Bara Assembly constituency

Bara is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Bara in the Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh, India.^[1]

Bara
Constituency No. 72 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Prayagraj
Total electors	325,412 (2019)
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dr. Ajai Kumar
Party	Bharatiya Janta Party
Elected year	2017

Bara is one of five assembly constituencies in the Prayagraj. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 264 amongst 403 constituencies.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
2002[2]	Udaibhan Karwaria		Bharatiya Janata Party
2007[3]
2012[4]	Ajai Kumar		Samajwadi Party
2017[5]			Bharatiya Janata Party
2022	Vachaspati[6]		Apna Dal

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bara^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AD(S)	Vachaspati	134,513	47.81
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,117	0.4
Majority
Turnout			281,373	75.58
	AD(S) gain from BJP		Swing

2017

Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Dr. Ajai Kumar won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Ajay by a margin of 34,053 votes.^[5]

2012

Samajwadi Party candidate Dr. Ajay Kumar defeated BJP candidate Vibhavnath Bharti.