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
Constituency
DistrictAllahabad
StateUttar Pradesh
Electorate3,92,097 (2017)
Current constituency
Created2017
PartyBharatiya Janta Party
MLANand Gopal Gupta
ReservationNone

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 Winner Party Ref.
1957 Kalyan Chandra Mohiley Praja Socialist Party [2]
1962 Kalyan Chandra Mohiley Praja Socialist Party [3]
1967 Kalyan Chandra Mohiley Samyukta Socialist Party [4]
1969 Ram Gopal Sand Bharatiya Jana Sangh [5]
1974 Satya Prakash Malaviya Bharatiya Kranti Dal [6]
1977 Satya Prakash Malaviya Janata Party [7]
1980 Satish Chandra Jaiswal Indian National Congress (I) [8]
1985 Satish Chandra Jaiswal Indian National Congress [9]
1989 Keshari Nath Tripathi Bharatiya Janata Party [10]
1991 Keshari Nath Tripathi Bharatiya Janata Party [11]
1993 Keshari Nath Tripathi Bharatiya Janata Party [12]
1996 Keshari Nath Tripathi Bharatiya Janata Party [13]
2002 Keshari Nath Tripathi Bharatiya Janata Party [14]
2007 Nand Gopal Gupta Bahujan Samaj Party [15]
2012 Haji Parvej Ahmad Samajwadi Party [16]
2017 Nand Gopal Gupta Bharatiya 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 25 August 2017.
  2. "1957 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  3. "1962 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  4. "1967 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  5. "1969 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  6. "1974 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  7. "1977 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  8. "1980 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  9. "1985 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  10. "1989 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  11. "1991 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  12. "1993 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  13. "1996 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  14. "2002 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  15. "2007 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  16. "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 1 June 2018.


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