Mirzapur assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh was won by the BJP in the 2017 assembly elections. In this constituency, Ratnakar Mishr defeated his close rival, Kailash Chaurasiya of the Samajwadi Party (SP), by a margin of 57,412 votes.

The BJP won 312 of the 403 assembly seats in 2017, forming an absolute majority in the state assembly and out-powering the Samajwadi Party. The BJP chose Yogi Adityanath to be the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.

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The Samajwadi Party (SP) came second behind the BJP, winning just 47 assembly seats, Mayawati-led BSP was third with 19 seats and the Congress (INC) won mere seven seats.

It is one of five assembly constituencies in the Mirzapur Lok Sabha constituency. Anupriya Singh Patel from Apna Dal (Sonelal) is the current Member of Parliament (MP) from the Mirzapur Lok Sabha constituency.

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In the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the Samajwadi Party had formed the government with 224 seats, the BSP was second, winning 80 seats, the BJP had won 47, and the INC 28.

In the Assembly elections 2012, the Samajwadi Party won the Chhanbey assembly constituency by a margin of 22,299 votes. The winning SP candidate Kailash Nath Chaurasiya got 1,89,238. 

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Quick facts about the Mirzapur assembly seat:

Name of the assembly constituency, district: Mirzapur 

Name of the winner, party: Ratnakar Mishr, BJP

Lok Sabha constituency: Mirzapur

Top candidates 2017: Ratnakar Mishra (BJP), Kailash Chaurasiya (SP)

Sitting MLA, party: Ratnakar Mishra (BJP)

Winning margin in 2017: 57,412

Runner up name, party: Kailash Chaurasiya, Samajwadi Party

Number of voters in 2017: 3,35,079

Percentage of votes polled in 2017: 56.5 %