Allahabad South Assembly constituency
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Allahabad South is one of five assembly constituencies in the Allahabad Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 263 amongst 403 constituencies.
| Allahabad South | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 263 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Prayagraj |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Allahabad |
| Total electors | 399,776(2019) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Currently this seat belongs to Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi who won in last Assembly election of 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Raish Chandra Shukla by a margin of 26,182 votes.
Overview
The constituency has a preponderance of voters belonging to Kayastha, Bhrahmin and Baniya in population in this constituency.
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Kalyan Chandra Mohiley | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | Samyukta Socialist Party | ||
| 1969 | Ram Gopal Sand | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1974 | Satya Prakash Malaviya | Bharatiya Kranti Dal | |
| 1977 | Janata Party | ||
| 1980 | Satish Chandra Jaiswal | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1989 | Keshari Nath Tripathi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1993 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2002 | |||
| 2007 | Nand Gopal Gupta | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2012 | Haji Parvej Ahmad | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Nand Gopal Gupta | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | |||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Nand Gopal Gupta | 97,864 | 54.14 |  1.61 | |
| SP | Raish Chandra Shukla | 71,682 | 39.66 | 3.28 | |
| BSP | Devendra Mishra | 4,208 | 2.33 |  4.54 | |
| INC | Alpana Nishad | 2,098 | 1.16 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 831 | 0.46 | 0.08 | |
| Majority | 26,182 | 14.48 | 1.67 | ||
| Turnout | 180,745 | 44.27 | 0.89 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Nand Gopal Gupta | 93,011 | 52.53 | ||
| SP | Haji Parvej Ahmad | 64,424 | 36.38 | ||
| BSP | Masooq Khan | 12,162 | 6.87 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 665 | 0.38 | ||
| Majority | 28,587 | 16.15 | |||
| Turnout | 177,063 | 45.16 | |||
| BJP gain from SP | Swing | ||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Haji Parvej Ahmad | 43,040 | 29.44 | ||
| BSP | Nand Gopal Gupta | 42,626 | 29.16 | ||
| BJP | Keshari Nath Tripathi | 33,399 | 22.85 | ||
| INC | Ch. Jitendra Nath Singh | 19,121 | 13.08 | ||
| PECP | Mohd. Julfikar Khan | 4,092 | 2.80 | ||
| Majority | 414 | 0.28 | |||
| Turnout | 1,46,174 | 45.05 | |||
| SP gain from BSP | Swing | ||||
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