Obra is assembly constituency number 402 in Uttar Pradesh, in Sonbhadra district, and one of the segments of the Robertsganj Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Sanjeev Kumar Gond of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 48.0% of the vote, 26,442 votes ahead of Arvind Kumar Alias Sunil Singh Gond (SP).
- 01Sanjeev Kumar GondBJP78,36448.04%
- 02Arvind Kumar Alias Sunil Singh GondSP51,92231.83%
- 03Subhash KharwarBSP20,13112.34%
- 04RamrajINC4,5192.77%
- 05UmashankarVSIP2,1841.34%
- 3 other candidates · 2,942 votesNOTA · 3,077 (1.89%)
Margin 26,442 votes · 16.21% of valid votes
All 8 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,63,139 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanjeev Kumar GondMale · 46 yrs · ST | BJP | 78,364 | 48.04% |
| 2 | Arvind Kumar Alias Sunil Singh GondMale · 31 yrs · ST | SP | 51,922 | 31.83% |
| 3 | Subhash KharwarMale · 52 yrs · ST | BSP | 20,131 | 12.34% |
| 4 | RamrajMale · 34 yrs · ST | INC | 4,519 | 2.77% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 3,077 | 1.89% |
| 5 | UmashankarMale · 33 yrs · ST | VSIP | 2,184 | 1.34% |
| 6 | RamakantMale · 36 yrs · ST | AAP | 1,196 | 0.73% |
| 7 | Rakesh Kumar GondMale · 52 yrs · ST | SBSP | 886 | 0.54% |
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| 8 | OmprakashMale · 56 yrs · ST | Independent | 860 | 0.53% |
BJP held the seat: it also won in 2017.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Obra result 2017
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanjiv Kumar | BJP | 78,058 | 47.93% |
| 2 | Ravi Gond | SP | 33,789 | 20.75% |
| 3 | Virendra Pratap Singh | BSP | 29,113 | 17.88% |
| 4 | Subhash Kharvar | Independent | 6,198 | 3.81% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 4,305 | 2.64% |
| 5 | Bahadur Ram Panika | CPI | 3,272 | 2.01% |
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| 6 | Jagdeesh Baiga | NISHAD | 1,825 | 1.12% |
| 7 | Ram Surat | Independent | 1,709 | 1.05% |
| 8 | Kripa Shankar | AIPF | 1,631 | 1.00% |
| 9 | Indrashah | Independent | 1,110 | 0.68% |
| 10 | Joy Deniyal Vani | Independent | 1,102 | 0.68% |
| 11 | Om Prakash | Independent | 731 | 0.45% |
Obra result 2012
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunil Kumar | BSP | 31,513 | 21.90% |
| 2 | Devendra Prasad Shastri | BJP | 24,453 | 16.99% |
| 3 | Anil Singh | Independent | 21,276 | 14.79% |
| 4 | Rajnarayan Singh | INC | 17,188 | 11.95% |
| 5 | Ram Nihore | SP | 14,455 | 10.05% |
| 6 | Hardev Singh | Independent | 5,057 | 3.51% |
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| 7 | Vrishbhan Agrawal 'birkha' | JaKP | 3,606 | 2.51% |
| 8 | Shivkumar | PMSP | 2,861 | 1.99% |
| 9 | Shiv Narayan | RLM | 2,268 | 1.58% |
| 10 | Santosh Kumar | GGP | 1,970 | 1.37% |
| 11 | Dinkar Kapoor | KrSaP | 1,885 | 1.31% |
| 12 | Phool Singh | QED | 1,591 | 1.11% |
| 13 | Ram Sahare | Independent | 1,555 | 1.08% |
| 14 | Sarvchand Pandey | CPI | 1,387 | 0.96% |
| 15 | Abhishek Kumar Chaubey | AD | 1,336 | 0.93% |
| 16 | Vinod Kumar | Independent | 1,298 | 0.90% |
| 17 | Rambhajan | RSMD | 1,287 | 0.89% |
| 18 | Muniraj | Shiv Sena | 954 | 0.66% |
| 19 | Brajesh Kumar Singh | NLP | 952 | 0.66% |
| 20 | Vishwanath Dev | Independent | 839 | 0.58% |
| 21 | Abdul Bari | Independent | 837 | 0.58% |
| 22 | Ajay Kumar Rawat | Independent | 830 | 0.58% |
| 23 | Chandradev | JMM | 801 | 0.56% |
| 24 | Vijayshankar Yadav | Independent | 746 | 0.52% |
| 25 | Rekha | BRABSVP | 670 | 0.47% |
| 26 | Chandrabhan | Independent | 520 | 0.36% |
| 27 | Arjun Prasad | Independent | 483 | 0.34% |
| 28 | Jung Bahadur Puri | CPI(ML)(L) | 455 | 0.32% |
| 29 | Krishna Kumar Singh | Independent | 424 | 0.29% |
| 30 | Munni Devi | Independent | 391 | 0.27% |
Obra 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 Sonbhadra district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Obra is one of the assembly segments of Robertsganj. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Robertsganj candidates.
- ChhotelalSP60,623 42.5%
- Rinki SinghADAL55,963 39.3%
- DhaneshwarBSP14,578 10.2%
- Ashok Kumar KannaujiyaCPI3,530 2.5%
- SubhagiJNSNKP1,350 0.9%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, SP led here by 4,660 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Obra.
Who won the Obra assembly seat in 2022?
Sanjeev Kumar Gond of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Obra in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly election with 78,364 votes, which was 48.04% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Obra?
The margin was 26,442 votes (16.21% of valid votes). The runner-up was Arvind Kumar Alias Sunil Singh Gond of the Samajwadi Party with 51,922 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Obra in 2022?
Turnout was 49.81%: 1,63,152 of 3,27,556 registered electors voted, across 337 polling stations. That is 3.1 points lower than in 2017.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Obra part of?
Obra is an assembly segment of the Robertsganj Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Chhotelal got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Obra a reserved constituency?
Yes. Obra is reserved for scheduled tribes (st), so only candidates from that community can contest, while all registered voters in the seat can vote.
When is the next assembly election in Obra?
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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