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About Gauriganj Assembly Constituency
Gauriganj is constituency No. 185 of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly.
It is situated in Sultanpur district in Awadh region of the state. It comes under Amethi Lok Sabha constituency. It is an open constituency.
According to data with the Election Commission of India, Gauriganj has 3,09,472 registered voters. It comprises 1,64,245 male and 1,45,216 female registered voters and 11 voters in Others category.
The Samajwadi Party (SP) defeated the Congress by mere 503 votes in the 2012 Assembly elections. Rakesh Pratap Singh, the winning Samajwadi Party candidate, got 44,287 votes. The nearest contender was Mohammad Nayeem of the Congress who got 43,784 votes. The voter turnout was 58.76 %.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Gauriganj Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Gauriganj assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 2022 | 185 | Gauriganj | GEN | Rakesh Pratap Singh | M | SP | 79,040 | Chandra Prakash Mishra Matiyari | M | BJP | 72,077 |
| 2017 | 185 | Gauriganj | GEN | Rakesh Pratap Singh | M | SP | 77915 | Mohammad Nayeem | M | INC | 51496 |
| 2012 | 185 | Gauriganj | GEN | Rakesh Pratap Singh | M | SP | 44287 | Mohammad Nayeem | M | INC | 43784 |
| 2007 | 106 | Gauriganj | GEN | Chandra Prakash | M | BSP | 34386 | Mohd. Naim | M | INC | 28398 |
| 2003 | By Polls | Gauriganj | GEN | Jang Bahadur | M | BSP | 38722 | Fateh Bahadur | M | INC | 31222 |
| 2002 | 106 | Gauriganj | GEN | Noor Mohammad | M | INC | 29944 | Tej Bhan Singh | M | BJP | 29677 |
| 1996 | 122 | Gauriganj | GEN | Tej Bhan Singh | M | BJP | 35706 | Noor Mohammad | M | INC | 35104 |
| 1993 | 122 | Gauriganj | GEN | Tej Bhan Singh | M | BJP | 35028 | Sheo Hari Vijay | M | SP | 23750 |
| 1991 | 122 | Gauriganj | GEN | Tej Bhan Singh | M | BJP | 24606 | Rajpati Devi | F | INC | 24417 |
| 1989 | 122 | Gauriganj | GEN | Rajpati Devi | F | INC | 39716 | Tej Bhan Singh | M | BJP | 24504 |
| 1985 | 122 | Gauriganj | GEN | Rajpati Devi | F | INC | 26808 | Tej Bhan Singh | M | BJP | 23556 |
| 1980 | 122 | Gauriganj | GEN | Rajpati Devi | F | INC(I) | 24655 | Tej Bhan Singh | M | BJP | 13245 |
| 1977 | 122 | Gauriganj | GEN | Tej Bhan Singh | M | JNP | 15947 | Rajpati Devi | F | INC | 13188 |
| 1974 | 122 | Gauriganj | GEN | Rajpati Devi | F | INC | 22785 | Jamuna Prasad Shukla | M | BJS | 11058 |
| 1969 | 123 | Gauriganj | GEN | Rajpati Devi | F | INC | 19024 | Ravindra Pratap Singh | M | BJS | 14256 |
| 1967 | 123 | Gauriganj | GEN | G. Singh | M | IND | 18758 | K. R. P. Singh | M | INC | 11109 |
Last Updated on January 31, 2023