Mahadewa (Assembly constituency)

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

Mahadewa
Constituency
DistrictBasti
StateUttar Pradesh
Current constituency
Created2017
PartyBharatiya Janta Party
MLARavi Kumar Sonkar
ReservationSchedule Caste

Mahadewa is one of five assembly constituencies in the Basti (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 311 amongst 403 constituencies.

Currently this seat belongs to Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Ravi Kumar Sonkar who won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Doodhram by a margin of 25,884 votes.[1][2][3][4]

Member of Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
# Term Member of Legislative Assembly Party From To Days Comment
012nd Vidhan SabhaBaldeo SinghIndependentApril 1957March 19621,800
023rd Vidhan SabhaVishnu Pratap SinghIndian National CongressMarch 1962March 19671,828
034th Vidhan SabhaB. LalSwatantra PartyMarch 1967April 1968402
045th Vidhan SabhaGanga PrasadIndian National CongressFebruary 1969March 19741,832
057th Vidhan SabhaGirdhari LalJanata PartyJune 1977February 1980969Constituency Known as "Nagar East" he again renamed in 2008 as "Mahadewa" [5]
0608th Vidhan SabhaRam Awadh PrasadIndian National Congress (Indira)June 1980March 19851,735
079th Vidhan SabhaRam JiyawanIndian National CongressMarch 1985November 19891,725
0810th Vidhan SabhaRam Karan AryaJanata DalDecember 1989April 1991488[1]
0911th Vidhan SabhaVed PrakashBhartiya Janata PartyJune 1991December 1992533
1012th Vidhan SabhaRam Karan AryaSamajwadi PartyDecember 1993October 1995693
1113th Vidhan SabhaVed PrakashBahujan Samaj PartyOctober 1996March 20021,967[1]
1214th Vidhan SabhaRam Karan AryaSamajwadi PartyFebruary 2002May 20071,902
1315th Vidhan SabhaDoodhramBahujan Samaj PartyMay 2007March 20121,762[1]
1416th Vidhan SabhaRam Karan AryaSamajwadi PartyMarch 2012March 20171,829[1]
1517th Vidhan SabhaRavi Kumar SonkarBhartiya Janata Party March 2017Incumbent[1]

Election Results

17th Vidhan Sabha: 2017 General Elections
2017 General Elections: Mahadewa (SC)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ravi Kumar Sonkar 82,429 41.82 +35.86
BSP Doodhram 56,545 28.69 -6.54
SP Ram Karan Arya 47,914 24.31 -21.53
NISHAD Govardhan 5,639 2.86 +2.86
NOTA None Of The Above 2,231 1.13 +1.13
Remainder 5 candidates 4,559 2.29 N/A
Majority 25,884 12.99 +2.38
Turnout 1,99,317 58.42 +1.58
BJP gain from SP Swing +8.54

16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections
2012 General Elections: Mahadewa (SC)[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Ram Karan Arya 83,202 45.84
BSP Doodhram 63,943 35.23
BJP Beena Rai 10,816 5.96
INC Gauri Shankar 7,889 4.35
SBSP Kripa Shankar 4,797 2.64
Independent Lav Kush 3,848 2.12
PECP Govardhan 3,089 1.70
Remainder 5 candidates 3,919 2.16
Majority 19,259 10.61
Turnout 1,81,503 56.84
SP gain from BSP Swing

References
  1. "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  2. "महादेवा विधानसभा चुनाव 2017 परिणाम, उत्तर प्रदेश". NDTV India. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  3. "Know constituencies of UP Assembly polls 2017: Mahadewa (SC)". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  4. "महादेवा विधानसभा चुनाव के पिछले परिणामों पर एक नजर". Punjab Kesari. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  5. "151 - Nagar East Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  6. "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  7. "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 November 2018.


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