The Ghazipur assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh (UP) saw Looton Ram Nishad of the Indian National Congress (INC) take on Sangeeta Balwant Bind of the BJP, Dr Raj Kumar Singh Gautam of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), and Jaikishan of the Samajwadi Party (SP).

Sangeeta of the BJP had won the seat in 2017 Assembly elections, defeating runner-up Rajesh Kushwaha of the SP by a margin of 32,607 votes.

In the 2012 Assembly election, SP’s Vijay Kumar Mishra had won the seat by defeating the BSP’s Raj Kumar by a margin of 241 votes.

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

The Ghazipur 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 Ghazipur assembly seat:

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

Polling date: March 7, 2022

Phase: 7

Sitting MLA, party: Sangeeta, BJP

Key candidates, party in 2022: Looton Ram Nishad (INC), Sangeeta Balwant Bind (BJP), Dr Raj Kumar Singh Gautam (BSP), Jaikishan (SP)

Winning candidate, party in 2017: Sangeeta Balwant Bind, BJP

Runner-up name, party 2017: Rajesh Kushwaha, SP

Winning margin 2017: 32,607 votes

Top 3 candidates in 2017: Sangeeta (BJP), Rajesh Kushwaha (SP), Santosh Kumar (BSP)

Top 3 candidates 2012: Vijay Kumar Mishra (SP), Raj Kumar (BSP), Arun Kumar Singh (BJP)

Lok Sabha constituency: Ghazipur