Mohammadabad (UP) assembly election 2022: date, result, candidates list and latest news

The Mohammadabad assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh (UP) saw Dr Arvind Roy of the Indian National Congress (INC) take on Alka Rai of the BJP, Madhvendra Rai of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), and Suhaib alias Mannu Ansari of the Samajwadi Party (SP).

Alka Rai of the BJP had won the seat in 2017 Assembly elections, defeating runner-up Sibgatulla Ansari of the BSP by a margin of 32,727 votes.

In the 2012 Assembly election, QED’s Sibgatulla Ansari had won the seat by defeating the SP’s Rajesh Rai by a margin of 7,333 votes.

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The Mohammadabad assembly constituency falls under the Ghazipur district in UP and is one of the five assembly constituencies under the Ballia Lok Sabha constituency.

The Mohammadabad assembly constituency voted in the seventh phase of the UP Assembly elections in 2022 on March 7, when 54 assembly seats, spread across 9 districts, went to the polls. UP is voting in seven phases, and the last phase was held on March 7.

Results will be declared on March 10, along with results of elections being held in other states and Union Territories (UTs).

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Quick facts about Mohammadabad assembly seat:

Name of the assembly constituency, district: Mohammadabad, Ghazipur district

Polling date: March 7, 2022

Phase: 7

Sitting MLA, party: Alka Rai, BJP

Key candidates, party in 2022: Dr Arvind Roy (INC), Alka Rai (BJP), Madhvendra Rai (BSP), Suhaib alias Mannu Ansari (SP)

Winning candidate, party in 2017: Alka Rai, BJP

Runner-up name, party 2017: Sibgatulla Ansari, BSP

Winning margin 2017: 32,727 votes

Top 3 candidates in 2017: Alka Rai (BJP), Sibgatulla Ansari (BSP), Janak Kumar (INC)

Top 3 candidates 2012: Sibgatulla Ansari (QED), Rajesh Rai (SP), Vinod Kumar Rai (BSP)

Lok Sabha constituency: Ballia