Tamkuhi Raj (Assembly constituency)

Tamkuhi Raj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Tamkuhi Raj in the Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Tamkuhi Raj
Constituency of
Incumbent MLAAjay Kumar Lallu
Political PartyIndian National Congress
Elected Year2017
Constituency Details
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictKushinagar
Parliamentary ConstituencyDeoria (Lok Sabha constituency)
ReservationNone
Total Electors3,78,534 (2017)

Tamkuhi Raj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Deoria (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 331 amongst 403 constituencies.

Currently this seat belongs to Indian National Congress candidate Ajay Kumar Lallu, who won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections by defeating Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Jagadish Mishra by a margin of 18,114 votes.[1]

Member of Legislative Assembly
# Term Member of Legislative Assembly Party From To Days Comment
0116th Vidhan SabhaAjay Kumar LalluIndian National CongressMarch 2012March 20171,829[2]
0217th Vidhan SabhaMarch 2017Incumbent1732[3]

Election Results
2017 Assembly Elections: Tamkuhi Raj[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ajay Kumar Lallu 61,211 28.88 1.85
BJP Jagdish Mishra 43,097 20.33 3.72
BSP Bijay Rai 41,685 19.66 6.35
NISHAD Dr P K Rai 29,759 14.04 New
Independent Nand Kishor Mishra 23,423 11.05
None of the Above None of the Above 3,305 1.56 New
Remaining 10 Candidates 12,808 5.94
Majority 18,114 8.41 5.43
Turnout 2,15,288 56.87 0.45
Registered electors 3,78,534
INC hold Swing 1.85
2012 Assembly Elections: Tamkuhi Raj[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ajay Kumar Lallu 53,121 27.03
BJP Nand Kishor Mishra 47,261 24.05
SP Dr P K Rai 39,759 20.23
BSP Manish Jaiswal 26,153 13.31
PECP Surendra Prasad Gupta 17,295 8.80
Independent Poorendra Kumar Mishra 5,479 2.79
Remaining 9 Candidates 7,448 3.79
Majority 5,860 2.98
Turnout 1,96,516 56.42
INC win (new seat)

References
  1. "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  2. "2012 Election Results". Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  3. "2017 Election Results". Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 11 June 2020.


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