| Sarojini Nagar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 170 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
 Rajeshwar SinghCurrent MLA of Sarojini Nagar | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Lucknow |
| LS constituency | Mohanlalganj |
| Total electors | 5,67,252 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Rajeshwar Singh | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Sarojini Nagar is one of the 403 assembly constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the area of Sarojini Nagar in the Lucknow district. It is one of five assembly constituencies in the Mohanlalganj Lok Sabha constituency.
Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 170 amongst 403 constituencies.
In 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Rajeshwar Singh won the elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Abhishek Mishra by the margin of 56,186 votes. He is an ex-ED Joint Director IPS officer who has taken VRS from the service to contest the elections.
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Vijay Kumar Tripathi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Chandra Bhanu Gupta | ||
| 1974 | Vijay Kumar Tripathi | ||
| 1977 | Chheda Singh Chauhan | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Vijay Kumar Tripathi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Sharda Pratap Shukla | Independent | |
| 1989 | Janata Dal | ||
| 1991 | Vijay Kumar Tripathi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1993 | Shyam Kishore Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| 1996 | |||
| 2002 | Mohammad Irshad Khan | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | Sharda Pratap Shukla | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Swati Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | Rajeshwar Singh | ||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Rajeshwar Singh | 1,60,626 | 49.07 | +11.76 | |
| SP | Abhishek Mishra | 1,04,440 | 31.9 | +6.35 | |
| BSP | Mohd. Jaleesh Khan | 33,356 | 10.19 | −14.49 | |
| INC | Rudra Daman Singh | 19,711 | 6.02 | − | |
| AAP | Rohit Srivastav | 2,427 | 0.74 | − | |
| NOTA | NOTA | 1,822 | 0.56 | −0.10 | |
| Majority | 56,186 | 17.17 | +5.41 | ||
| Turnout | 3,27,373 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | {{{swing}}} | |||
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Swati Singh | 1,08,506 | 37.31 | ||
| SP | Anurag Yadav | 74,327 | 25.55 | ||
| BSP | Shiv Shankar Singh (Shankari) | 71,791 | 24.68 | ||
| IND. | Rudra Daman Singh | 20,607 | 7.08 | ||
| RLD | Sharda Pratap Shukla | 4,489 | 1.54 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,926 | 0.66 | ||
| Majority | 34,179 | 11.76 | |||
| Turnout | 2,90,894 | 58.35 | |||
| BJP gain from SP | Swing | ||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Sharda Pratap Shukla | 67,601 | 28.88 | ||
| BSP | Shiv Shankar Singh (Shankari) | 59,236 | 25.30 | ||
| RSBP | Rudra Daman Singh | 41,386 | 17.68 | ||
| BJP | Virendra Kumar Tiwari | 29,510 | 12.61 | ||
| INC | Gaurav Choudhry | 22,003 | 9.40 | ||
| AD | Sher Bahadur Singh (Shera) | 2,581 | 1.10 | ||
| Majority | 8,365 | 3.58 | |||
| Turnout | 2,34,090 | 59.17 | |||
| SP gain from BSP | Swing | ||||
2007
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSP | Mohammad Irshad Khan | 65,736 | 36.99 | ||
| SP | Shyam Kishore Yadav | 60,312 | 33.93 | ||
| BJP | Virendra Kumar Tiwari | 21,364 | 12.02 | ||
| INC | Ajay Kumar Tripathi | 10,487 | 5.90 | ||
| JM | Lalloo Yadav | 3,434 | 1.93 | ||
| RSBP | Bachan Singh Yadav | 1,952 | 1.10 | ||
| Majority | 5,424 | 3.06 | |||
| Turnout | 1,77,723 | 43.56 | |||
| BSP hold | Swing | ||||
References
- Pandey, Munish Chandra (11 March 2022). "BJP MLA Rajeshwar Singh: How an ED officer made the leap from law enforcement to lawmaker". India Today. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- "Sarojini Nagar Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
- Hindustan Times (10 March 2022). "UP assembly election results 2022: Check full list of winners". Archived from the original on 17 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- Bhandari, Shashwat (16 January 2022). "AAP announces 150 candidates for UP elections 2022 | Check complete list". indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- India Today (11 March 2017). "Uttar Pradesh election results 2017: Full list of constituency-wise winners". Archived from the original on 17 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
External links
- "Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
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