Kerakat assembly election result 2017
Dinesh Chaudhary of the Bharatiya Janata Party won Kerakat in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election with 84,078 votes (37.02%), defeating Sanjai Kumar Saroj of the Samajwadi Party, who polled 68,819 votes (30.3%). The winning margin was 15,259 votes.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dinesh Chaudhary | Bharatiya Janata Party | 84,078 | 37.02% |
| Sanjai Kumar Saroj | Samajwadi Party | 68,819 | 30.3% |
| Urmila Raj | Bahujan Samaj Party | 66,307 | 29.19% |
| Vijai | Mahakranti Dal | 2,404 | 1.06% |
Turnout was 58.46%, with 227,142 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 Kerakat constituency
Kerakat is seat number 372 of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly and lies in Jaunpur district. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes. It is part of the Machhlishahr Lok Sabha constituency. It had about 416,720 registered electors at the 2022 election.
Who represents Kerakat now
Kerakat is represented by Tufani Saroj of the Samajwadi Party, elected in 2022. The 2017 figures above are a historical record.
- Kerakat constituency page
- Profile of Tufani Saroj
- All Uttar Pradesh MLAs
- Uttar Pradesh constituencies
- Uttar Pradesh Election 2027
Figures are the Election Commission of India’s 2017 results for Kerakat, checked against two independent published compilations, which agree on them.