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| Constituency No. 394 for theUttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Bhadohi |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Aurai is a constituency of theUttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Aurai in theBhadohi district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of five assembly constituencies in theBhadohi Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is reserved for candidates of theScheduled Castes.[1]
| Year | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Nihala Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1974 | Girija Shankar Pathak | Bharatiya Kranti Dal | |
| 1977 | Bechuram | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Yogesh Chandra | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Nihala Singh | Janata Party | |
| 1989 | Janata Dal | ||
| 1991 | Yogesh Chandra | ||
| 1993 | Rangnath Mishra | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1996 | |||
| 2002 | Uday Bhan Singh | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2005^ | Rangnath Mishra | ||
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | Madhubala Pasi | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Dinanath Bhaskar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dinanath Bhaskar | 93,691 | 41.69 | +1.25 | |
| SP | Anjani | 92,044 | 40.95 | +10.11 | |
| BSP | Kamala Shankar | 28,413 | 12.64 | −11.17 | |
| INC | Sanjoo Devi | 2,694 | 1.2 | ||
| VIP | Babita | 2,499 | 1.11 | ||
| AIMIM | Tedhai | 2,190 | 0.97 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,205 | 0.98 | −0.24 | |
| Majority | 1,647 | 0.74 | −8.86 | ||
| Turnout | 224,745 | 59.5 | +0.47 | ||
| BJPhold | Swing | ||||
Bharatiya Janta Party candidateDinanath Bhaskar won in2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeatingSamajwadi Party candidate Madhubala Pasi by a margin of 19,979 votes.[4][5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dinanath Bhaskar | 83,325 | 40.44 | ||
| SP | Madhubala Pasi | 63,546 | 30.84 | ||
| BSP | Baijnath Gautam | 49,059 | 23.81 | ||
| NISHAD | Suresh Kumar Pasi | 3,508 | 1.7 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,480 | 1.22 | ||
| Majority | 19,779 | 9.6 | |||
| Turnout | 206,026 | 59.03 | |||
| BJPgain fromSP | Swing | ||||