Allahabad West Assembly constituency

Allahabad West is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in the Prayagraj city of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Allahabad West
Constituency No. 261 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictPrayagraj
Total electors4,18,849 (2018)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janta Party
Elected year2022

Allahabad West is one of five assembly constituencies in the Phulpur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 261 amongst 403 constituencies.

Currently this seat is represented by Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Siddharth Nath Singh who won in last Assembly election of 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Richa Singh by a margin of 29,873 votes.

Members of Legislative Assembly

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Year Member[1] Party
1967 Chaudhary Naunihal Singh Indian National Congress
1969 Habib Ahmad Independent
1974 Tirath Ram Kohli Bharatiya Jan Sangh
1977 Habib Ahmad Janata Party
1979^ Chaudhary Naunihal Singh Indian National Congress (I)
1980
1985 Gopal Das Yadav Lokdal
1989 Atiq Ahmed Independent
1991
1993
1996 Samajwadi Party
2002 Apna Dal
2004^ Raju Pal Bahujan Samaj Party
2005^ Khalid Azim Samajwadi Party
2007 Pooja Pal Bahujan Samaj Party
2012
2017 Sidharth Nath Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2022

^ by poll

Election results

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2022

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2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Allahabad West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Siddharth Nath Singh 118,759 53.29% +10.25%
SP Richa Singh 88,826 39.86% +9.57%
BSP Gulam Qadir 7,626 3.42% −17.00%
INC Tasleem Uddin 2,288
NOTA None of the Above 1,514
Majority 29,873
Turnout 2,22,861
BJP hold Swing

2017

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2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Allahabad West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sidharth Nath Singh 85,518 43.04 +37.55
SP Richa Singh 60,182 30.29 +19.87
BSP Pooja Pal 40,499 20.38 −19.73
Independent Hasan Akhlaq 4,018 2.02
NOTA None of the Above 1,659 0.83
Majority 25,336 12.75
Turnout 1,98,758 47.45
BJP gain from BSP Swing +28.64

2012

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Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2012: Allahabad West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BSP Pooja Pal 71,114 40.11
AD Atiq Ahmad 62,229 35.10
SP Jyoti Yadav 18,867 10.64
BJP Ramji Kesarwani 9,740 5.49
INC Ravi Prakash 4,933 2.78
Majority 8,885 5.01
Turnout 1,77,311 51.74
BSP hold Swing

2007

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U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BSP Pooja Pal 56,198 47.08
SP Khalid Azim 45,876 38.43
BJP Keshav Prasad Maurya 11,111 9.31
INC Syed Mohammad Shahab 2,110 1.76
Independent Sachin Sonkar 918 0.77
Majority 10,322 8.65
Turnout 1,19,355 34.05
BSP gain from SP Swing

2005 by-election

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By Election, 2005
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Khalid Azim 90,836 52.42
BSP Pooja Pal 77,453 44.69
BJP Lakshmi Shankar Ojha 1,410 0.82
Independent Vasudev 1,140 0.66
INC Sanjay Krishna Srivastava 660 0.38
Majority 13,383 7.73
Turnout 1,73,282 45.30
SP gain from BSP Swing

2004 by-election

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By Election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BSP Raju Pal 70,533 47.16
SP Khalid Azim 65,715 43.94
BJP Keshav Prasad 6,116 4.09
INC Anshuman Singh 2,313 1.55
AD Syed Asaf 1,165 0.78
Majority 4,818 3.22
Turnout 1,49,555 40.08
BSP gain from AD Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Allahabad West Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
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