Ayodhya (Assembly constituency)
Ayodhya is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Ayodhya in the Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of five assembly constituencies in the Faizabad (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 275 amongst 403 constituencies.
| Ayodhya | |
|---|---|
| Constituency of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent MLA | Ved Prakash Gupta |
| Political Party | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| Elected Year | 2017 |
| Constituency Details | |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Ayodhya |
| Reservation | None |
Bharatiya Janta Party member Ved Prakash Gupta is the MLA, who won in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Tej Narayan Pandey by a margin of 50,440 votes.[1]
Election Result
2017 General Elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ved Prakash Gupta | 1,07,014 | 49.56 | ||
| SP | Tej Narayan Pandey | 56,574 | 26.20 | ||
| BSP | Mo Bazmi Siddeke | 39,554 | 18.32 | ||
| BMP | Banshi Lal Yadav | 5,661 | 2.62 | ||
| AP | Sushil Jaiswal | 1,635 | 0.76 | ||
| Majority | 50,440 | 23.20 | |||
| Turnout | 2,17,642 | 62.01 | |||
| BJP gain from SP | Swing | ||||
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