Shahganj 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 = Shahganj

| map_image = 365-Shahganj.svg

| mla = Ramesh Singh

| party = NISHAD Party

| latest_election_year = 2022

| state = Uttar Pradesh

| district = Jaunpur

| reservation = None

| type = SLA

| electors = 4,07,439

| constituency_no = 365

}}

Shahganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Shahganj 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}}

Shahganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Jaunpur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 365 amongst 403 constituencies.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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!Year

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

!colspan=2|Party

rowspan="2" |1952

|Lakshmi Shankar Yadav

| rowspan="2" style="background-color :{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

| rowspan="2" |Indian National Congress

Babu Nandan
rowspan="2" |1957

|Kunwar Sripal

|style="background-color :{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

Mata Prasad

| rowspan="5" style="background-color :{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

| rowspan="5" |Indian National Congress

1962

|Lakshmi Shankar Yadav

1967

| rowspan="3" |Mata Prasad

1969
1974
1977

|Chhotey Lal

|style="background-color :{{party color|Janata Party}}" |

|Janata Party

1980

|Pahlwan

|style="background-color :{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |

|Indian National Congress (I)

1985

| rowspan="2" |Deep Chand Sonkar

|style="background-color :{{party color|Lokdal}}" |

|Lokdal

1989

|style="background-color :{{party color|Janata Dal}}" |

|Janata Dal

1991

|Ram Paras Rajak

|style="background-color :{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|Bharatiya Janata Party

1993

|Ram Dawar

|style="background-color :{{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}" |

|Bahujan Samaj Party

1996

|Bankey Lal Sonkar

|style="background-color :{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|Bharatiya Janata Party

2002

| rowspan="2" |Jagdish Sonkar

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

| rowspan="4" |Samajwadi Party

2007
2012

| rowspan="2" |Shailendra Yadav Lalai

2017
2022

|Ramesh Singh

|style="background-color :{{party color|NISHAD Party}}" |

|NISHAD Party

Election results

= 2022 =

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|candidate = Ramesh Singh

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|winner = NISHAD Party

|loser = Samajwadi Party

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=2017=

Samajwadi Party candidate Shailendra Yadav Lalai, won in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party candidate Rana Ajeet Pratap Singh by a margin of 9,162 votes.{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3471-uttar-pradesh-general-legislative-election-2017/ |publisher=Election Commission of India |title=State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh |website=eci.gov.in |accessdate=26 March 2022}}{{cite web |title=State Election, 2007 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3261-uttar-pradesh-2007/ |accessdate=20 April 2023 |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India}}{{cite web |title=State Election, 2012 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3262-uttar-pradesh-2012/ |accessdate=20 April 2023 |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India}}

References

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