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Assembly constituency 314 · Uttar Pradesh · SC

Dhanghata is assembly constituency number 314 in Uttar Pradesh, in Sant Kabir Nagar * district, and one of the segments of the Sant Kabir Nagar Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Ganesh Chandra of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 38.5% of the vote, 10,553 votes ahead of Alagu Prasad (SBSP).

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Dhanghata · 2022AC 314
  1. 01
    Ganesh Chandra
    BJP
    83,241
    38.50%
  2. 02
    Alagu Prasad
    SBSP
    72,688
    33.62%
  3. 03
    Santosh
    BSP
    40,693
    18.82%
  4. 04
    Yashavant
    Independent
    5,433
    2.51%
  5. 05
    Narendra Dev
    JANADIP
    3,960
    1.83%
  6. 7 other candidates · 8,292 votesNOTA · 1,915 (0.89%)

Margin 10,553 votes · 4.88% of valid votes

3,87,446
Registered electors
2022 election
55.9%
Turnout
-0.2 pts vs 2017
10,553
Victory margin
4.9% of valid votes
Feb 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 12 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,16,222 valid votes, NOTA included.

Dhanghata 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ganesh ChandraMale · 35 yrs · SCBJP83,241
38.50%
2Alagu PrasadMale · 51 yrs · SCSBSP72,688
33.62%
3SantoshMale · 33 yrs · SCBSP40,693
18.82%
4YashavantMale · 28 yrs · SCIndependent5,433
2.51%
5Narendra DevMale · 52 yrs · SCJANADIP3,960
1.83%
6Amrit KumarMale · 41 yrs · SCVSIP2,266
1.05%
7Shanti DeviFemale · 44 yrs · SCINC1,971
0.91%
—NOTANOTA1,915
0.89%
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8Bhajuraram Urf BhajuramMale · 45 yrs · SCIndependent1,123
0.52%
9Lautan PrasadMale · 69 yrs · SCSSD831
0.38%
10GirajeshMale · 52 yrs · SCAAP810
0.37%
11KusumFemale · 42 yrs · SCSJAP751
0.35%
12HarilalMale · 61 yrs · SCIndependent540
0.25%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2017.

0%10%20%30%40%201220172022BJP 38.5%SBSP 33.6%BSP 18.8%SP 31.3%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022Ganesh ChandraBJP · 38.5% · margin 10,553Turnout55.9%
2017Shri Ram ChauhanBJP · 39.7% · margin 16,909Turnout56.1%
2012Alagu Prasad ChauhanSP · 35.5% · margin 14,949Turnout55.3%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Dhanghata result 2017

Dhanghata 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Shri Ram ChauhanBJP79,572
39.73%
2Algoo PrasadSP62,663
31.29%
3Neel ManiBSP51,938
25.93%
—NOTANOTA1,871
0.93%
4Jokhoo PrasadBMUP1,362
0.68%
5Banti LalIndependent751
0.37%
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6Lotan Alias Lautan PrasadSHSP746
0.37%
7Dharm DasBSRD698
0.35%
8Ajay KumarIndependent674
0.34%

Dhanghata result 2012

Dhanghata 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Alagu Prasad ChauhanSP66,337
35.55%
2Ram SidhareBSP51,388
27.54%
3Neel ManiBJP40,491
21.70%
4Surendra KumarPECP9,660
5.18%
5Archana MahatamINC9,293
4.98%
6Om HariSBSP3,726
2.00%
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7Dharm RajIndependent2,593
1.39%
8ManjuAlHP896
0.48%
9SubhashSSD770
0.41%
10Ramashankar PaswanLJP744
0.40%
11Ramanand KumarRLM722
0.39%
Map

Dhanghata outlined in orange among the other Uttar Pradesh seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2022. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Sant Kabir Nagar * district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Dhanghata is one of the assembly segments of Sant Kabir Nagar. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Sant Kabir Nagar candidates.

  • Laxmikant Pappu NishadSP94,016 44.7%
  • Pravin Kumar NishadBJP79,788 38.0%
  • Nadeem AshrafBSP31,377 14.9%
  • Dheeraj SrivastavPGSP986 0.5%
  • Ram Krishna DwivediIndependent947 0.5%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, SP led here by 14,228 EVM votes.

Open Sant Kabir Nagar Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Dhanghata.

Who won the Dhanghata assembly seat in 2022?

Ganesh Chandra of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Dhanghata in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly election with 83,241 votes, which was 38.50% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Dhanghata?

The margin was 10,553 votes (4.88% of valid votes). The runner-up was Alagu Prasad of the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party with 72,688 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Dhanghata in 2022?

Turnout was 55.93%: 2,16,689 of 3,87,446 registered electors voted, across 466 polling stations. That is 0.2 points lower than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Dhanghata part of?

Dhanghata is an assembly segment of the Sant Kabir Nagar Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Laxmikant Pappu Nishad got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Dhanghata a reserved constituency?

Yes. Dhanghata is reserved for scheduled castes (sc), so only candidates from that community can contest, while all registered voters in the seat can vote.

When is the next assembly election in Dhanghata?

The Uttar Pradesh assembly elected in 2022 completes its five-year term in 2027, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections of 2022 and 2017 and 2012 (2022 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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