Kapilvastu Assembly constituency

Kapilvastu is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Kapilvastu in the Siddharthnagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Kapilvastu
Constituency for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictSiddharthnagar
ReservationSchedule Caste
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janta Party
Elected year2017

Kapilvastu is one of five assembly constituencies in the Domariyaganj Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 303 amongst 403 constituencies.

Members of the Legislative Assembly
FromTermNameParty
201216th Vidhan SabhaVijay KumarSamajwadi Party
201717th Vidhan SabhaShyam DhaniBhartiya Janata Party
202218th Vidhan SabhaShyam DhaniBhartiya Janata Party

Election results

2022
2022 General Elections: Kapilvastu [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Shyam Dhani 122,940 48.72
SP Vijay Kumar 92,001 36.46
BSP Kanhaiya Prasad 26,662 10.57
Sabka Dal United Bhaggan 2,698 1.07
INC Devendra Singh Guddu 2,484 0.98
NOTA None of the Above 2,279 0.90
Majority 30,939 12.26
Turnout 252,356
BJP hold Swing

2017

Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Shyam Dhani won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Vijay Kumar by a margin of 38,154 votes.[2]

2017 General Elections: Kapilvastu (SC)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Shyam Dhani 1,14,082 49.07 Increase27.26
SP Vijay Kumar 75,928 24.31 Decrease16.88
BSP Chandra Bhan 37,166 15.98 Decrease0.95
NOTA None Of The Above 2,623 1.13 Increase1.13
Remainder 3 candidates 5,330 2.27 Steady
Majority 38,154 16.23 Decrease3.16
Turnout 2,35,172 54.61 Increase5.04
BJP gain from SP Swing Decrease0.65

16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections
2012 General Elections: Kapilvastu (SC)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Vijay Kumar 78,344 41.19 Increase41.19
BJP Sri Ram Chauhan 41,474 21.81 Increase21.81
BSP Patturam Azad 32,204 16.93 Increase16.93
INC Kailash Prasad 11,554 6.07 Increase6.07
Independent Manju Devi 8,776 4.61 Increase4.61
Independent Anil Kumar 4,479 2.35 Increase2.35
PECP Motilal Vidyarthi 3,510 1.85 Increase1.85
Independent Shiv Dayal 1.895 1.00 Increase1.00
Remainder 8 candidates 7,960 4.19 Steady
Majority 36,870 19.39 Increase19.39
Turnout 1,90,196 49.56 Steady
SP win (new seat)

References
  1. "Uttar Pradesh 2022 Result". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  2. "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  3. "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  4. "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 November 2018.

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