Kerakat
SLA
MlaToofani Saroj
PartySamajwadi Party
Latest election year2022
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictJaunpur
ReservationSC
Electors4,16,720
Constituency no372

Kerakat is one of five assembly constituencies in the Machhlishahr Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 372 amongst 403 constituencies.

Members of Legislative Assembly

YearMember[1]Party
1957Ram SamjhawanIndian National Congress
Lal Bahadur
1962Ram Samjhawan
1967
1969Ram SagarBharatiya Jana Sangh
1974Ram SamjhawanIndian National Congress
1977Shambhu NathJanata Party
1980Ram SamjhawanIndian National Congress (I)
1985Gajraj RamIndian National Congress
1989Raj PatiJanata Dal
1991Somaru Ram SarojBharatiya Janata Party
1993Jagarnath ChaudharyBahujan Samaj Party
1996Ashok SonkerBharatiya Janata Party
2002Somaru Ram Saroj
2007Biraju RamBahujan Samaj Party
2012Gulab Chandra SarojSamajwadi Party
2017Dinesh ChoudharyBharatiya Janata Party
2022Tufani SarojSamajwadi Party

Election results

2017

Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Dinesh Choudhary, won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Sanjaj Saroj by a margin of 15,259 votes.[2]

History

The first Member of Kerakat legislative Assembly is Lal Bahadur INC and Parmeshari INC.

Ward/Area

Kerakat, Chandwak, Dobhi, Muftiganj, Huruhuri, Ratanupur, Parauganj, Thanagaddi Deokali, Itaili, Hebhal etc.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

ElectionMemberParty
1957Ram SamjhawanIndian National Congress
1957Lal BahadurIndian National Congress
1962Ram SamjhawanIndian National Congress
1967Ram SamjhawanIndian National Congress
1969Ram SagarBharatiya Jana Sangh
1974Ram SamjhawanIndian National Congress
1977Shambhu NathJanata party
1980Ram SamjhawanIndian National Congress
1985Gajraj RamIndian National Congress
1989Raj PatiJanata Dal
1993Jagarnath ChaudharyBahujan Samaj Party
1996Ashok SonkerBharatiya Janata Party
2002Somaru RamBharatiya Janata Party
2007Biraju RamBahujan Samaj Party
2012Gulab Chandra SarojSamajwadi Party
2017Dinesh ChaudharyBharatiya Janata Party
2022Tufani SarojSamajwadi Party

See also

First Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh

References

  1. ^ "Kerakat Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India
  2. ^ "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 2017-08-25.