Gainsari assembly election result 2017
Shailesh Kumar Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party won Gainsari in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election with 55,716 votes (28.41%), defeating Alauddin of the Bahujan Samaj Party, who polled 53,413 votes (27.24%). The winning margin was 2,303 votes.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shailesh Kumar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | 55,716 | 28.41% |
| Alauddin | Bahujan Samaj Party | 53,413 | 27.24% |
| Shiv Pratap Yadav | Samajwadi Party | 46,378 | 23.65% |
| Anurag | Independent | 27,652 | 14.1% |
| Manzoor Alam Khan | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 3,160 | 1.61% |
Turnout was 56.07%, with 196,103 votes cast.
Uttar Pradesh voted in seven phases between 11 February and 8 March 2017, and the votes were counted on 11 March 2017. The Bharatiya Janata Party won 312 of the 403 seats, and Yogi Adityanath became Chief Minister.
About the Gainsari constituency
Gainsari is seat number 292 of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly and lies in Balrampur district. It is a general (unreserved) seat. It is part of the Shrawasti Lok Sabha constituency. It had about 365,598 registered electors at the 2022 election.
Who represents Gainsari now
Gainsari is represented by Rakesh Kumar Yadav of the Samajwadi Party, elected at the 2024 bye-election. The 2017 figures above are a historical record.
- Gainsari constituency page
- Profile of Rakesh Kumar Yadav
- All Uttar Pradesh MLAs
- Uttar Pradesh constituencies
- Uttar Pradesh Election 2027
Figures are the Election Commission of India’s 2017 results for Gainsari, checked against two independent published compilations, which agree on them.