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Assembly constituency 308 · Uttar Pradesh

Kaptanganj is assembly constituency number 308 in Uttar Pradesh, in Basti district, and one of the segments of the Basti Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Kavindra Chaudhary of the Samajwadi Party won with 43.7% of the vote, 24,179 votes ahead of Chandra Prakash Shukla (BJP).

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Kaptanganj · 2022AC 308
  1. 01
    Kavindra Chaudhary
    SP
    94,273
    43.66%
  2. 02
    Chandra Prakash Shukla
    BJP
    70,094
    32.46%
  3. 03
    Zaheer Ahmad
    BSP
    40,381
    18.70%
  4. 04
    Ambika Singh
    INC
    3,527
    1.63%
  5. 05
    Digvijay Singh
    Independent
    1,714
    0.79%
  6. 7 other candidates · 4,715 votesNOTA · 1,221 (0.57%)

Margin 24,179 votes · 11.20% of valid votes

3,65,410
Registered electors
2022 election
59.1%
Turnout
+0.9 pts vs 2017
24,179
Victory margin
11.2% of valid votes
Feb 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 12 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,15,925 valid votes, NOTA included.

Kaptanganj 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Kavindra ChaudharyMale · 29 yrsSP94,273
43.66%
2Chandra Prakash ShuklaMale · 53 yrsBJP70,094
32.46%
3Zaheer AhmadMale · 38 yrsBSP40,381
18.70%
4Ambika SinghMale · 75 yrsINC3,527
1.63%
5Digvijay SinghMale · 37 yrsIndependent1,714
0.79%
—NOTANOTA1,221
0.57%
6Ram JiMale · 47 yrsIndependent1,047
0.48%
7SunilMale · 34 yrsJANADIP943
0.44%
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8Om PrakashMale · 37 yrsALJSP883
0.41%
9Sanjay KumarMale · 49 yrsAAP574
0.27%
10Kapil DevMale · 53 yrsIndependent478
0.22%
11LaxmanMale · 36 yrsLGP444
0.21%
12HridayramMale · 33 yrs · SCBMUP346
0.16%
Past results

The seat changed hands: BJP won in 2017, SP in 2022.

0%10%20%30%40%50%201220172022SP 43.7%BJP 32.5%BSP 18.7%INC 1.6%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022Kavindra ChaudharySP · 43.7% · margin 24,179Turnout59.1%
2017Chandra Prakash Alias Ca Chandra Prakash ShuklBJP · 35.1% · margin 6,827Turnout58.2%
2012Ram Prasad ChaudharyBSP · 36.0% · margin 11,070Turnout59.7%

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

Kaptanganj result 2017

Kaptanganj 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Chandra Prakash Alias Ca Chandra Prakash ShuklBJP70,527
35.07%
2Ram Prasad ChaudharyBSP63,700
31.67%
3Krishna Kinkar Singh RanaINC60,142
29.90%
—NOTANOTA1,898
0.94%
4Sher SinghRLD1,229
0.61%
5Jitendra Kumar VermaIndependent1,151
0.57%
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6RadheshyamIndependent964
0.48%
7Sugreev PrasadBMUP810
0.40%
8Prem Prakash NishadMBCOI703
0.35%

Kaptanganj result 2012

Kaptanganj 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ram Prasad ChaudharyBSP67,416
36.05%
2Trayambak NathSP56,346
30.13%
3Krishna Kinkar Singh RanaINC46,636
24.94%
4Ganesh Narayan MishraBJP5,741
3.07%
5HridayramIndependent2,016
1.08%
6Vinod Kumar RajbharSBSP1,605
0.86%
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7Radhika DeviIndependent1,472
0.79%
8Sanjay Kumar SinghTMC1,245
0.67%
9Khan A. RaheemAD1,000
0.53%
10Ambika PrasadSSD943
0.50%
11Babu LalIndependent777
0.42%
12Chhakkan RamKrSaP584
0.31%
13Dinesh Chandra Pandey Alias RajuMeyP482
0.26%
14Ram TaulRLM407
0.22%
15Jay Prakash YadavJD(U)322
0.17%
Map

Kaptanganj 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 Basti 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

Kaptanganj is one of the assembly segments of Basti. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Basti candidates.

  • Ram Prasad ChaudharySP1,09,245 51.8%
  • Harish Chandra Alias Harish DwivediBJP76,806 36.4%
  • Lavkush PatelBSP20,854 9.9%
  • Prem KumarMADP903 0.4%
  • Pankaj DubeyLGP859 0.4%

In the assembly election SP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, SP led here by 32,439 EVM votes.

Open Basti Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

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

Who won the Kaptanganj assembly seat in 2022?

Kavindra Chaudhary of the Samajwadi Party (SP) won Kaptanganj in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly election with 94,273 votes, which was 43.66% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Kaptanganj?

The margin was 24,179 votes (11.20% of valid votes). The runner-up was Chandra Prakash Shukla of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 70,094 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Kaptanganj in 2022?

Turnout was 59.11%: 2,15,995 of 3,65,410 registered electors voted, across 451 polling stations. That is 0.9 points higher than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kaptanganj part of?

Kaptanganj is an assembly segment of the Basti Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Ram Prasad Chaudhary got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Kaptanganj a reserved constituency?

No. Kaptanganj is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Kaptanganj?

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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