Barabankis Assembly Elections Showcase Intense Competition Among Parties
The Barabanki assembly elections revealed fierce contests, with significant victories for both BJP and Samajwadi Party candidates.
Barabanki, November 4 (Daily Kiran) : The recent assembly elections in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh highlighted a series of thrilling contests. Candidates from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) showcased their strengths across six key constituencies: Kursi, Ramnagar, Barabanki, Jaidpur, Dariyabad, and Haidarganj.
In Kursi, BJP’s Sakendra Pratap Verma secured victory with a total of 118,720 votes, narrowly defeating SP’s Rakesh Kumar Verma by just 217 votes, who garnered 118,503 votes. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate, Meeta Gautam, finished third with 35,561 votes, while AIMIM’s Arun Kumar received 8,541 votes, placing fourth.
Similarly, the Ramnagar seat witnessed a tightly contested battle. SP’s Farid Mahfooz Kidwai emerged victorious with 98,799 votes, edging out BJP’s Sharad Kumar Awasthi by a mere 261 votes. Awasthi received 98,538 votes, underscoring the razor-thin margin in this constituency.
In Barabanki, SP’s Dharmraj Singh Yadav delivered an impressive performance, amassing 125,500 votes. He defeated BJP’s Rajkumari Maurya by a substantial margin of 35,050 votes, with Maurya securing 90,450 votes. BSP’s Vivek Singh Verma came in third with 42,506 votes, while Congress candidate Usha Singh received 4,560 votes, finishing fourth.
Jaidpur also saw a strong showing from the SP, with Gaurav Kumar winning 113,558 votes. He overcame BJP’s Ambrish Rawat, who received 110,576 votes, by a margin of 2,982 votes. Congress candidate Tanuj Puniya placed third with 28,689 votes, and BSP’s Ritesh Kumar Singh finished fourth with 18,400 votes.
Dariyabad saw a decisive win for BJP’s Satish Chandra Sharma, who collected 128,219 votes, defeating SP’s Arvind Kumar Singh Gop by 32,402 votes. Gop received 95,817 votes, while BSP’s Jagprasad Rawat finished third with 28,361 votes, and independent candidate Hammad Sher Afghan placed fourth with 9,378 votes.
In Haidarganj, BJP’s Dinesh Rawat triumphed with 117,133 votes, successfully defeating SP’s Ram Magan. The contest included candidates from BSP, IND, and Congress, showcasing a diverse political landscape. In the previous elections of 2017, BJP’s Baijnath Rawat had claimed victory in this constituency.
The results from Barabanki reflect the dynamic political landscape in Uttar Pradesh as parties gear up for the next electoral challenges.
