| Basti Sadar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Basti |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Samajwadi Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Basti Sadar is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Basti in the Basti district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1][2][3]
Basti Sadar is one of five assembly constituencies in the Basti Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 310 amongst 403 constituencies. Samajwadi Party candidate Mahendra Nath Yadav is MLA from this seat since 2022.[4]
Constituency known as "Basti" renamed in 2008 as "Basti Sadar" [5]
| # | Term | Member of Legislative Assembly | Party | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 7th Vidhan Sabha | Jagadamba Prasad Singh | Janata Party | 1977 |
| 02 | 08th Vidhan Sabha | Almeloo Ammal | Indian National Congress (Indira) | 1980 |
| 03 | 9th Vidhan Sabha | Indian National Congress | 1985 | |
| 04 | 10th Vidhan Sabha | Rajmani Pandey | Janata Dal | 1989 |
| 05 | 11th Vidhan Sabha | Lakshmeshwar Singh | 1991 | |
| 06 | 12th Vidhan Sabha | Jagdambika Pal | Indian National Congress | 1993 |
| 07 | 13th Vidhan Sabha | All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) | 1996 | |
| 08 | 14th Vidhan Sabha | Indian National Congress | 2002 | |
| 09 | 15th Vidhan Sabha | Jitendra Kumar [a] | Bahujan Samaj Party | 2007 [4] |
| 10 | 16th Vidhan Sabha | 2012 [4] | ||
| 11 | 17th Vidhan Sabha | Dayaram Chaudhary | Bhartiya Janata Party | 2017 |
| 12 | 18th
Vidhan Sabha |
Mahendra Nath Yadav | Samajwadi Party | 2022 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Ramesh Singh [6] | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dayaram Chaudhary | 92,697 | 45.13 | +27.41 | |
| SP | Mahendra Nath Yadav | 50,103 | 24.39 | +11.08 | |
| BSP | Jitendra Kumar | 49,538 | 24.12 | -5.13 | |
| RLD | Raja Ashwarya Raj Singh | 4,152 | 2.02 | +2.02 | |
| NISHAD | Gauri Shankar | 1,707 | 0.83 | +0.83 | |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,206 | 0.59 | +0.59 | |
| Remainder 9 candidates | 7,219 | 3.49 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 42,594 | 20.61 | +10.13 | ||
| Turnout | 2,06,622 | 59.41 | +1.12 | ||
| BJP gain from BSP | Swing | +15.48 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSP | Jitendra Kumar | 53,011 | 29.25 | ||
| INC | Abhishek Pal | 34,008 | 18.76 | ||
| BJP | Harish Dwivedi | 32,121 | 17.72 | ||
| PECP | Dayaram Chaudhary | 23,709 | 13.08 | ||
| SP | Chandra Bhushan Mishra | 23,369 | 12.89 | ||
| SBSP | Manoj Kumar Rajbhar | 3,203 | 1.77 | ||
| Independent | Ajay Mohan Gandhi | 1,899 | 1.05 | ||
| Remainder 13 candidates | 9,926 | 5.48 | |||
| Majority | 19,003 | 10.48 | |||
| Turnout | 1,81,246 | 58.29 | |||
| BSP hold | Swing | ||||
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