Orai is assembly constituency number 221 in Uttar Pradesh, in Jalaun district, and one of the segments of the Jalaun Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Gauri Shankar of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 47.5% of the vote, 37,648 votes ahead of Dayashankar Verma (SP).
- 01Gauri ShankarBJP1,28,64447.45%
- 02Dayashankar VermaSP90,99633.56%
- 03Satyendra PratapBSP38,63814.25%
- 04Urmila Devi Sonkar KhabriINC4,6501.72%
- 05Balak RamJANADIP1,6070.59%
- 8 other candidates · 4,890 votesNOTA · 1,682 (0.62%)
Margin 37,648 votes · 13.89% of valid votes
All 13 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,71,107 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gauri ShankarMale · 56 yrs · SC | BJP | 1,28,644 | 47.45% |
| 2 | Dayashankar VermaMale · 71 yrs · SC | SP | 90,996 | 33.56% |
| 3 | Satyendra PratapMale · 52 yrs · SC | BSP | 38,638 | 14.25% |
| 4 | Urmila Devi Sonkar KhabriFemale · 61 yrs · SC | INC | 4,650 | 1.72% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,682 | 0.62% |
| 5 | Balak RamMale · 59 yrs · SC | JANADIP | 1,607 | 0.59% |
| 6 | DeepshikhaFemale · 27 yrs · SC | AAP | 1,088 | 0.40% |
| 7 | Premlata VermaFemale · 31 yrs · SC | Independent | 882 | 0.33% |
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| 8 | JamunadasMale · 66 yrs · SC | BMUP | 624 | 0.23% |
| 9 | Dal SinghMale · 44 yrs · SC | Independent | 604 | 0.22% |
| 10 | Sushil KumarMale · 29 yrs · SC | DESP | 579 | 0.21% |
| 11 | ChandrabhanMale · 53 yrs · SC | Independent | 517 | 0.19% |
| 12 | Sitaram VermaMale · 79 yrs · SC | SWAJANPA | 351 | 0.13% |
| 13 | Ch. LachchiramMale · 76 yrs · SC | RVLP | 245 | 0.09% |
BJP held the seat: it also won in 2017.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Orai result 2017
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gauri Shankar | BJP | 1,40,485 | 52.98% |
| 2 | Mahendra Singh | SP | 61,606 | 23.24% |
| 3 | Vijay Chaudhari | BSP | 57,541 | 21.70% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,169 | 0.82% |
| 4 | Shyam Kumar | BSCP | 1,051 | 0.40% |
| 5 | Kailash | RVLP | 940 | 0.35% |
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| 6 | Dwarika Prasad | SWAJANPA | 678 | 0.26% |
| 7 | Sukhram Singhh | BMUP | 672 | 0.25% |
Orai result 2012
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dayashankar | SP | 67,298 | 28.34% |
| 2 | Satyendra Pratap | BSP | 60,165 | 25.34% |
| 3 | Gaurishankar | BJP | 45,349 | 19.10% |
| 4 | Dr. Ramadhin | INC | 31,952 | 13.46% |
| 5 | Shambhoo Dayal | MD | 12,769 | 5.38% |
| 6 | Vijay Chaudhary | JD(U) | 7,036 | 2.96% |
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| 7 | Poonam | NLP | 4,070 | 1.71% |
| 8 | Kailash | Independent | 1,904 | 0.80% |
| 9 | Kishorilal | BC | 1,426 | 0.60% |
| 10 | Ramprakash | CPI(ML)(L) | 1,144 | 0.48% |
| 11 | Satnam Singh | RLM | 1,086 | 0.46% |
| 12 | Bhagwandin | RUC | 770 | 0.32% |
| 13 | Kunwarpal Singh | IJP | 697 | 0.29% |
| 14 | Rajesh Kumar | BRPP | 696 | 0.29% |
| 15 | Yashvant Singh | AlHP | 550 | 0.23% |
| 16 | Prahlad | RJD | 532 | 0.22% |
Orai 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 Jalaun district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Orai is one of the assembly segments of Jalaun. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Jalaun candidates.
- Narayan Das AhirwarSP1,23,224 48.7%
- Bhanu Pratap Singh VermaBJP1,11,395 44.0%
- Suresh Chandra GautamBSP16,281 6.4%
- Brij MohanIndependent795 0.3%
- Nagendra KumarBSCP599 0.2%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, SP led here by 11,829 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Orai.
Who won the Orai assembly seat in 2022?
Gauri Shankar of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Orai in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly election with 1,28,644 votes, which was 47.45% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Orai?
The margin was 37,648 votes (13.89% of valid votes). The runner-up was Dayashankar Verma of the Samajwadi Party with 90,996 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Orai in 2022?
Turnout was 61.27%: 2,72,646 of 4,44,977 registered electors voted, across 526 polling stations. That is 1.3 points lower than in 2017.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Orai part of?
Orai is an assembly segment of the Jalaun Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Narayan Das Ahirwar got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Orai a reserved constituency?
Yes. Orai 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 Orai?
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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