| Kaptanganj | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 308 for theUttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Basti |
| Total electors | 3,65,410 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Samajwadi Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Kaptanganj is a constituency of theUttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Kaptanganj in theBasti district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1][2][3]
Kaptanganj is one of five assembly constituencies in theBasti Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 308 amongst 403 constituencies.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Kavindra Chaudhary | 94,273 | 43.66 | ||
| BJP | Chandra Prakash Shukla | 70,094 | 32.46 |  2.61 | |
| BSP | Zaheer Ahmad | 40,381 | 18.7 | 12.97 | |
| INC | Ambika Singh | 3,527 | 1.63 | 28.27 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,221 | 0.57 | 0.38 | |
| Majority | 24,179 | 11.2 |  7.8 | ||
| Turnout | 215,925 | 59.09 | 0.92 | ||
| SPgain fromBJP | Swing | ||||
This seat belonged toBharatiya Janta Party candidateChandra Prakash Shukla who won in last Assembly election of2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeatingBahujan Samaj Party candidateRam Prasad Chaudhary by a margin of 6,827 votes.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Chandra Prakash Shukla | 70,527 | 35.07 | ||
| BSP | Ram Prasad Chaudhary | 63,700 | 31.67 | ||
| INC | Krishna Kinkar Singh Rana | 60,142 | 29.9 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,898 | 0.95 | ||
| Majority | 6,827 | 3.4 | |||
| Turnout | 201,124 | 58.17 | |||
| BJPgain fromBSP | Swing | 0.69 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSP | Ram Prasad Chaudhary | 67,416 | 36.05 | − | |
| SP | Trayambak Nath | 56,346 | 30.13 | − | |
| INC | Krishna Kinkar Singh Rana | 46,636 | 24.94 | − | |
| BJP | Ganesh Narayan Mishra | 5,741 | 3.07 | ||
| Remainder 11 candidates | 10,853 | 5.80 | − | ||
| Majority | 11,070 | 5.92 | |||
| Turnout | 1,86,992 | 59.66 | |||
| BSPhold | Swing | ||||