Vishwanathganj (Assembly constituency)

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

Vishwanathganj
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictPratapgarh
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLARakesh Kumar Verma
PartyApna Dal (Sonelal)
Elected year2017

Vishwanathganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Pratapgarh (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 247 amongst 403 constituencies.

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election:
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Pankaj Pal [1]
INC Prashant Singh 1,933
SP Saurabh Singh 38,777
Independent Sanjay Pandey 23,000
Janadip Mohd Ashfaq 20,271
AD(S) Jeet Lal 86,829
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

2017

Apna Dal (Sonelal) candidate Rakesh Kumar Verma won in2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating INC candidate Sanjay Pandey by a margin of 23,358 votes.[2]

References

  1. Bhandari, Shashwat (16 January 2022). "AAP announces 150 candidates for UP elections 2022 | Check complete list". indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  2. "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.


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