Ajagara is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Varanasi district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Chandauli Lok Sabha constituency. First assembly election in this assembly constituency was conducted in 2012 after the constituency came into existence in the year 2008 as a result of the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008".[1][2]
Ajagara Assembly constituency comprises KCs Palahi Patti, Ajagara, PCs Dallipur, Rasulpur, Shahpur, Babatpur, Raisipatti, Surwa, Harhua, Birapatti, Koirajpur, Ausanpur, Undi, Sabhaipur, Ekla, Garwa, Paschimpur, Gauri, Parsadpur, Hathiwar, Puarikala, Puarikhurd & Bhopapur of Harahaua KC of Pindra Tehsil.[2]
| Year | Member[3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Till 2012 : Constituency did not exist
| |||
| 2012 | Tribhuvan Ram | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2017 | Kailash Nath Sonkar | Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party | |
| 2022 | Tribhuvan Ram | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Tribhuvan Ram | 101,088 | 41.25 | ||
| SBSP | Sunil Sonkar | 91,928 | 37.51 | −0.6 | |
| BSP | Raghunath Chaudhari | 42,301 | 17.26 | −6.61 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,070 | 0.84 | −0.24 | |
| Majority | 9,160 | 3.74 | −5.97 | ||
| Turnout | 245,074 | 65.52 | +0.26 | ||
| BJP gain from SBSP | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBSP | Kailash Nath Sonkar | 83,778 | 38.11 | ||
| SP | Lalji Sonkar | 62,429 | 28.4 | ||
| BSP | Tribhuvan Ram | 52,480 | 23.87 | ||
| Independent | Arti | 8,639 | 3.93 | ||
| Independent | Saurabh Kumar | 3,539 | 1.61 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,350 | 1.08 | ||
| Majority | 21,349 | 9.71 | |||
| Turnout | 219,858 | 65.26 | |||
| SBSP gain from BSP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSP | Tribhuvan Ram | 60,239 | 32.35 | − | |
| SP | Lalji | 58,156 | 31.23 | − | |
| BJP | Harinath | 22,855 | 12.27 | − | |
| Remainder eighteen candidates | 44,964 | 24.15 | − | ||
| Majority | 2,083 | 1.12 | − | ||
| Turnout | 186,214 | 60.05 | − | ||
| BSP hold | Swing | - | |||
