Kerakat Assembly constituency

Kerakat is one of five assembly constituencies in the Machhlishahr Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 372 amongst 403 constituencies.

Kerakat
Constituency No. 372 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Jaunpur
Total electors	4,16,720
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Toofani Saroj
Party	Samajwadi Party
Elected year	2022

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[1]	Party
1957	Ram Samjhawan		Indian National Congress
	Lal Bahadur
1962	Ram Samjhawan
1967
1969	Ram Sagar		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1974	Ram Samjhawan		Indian National Congress
1977	Shambhu Nath		Janata Party
1980	Ram Samjhawan		Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Gajraj Ram		Indian National Congress
1989	Raj Pati		Janata Dal
1991	Somaru Ram Saroj		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Jagarnath Chaudhary		Bahujan Samaj Party
1996	Ashok Sonker		Bharatiya Janata Party
2002	Somaru Ram Saroj
2007	Biraju Ram		Bahujan Samaj Party
2012	Gulab Chandra Saroj		Samajwadi Party
2017	Dinesh Choudhary		Bharatiya Janata Party
2022	Tufani Saroj		Samajwadi Party

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kerakat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Toofani Saroj	94,022	39.13
	BJP	Dinesh Choudhary	84,178	35.04
	BSP	Dr. Lal Bahadur	51,633	21.49
	INC	Rajesh Gautam	2,688	1.12
	VIP	Pappu	2,590	1.08
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,147	0.89
Majority			9,844
Turnout
	SP gain from BJP		Swing

2017

Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Dinesh Choudhary, won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Sanjaj Saroj by a margin of 15,259 votes.^[2]

History

The first Member of Kerakat legislative Assembly is Lal Bahadur INC and Parmeshari INC.

Ward/Area

Kerakat, Chandwak, Dobhi, Muftiganj, Huruhuri, Ratanupur, Parauganj, Thanagaddi Deokali, Itaili, Hebhal etc.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1957	Ram Samjhawan	Indian National Congress
	1957	Lal Bahadur	Indian National Congress
	1962	Ram Samjhawan	Indian National Congress
	1967	Ram Samjhawan	Indian National Congress
	1969	Ram Sagar	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
	1974	Ram Samjhawan	Indian National Congress
	1977	Shambhu Nath	Janata party
	1980	Ram Samjhawan	Indian National Congress
	1985	Gajraj Ram	Indian National Congress
	1989	Raj Pati	Janata Dal
	1993	Jagarnath Chaudhary	Bahujan Samaj Party
	1996	Ashok Sonker	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2002	Somaru Ram	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2007	Biraju Ram	Bahujan Samaj Party
	2012	Gulab Chandra Saroj	Samajwadi Party
	2017	Dinesh Chaudhary	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2022	Tufani Saroj	Samajwadi Party

See also

First Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh