| Goshainganj | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 276 for theUttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Ayodhya |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Ambedkar Nagar |
| Total electors | 3,95,118 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Samajwadi Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Goshainganj is a constituency of theUttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Goshainganj in theAyodhya district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 276 amongst 403 constituencies.[1]
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Till 2012 : Constituency did not exist | |||
| 2012 | Abhay Singh[2] | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Indra Pratap Tiwari[3] | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | Abhay Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
The constituency was won bySamajwadi Party member Abhay Singh, who won inthe 2022 elections, defeatingBharatiya Janata Party candidate Aarti Tiwari by a margin of 13,079 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Abhay Singh | 105,863 | 43.87 | +9.57 | |
| BJP | Aarti Tiwari | 92,784 | 38.45 | −0.96 | |
| BSP | Ram Sagar | 37,271 | 15.45 | −5.02 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,747 | 0.72 | −0.56 | |
| Majority | 13,079 | 5.42 | +0.31 | ||
| Turnout | 241,298 | 61.07 | +0.63 | ||
| SPgain fromBJP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Indra Pratap Alias Khabbu Tiwari | 89,586 | 39.41 | ||
| SP | Abhay Singh | 77,966 | 34.3 | ||
| BSP | Dharmraj Nishad | 46,528 | 20.47 | ||
| NISHAD | Ram Nayan | 5,137 | 2.26 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,878 | 1.28 | ||
| Majority | 11,620 | 5.11 | |||
| Turnout | 227,339 | 60.44 | |||