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Assembly constituency 372 · Uttar Pradesh · SC

Kerakat is assembly constituency number 372 in Uttar Pradesh, in Jaunpur district, and one of the segments of the Machhlishahr Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Tufani Saroj of the Samajwadi Party won with 39.1% of the vote, 9,844 votes ahead of Dinesh Chaudhary (BJP).

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Kerakat · 2022AC 372
  1. 01
    Tufani Saroj
    SP
    94,022
    39.13%
  2. 02
    Dinesh Chaudhary
    BJP
    84,178
    35.04%
  3. 03
    Lalbahadur
    BSP
    51,633
    21.49%
  4. 04
    Rajesh
    INC
    2,688
    1.12%
  5. 05
    Pappu
    VSIP
    2,590
    1.08%
  6. 5 other candidates · 3,000 votesNOTA · 2,147 (0.89%)

Margin 9,844 votes · 4.10% of valid votes

4,16,720
Registered electors
2022 election
57.7%
Turnout
-0.8 pts vs 2017
9,844
Victory margin
4.1% of valid votes
Feb 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 10 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,40,258 valid votes, NOTA included.

Kerakat 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Tufani SarojMale · 52 yrs · SCSP94,022
39.13%
2Dinesh ChaudharyMale · 61 yrs · SCBJP84,178
35.04%
3LalbahadurMale · 50 yrs · SCBSP51,633
21.49%
4RajeshMale · 45 yrs · SCINC2,688
1.12%
5PappuMale · 38 yrs · SCVSIP2,590
1.08%
—NOTANOTA2,147
0.89%
6SubasMale · 59 yrs · SCIndependent785
0.33%
7Sushma DeviFemale · 38 yrs · SCBDPty749
0.31%
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8Sanjay PrasadMale · 29 yrs · SCBSCP575
0.24%
9Ravi PrakashMale · 40 yrs · SCBMUP465
0.19%
10Ram BachanMale · 46 yrs · SCBSHP426
0.18%
Past results

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

0%10%20%30%40%201220172022SP 39.1%BJP 35.0%BSP 21.5%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022Tufani SarojSP · 39.1% · margin 9,844Turnout57.7%
2017Dinesh ChaudharyBJP · 37.0% · margin 15,259Turnout58.5%
2012Gulab ChandSP · 32.4% · margin 10,186Turnout51.6%

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

Kerakat result 2017

Kerakat 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dinesh ChaudharyBJP84,078
37.02%
2Sanjai Kumar SarojSP68,819
30.30%
3Urmila RajBSP66,307
29.19%
—NOTANOTA2,557
1.13%
4VijaiMAHAD2,404
1.06%
5JitendraPMSP1,785
0.79%
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6SadabrijMHD1,192
0.52%

Kerakat result 2012

Kerakat 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Gulab ChandSP67,470
32.36%
2Vijay LakshamiBSP57,284
27.47%
3Ashok KumarBJP43,200
20.72%
4Rajesh GautamINC16,453
7.89%
5Biraju RamIndependent8,614
4.13%
6Jagar Nath ChawdhariSBSP3,172
1.52%
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7HarishchandraIndependent2,917
1.40%
8Rajai RamRUC2,865
1.37%
9SahendraIndependent1,758
0.84%
10Dr. Sanjay SonakarRLM1,572
0.75%
11Sanjay KumarNCP1,158
0.56%
12Hiralal Soniya AdvocateJD(U)767
0.37%
13Anand PremghanLJP646
0.31%
14Jiya LalIJP641
0.31%
Map

Kerakat 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 Jaunpur 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

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

  • Priya SarojSP97,613 42.4%
  • Bholanath (B.P. Saroj)BJP84,263 36.6%
  • Kripa Shankar SarojBSP42,190 18.3%
  • Shravan KumarIndependent1,238 0.5%
  • UrmilaSaPP1,041 0.5%

In the assembly election SP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, SP led here by 13,350 EVM votes.

Open Machhlishahr Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

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

Who won the Kerakat assembly seat in 2022?

Tufani Saroj of the Samajwadi Party (SP) won Kerakat in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly election with 94,022 votes, which was 39.13% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Kerakat?

The margin was 9,844 votes (4.10% of valid votes). The runner-up was Dinesh Chaudhary of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 84,178 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Kerakat in 2022?

Turnout was 57.69%: 2,40,416 of 4,16,720 registered electors voted, across 488 polling stations. That is 0.8 points lower than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kerakat part of?

Kerakat is an assembly segment of the Machhlishahr Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Priya Saroj got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Kerakat a reserved constituency?

Yes. Kerakat 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 Kerakat?

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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