Prayagraj South Assembly constituency

Prayagraj South is one of five assembly constituencies in the Prayagraj Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 263 amongst 403 constituencies.

Prayagraj South
Constituency No. 263 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Prayagraj
LS constituency	Allahbad
Total electors	399,776(2019)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nand Gopal Gupta
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2017

Currently this seat belongs to Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi who won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Parvez Ahmad by a margin of 28,587 votes.^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party	Ref.
1957	Kalyan Chandra Mohiley	Praja Socialist Party	^[2]
1962	Kalyan Chandra Mohiley	Praja Socialist Party	^[3]
1967	Kalyan Chandra Mohiley	Samyukta Socialist Party	^[4]
1969	Ram Gopal Sand	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	^[5]
1974	Satya Prakash Malaviya	Bharatiya Kranti Dal	^[6]
1977	Satya Prakash Malaviya	Janata Party	^[7]
1980	Satish Chandra Jaiswal	Indian National Congress (I)	^[8]
1985	Satish Chandra Jaiswal	Indian National Congress	^[9]
1989	Keshari Nath Tripathi	Bharatiya Janata Party	^[10]
1991	Keshari Nath Tripathi	Bharatiya Janata Party	^[11]
1993	Keshari Nath Tripathi	Bharatiya Janata Party	^[12]
1996	Keshari Nath Tripathi	Bharatiya Janata Party	^[13]
2002	Keshari Nath Tripathi	Bharatiya Janata Party	^[14]
2007	Nand Gopal Gupta	Bahujan Samaj Party	^[15]
2012	Haji Parvej Ahmad	Samajwadi Party	^[16]
2017	Nand Gopal Gupta	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prayagraj South^[17]

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
	AIMIM	Mohammad Farhan	1,533	0.85	0.36
	AAP	Dr. Altaf Ahmad^[18]	1,115	0.62	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	831	0.46	0.09
Majority			26,182	14.48	1.67
Turnout			1,80,745
	BJP hold		Swing

2017

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prayagraj South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nand Gopal Gupta (Nandi)	93,011	52.53
	SP	Haji Parvez Ahmad (Tanki)	64,424	36.38
	BSP	Masooq Khan	12,162	6.87
	PECP	Aqeelur Rahman	872	0.49
	AIMIM	Syed Afzaal Muzib	868	0.49
	NOTA	None of the Above	665	0.37
Majority			28,587	16.15
Turnout			1,77,087	45.16
	BJP gain from SP		Swing

2012

2012 Uttar Pradesh state assembly election: Prayagraj South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Haji Parvez Ahmad (Tanki)	43,040	29.44
	BSP	Nand Gopal Gupta (Nandi)	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

References

1. "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
2. "1957 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
3. "1962 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
4. "1967 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
5. "1969 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
6. "1974 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
7. "1977 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
8. "1980 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
9. "1985 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
10. "1989 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
11. "1991 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
12. "1993 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
13. "1996 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
14. "2002 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
15. "2007 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
16. "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
17. "Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election result: Prayagraj South". ECI. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
18. Bhandari, Shashwat (16 January 2022). "AAP announces 150 candidates for UP elections 2022 | Check complete list". indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

External links

• "Election results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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