Allahabad South (Assembly constituency)

Allahabad South is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Allahabad South in the Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Allahabad South
इलाहाबाद दक्षिणी
Constituency
for the Vidhan Sabha
District Allahabad
State Uttar Pradesh
Electorate 3,92,097 (2017)
Current constituency
Created 2017
Party Bharatiya Janta Party
MLA Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi
Reservation None

Allahabad South is one of five assembly constituencies in the Allahabad (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 263 amongst 403 constituencies.

Currently this seat belongs to Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi who won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Lagislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Parvez Ahmad by a margin of 28,587 votes.[1]

Member of Legislative Assembly

Year Member Political Party
1957Kalyan Chandra MohileyPraja Socialist Party
1962Kalyan Chandra MohileyPraja Socialist Party
1967Kalyan Chandra MohileySamyukta Socialist Party
1969Ram Gopal SandBharatiya Jan Sangh
1974Satya Prakash MalaviyaBharatiya Kranti Dal
1977Satya Prakash MalaviyaJanata Party
1980Satish Chandra JaiswalIndian National Congress (I)
1985Satish Chandra JaiswalIndian National Congress
1989Keshari Nath TripathiBharatiya Janata Party
1991Keshari Nath TripathiBharatiya Janata Party
1993Keshari Nath TripathiBharatiya Janata Party
1996Keshari Nath TripathiBharatiya Janata Party
2002Keshari Nath TripathiBharatiya Janata Party
2007Nand Gopal GuptaBahujan Samaj Party
2012Haji Parvej AhmadSamajwadi Party
2017Nand Gopal GuptaBharatiya Janata Party

Election results

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Allahabad South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Nand Gopal Gupta (Nandi) 93,011 52.53
SP Haji Parvez Ahmad (Tanki) 64,424 36.38
BSP Masooq Khan 12,162 6.87
PECP Aqeelur Rahman 872 0.49
AIMIM Syed Afzaal Muzib 868 0.49
NOTA None of the Above 665 0.37
Majority 28,587 16.15
Turnout 1,77,063 45.16
BJP gain from SP Swing
U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2012: Allahabad South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
SP Haji Parvez Ahmad (Tanki) 43,040 29.44
BSP Nand Gopal Gupta (Nandi) 42,626 29.16
BJP Keshari Nath Tripathi 33,399 22.85
INC Ch. Jitendra Nath Singh 19,121 13.08
PECP Mohd. Julfikar Khan 4,092 2.80
Majority 414 0.28
Turnout 1,46,174 45.05
SP gain from BSP Swing

References

  1. "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 2017-08-25.


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