Ayodhya Assembly constituency
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (September 2018) |
| Ayodhya | |
|---|---|
| Indian electoral constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Ayodhya |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Ved Prakash Gupta | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| Elected year | 2017 |
Ayodhya is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Ayodhya in the Ayodhya district (Faizabad district) of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of five assembly constituencies in the Faizabad (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 275 amongst 403 constituencies.
Bharatiya Janata Party member Ved Prakash Gupta is the incumbent MLA, who won in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Tej Narayan Pandey by a margin of 50,440 votes.[1]
Election Result
2017 General Elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ved Prakash Gupta | 1,07,014 | 49.56 | ||
| SP | Tej Narayan Pandey | 56,574 | 26.20 | ||
| BSP | Mo Bazmi Siddeke | 39,554 | 18.32 | ||
| BMP | Banshi Lal Yadav | 5,661 | 2.62 | ||
| AP | Sushil Jaiswal | 1,635 | 0.76 | ||
| Majority | 50,440 | 23.20 | |||
| Turnout | 2,17,642 | 62.01 | |||
| BJP gain from SP | Swing | ||||
References
- ^ "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
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