| Karachhana | |
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| Constituency No. 260 for theUttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Prayagraj |
| Total electors | 335,550 (2019) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Karachhana is a constituency of theUttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Karachhana in thePrayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Karachhana is one of five assembly constituencies in thePrayagraj Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 260 amongst 403 constituencies.
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Nand Lal Patel | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 1996[1] | Rewati Raman Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2002[2] | |||
| 2004★ | Ujjwal Raman Singh | ||
| 2007 | Anand Kumar[3] | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2012 | Deepak Patel[4] | ||
| 2017 | Ujjwal Raman Singh[5] | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2022 | Piyush Ranjan Nishad[6] | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
★By Election
Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Piyush Ranjan Nishad won in2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election defeatingSamajwadi Party candidateUjjwal Raman Singh by a margin of 9,584 votes andBahujan Samaj Party candidate Arvind Kumar Shukla stood third place by getting 21,930 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Piyush Ranjan Nishad | 89,527 | 44.06 | +10.96 | |
| SP | Ujjwal Raman Singh | 80,199 | 39.47 | −1.19 | |
| BSP | Arvind Kumar Shukla | 21,950 | 10.8 | −9.83 | |
| INC | Rinki Patel | 4,343 | 2.14 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,891 | 0.93 | −0.24 | |
| Majority | 9,328 | 4.59 | −2.97 | ||
| Turnout | 203,189 | 58.06 | −1.86 | ||
| BJPgain fromSP | Swing | ||||
Samajwadi Party candidateUjjwal Raman Singh won in2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeatingBharatiya Janta Party candidate Piyush Ranjan Nishad by a margin of 15,024 votes.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Ujjwal Raman Singh | 80,806 | 40.66 | ||
| BJP | Piyush Ranjan Nishad Sonu | 65,782 | 33.1 | ||
| BSP | Deepak Patel | 40,998 | 20.63 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,308 | 1.17 | ||
| Majority | 15,024 | 7.56 | |||
| Turnout | 198,734 | 59.92 | |||