Malhani Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date=April 2019}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Malhani

| state = Uttar Pradesh

| district = Jaunpur

| electors = {{formatnum:379389}}

| reservation = None

| incumbent_image =

| mla = Lucky Yadav

| party = Samajwadi Party

| latest_election_year = 2022

| preceded_by = Parasnath Yadav

| type = SLA

| constituency_no = 367

| map_image = 367-Malhani.svg

}}

Malhani is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Malhani in the Jaunpur District of Uttar Pradesh, India.{{cite web |url=https://upload.indiacode.nic.in/showfile?actid=AC_CEN_3_20_00030_200233_1517807324510&type=order&filename=Delimitation%20Order,2008.pdf |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |date=26 November 2008 |access-date= 24 June 2021}}

Malhani is one of five Assembly constituencies in the Jaunpur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this Assembly constituency is numbered 367 amongst 403 constituencies.

Members of Legislative Assembly

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Member{{Cite web |title=Malhani Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/malhani.html |access-date= |website=Elections in India}}

! colspan="2" |Party

colspan="4" |{{Center|Till 2012 : Constituency did not exist}}
2012

| rowspan="2" |Parasnath Yadav

| rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |

| rowspan="4" |Samajwadi Party

2017
2020^

| rowspan="2" |Lucky Yadav

2022

^ by-election

Election results

= 2022 =

{{Election box begin | title=2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Malhani}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|candidate = Lucky Yadav

|party = Samajwadi Party

|votes = 97,357

|percentage = 42.57

|change = +7.12

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Dhananjay Singh

|party = Janata Dal (United)

|votes = 79,830

|percentage = 34.91

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Shailendra Yadav

|party = Bahujan Samaj Party

|votes = 24,007

|percentage = 10.50

|change = -1.65

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Krishna Pratap Singh K.P.

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 18,319

|percentage = 8.01

|change = -5.91

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Jay Prakash

|party = Aam Aadmi Party

|votes = 2,697

|percentage = 1.18

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = None of the Above

|party = None of the above

|votes = 1,333

|percentage = 0.58

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 17,527

|percentage = 7.66

|change = +5.33

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 228,695

|percentage = 60.28

|change = +3.59

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Samajwadi Party

|loser =

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=By-elections 2020=

In the 2020 assembly by-election, Shri. Lucky Yadav, son of late Shri. Parasnath Yadav has won the MLA seat defeating Shri. Dhananjay Singh by the margin of around 4000 votes.

This seat was vacant since June 2020 due to the demise of former MLA Shri. Parasnath Yadav. Now this position has been taken by his son Shri. Lucky Yadav. Last Election Samajwadi Party candidate Parasnath Yadav won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Nishad Party candidate Dhananjay Singh by a margin of 21,210 votes.{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/Assembly-Constituencies/malhani.html|title=Assembly Result 2017|website=Elections.in|access-date=2017-08-25}}{{cite news |title=2017 Election Results |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3471-uttar-pradesh-general-legislative-election-2017/ |access-date=16 June 2020 |publisher=Election Commission of India website}}{{cite web |title=State Election, 2022 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14185-uttar-pradesh-general-legislative-election-2022/ |accessdate=4 March 2023 |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India}}

{{Election box begin | title=By-election, 2020: Malhani}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate= Lucky Yadav|party=Samajwadi Party|votes=73,468|percentage=35.45 |change=+1.78 }}

{{Election box candidate ||party=IND.|candidate=Dhananjay Singh|votes=68,836|percentage=33.12 |change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Manoj Kumar Singh |party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=28,840|percentage=13.92 |change=+5.00 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Jai Prakash Dubey |party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes=25,180|percentage=12.15 |change=-10.19 }}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Rakesh Mishra Mangala Guru|party=Indian National Congress|votes=2,871 |percentage=1.39 |change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=4,632 |percentage= 2.33 |change=-7.97 }}

{{Election box turnout||votes=2,07,252|percentage=56.69|change=-3.35 }}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Samajwadi Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2017=

{{Election box begin | title=2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Malhani}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|candidate = Parasnath Yadav

|party = Samajwadi Party

|votes = 69,351

|percentage = 33.67

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Dhananjay Singh

|party = NISHAD Party

|votes = 48,141

|percentage = 23.37

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Vivek Yadav

|party = Bahujan Samaj Party

|votes = 46,011

|percentage = 22.34

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Satish Kumar Singh

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 38,966

|percentage = 18.92

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = None of the Above

|party = None of the above

|votes = 1,707

|percentage = 0.83

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 21,210

|percentage = 10.30

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 206,269

|percentage = 60.04

|change =

}}

{{Election box end}}

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