Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency

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

Maharajganj
Constituency No. 318 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Maharajganj
Total electors	386,617 (in 2017)
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Jai Mangal Kanojiya
Party	Bharatiya Janta Party
Elected year	2022

Maharajganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Maharajganj Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 318 amongst 403 constituencies.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[1]	Party
1952	Ram Swaroop Mishra		Indian National Congress
	Rameshwar Prasad
1957	Amarnath Mishra		Independent
	Duryodhan
1962	Duryodhan		Socialist Party (India)
1967			Indian National Congress
1969	Hansraj		Bharatiya Kranti Dal
1974	Duryodhan		Indian National Congress
1977	Dukkhi Prasad		Independent
1980	Firangi Prasad Visharad		Janata Party (Secular)
1985	Ram Lakshan		Indian National Congress
1989	Keshav Prasad		Janata Dal
1991	Ram Pyare Azad		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Chandra Kishor
1996
2002
2007	Sripati Azad		Samajwadi Party
2012	Sudama Prasad
2017	Jai Mangal Kanojiya		Bharatiya Janata Party
2022

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Maharajganj^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jay Mangal	136,071	51.8	1.17
	Independent	Nirmesh Mangal	59,168	22.53
	SBSP	Geeta Ratna	22,395	8.53
	BSP	Omprakash	20,466	7.79	15.18
	AIMIM	Jitendra	7,751	2.95
	INC	Alok Prasad	5,865	2.23	18.08
	CPI	Ramkeval	2,814	1.07	0.5
	NOTA	None of the above	2,848	1.08	0.03
Majority			76,903	29.27	1.61
Turnout			262,672	63.45	0.49
	BJP hold		Swing

2017

Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Jai Mangal Kanojiya won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Nirmesh Mangal by a margin of 68,361 votes.^[3][4]

2017 Assembly Elections: Maharajganj (SC)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jai Mangal Kanojiya	125,154	50.63
	BSP	Nirmesh Mangal	56,793	22.97
	INC	Alok Prasad	50,217	20.31
	CPI	Ramkewal	3,886	1.57
	NISHAD	Sant Kirpal	3,604	1.46
	NOTA	None of the above	2,573	1.05
Majority			68,361	27.66
Turnout			247,216	63.94
	BJP gain from SP		Swing	12.05

2012

2012 Assembly Elections: Maharajganj (SC)^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Sudama	84,581	39.11
	BSP	Nirmesh Mangal	48,426	22.39
	BJP	Chandra Kishor	45,301	20.95
	INC	Alok Prasad	15,972	7.38
	PECP	Vishnu Dev	7,438	3.44
	CPI	Ramkewal	3,572	1.65
		Remaining 10 Candidates	10,991	5.08
Majority			36,155	16.72
Turnout			2,16,281	61.27
	SP hold		Swing