Khajani Assembly constituency

Khajani is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Khajani in Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Khajani
Constituency No. 325 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Total electors	3,80,081
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sriram Chauhan
Party	Bharatiya Janta Party
Elected year	2022

Khajani is one of five assembly constituencies in the Sant Kabir Nagar Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 325 amongst 403 constituencies.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
Till 2012 : Constituency did not exist
2012[1]	Sant Prasad		Bharatiya Janata Party
2017[2]
2022	Sriram Chauhan[3]

Election results

2022

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shriram Chauhan	90,210	45.37	7.3
	SP	Rupawati Beldar	53,109	26.71	4.3
	BSP	Vidyasagar	46,427	23.35	4.03
	INC	Rajani	2,197	1.1	1.38
	NOTA	None of the above	1,453	0.73	0.39
Majority			37,101	18.66	7.97
Turnout			198,828	52.31	0.79
	BJP hold		Swing

2017

Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Sant Prasad won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Rajkumar by a margin of 20,079 votes.^[4]

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election: Khajan^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sant Prasad	71,492	38.07
	BSP	Rajkumar	51,413	27.38
	SP	Rupawati Beldar	42,085	22.41
	NISHAD	Vidya Sagar	11,289	6.01
	INC	Commando Kamal Kishor	4,653	2.48
	NOTA	None of the above	2,085	1.12
Majority			20,079	10.69
Turnout			187,798	51.52