes.^[4]

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rohaniya^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Surendra Narayan Singh	119,885	51.28
	SP	Mahendra Singh Patel	62,332	26.66
	BSP	Pramod Kumar Singh	30,531	13.06
	IND.	Krishna Patel	9,549	4.08
	IND.	Parvati Devi	2,926	1.25
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,190	0.94
Majority			57,553	24.62
Turnout			2,33,784	61.64
	BJP gain from SP		Swing

2014 By-election

By Election, 2014: Rohaniya

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Mahendra Singh Patel	76,121	40.83
	AD	Krishna Patel	61,672	33.08
	Independent	Ramakant Singh	30,078	16.13
	INC	Dr. Bhawana Patel	3,207	1.72
	SBSP	Shiv Lal Yadav	2,599	1.39
	NOTA	None of the Above	941	0.50
Majority			14,449	7.75
Turnout			1,86,402	51.12
	SP gain from AD		Swing

2012

U. P. Legislative Assembly Elections, 2012: Rohaniya

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AD	Anupriya Patel	57,812	30.22
	BSP	Ramakant Singh	40,229	21.03
	SP	Manoj Rai Dhoopchandi	26,091	13.64
	BJP	Sanjay Rai	18,504	9.67
	INC	Hira Lal Maurya	18,213	9.52
	SBSP	Abhay Patel	16,138	8.44
Majority			17,583	9.19
Turnout			1,91,295	60.35
	AD win (new seat)

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
2. "Rohaniya Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
3. "State Election, 2022 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
4. "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
5. "State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

External links

• "Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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