The Robertsganj assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh was won by the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2017 assembly elections. BJP leader Bhupesh
Chaubey defeated Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Avinash Kushvaha, by a margin
of 40,538 votes.

The BJP ousted the SP government in 2017 following a landslide victory
in the assembly elections that saw the party win 312 seats in the 403-member
House. Yogi Adityanath was named chief minister of Uttar Pradesh a day after the
electoral victory on March 15.

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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.

As per the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies
Order, 2008, Robertsganj is the constituency number 401 of the Uttar Pradesh
Legislative Assembly.

It is one of five assembly constituencies in the Robertsganj Lok Sabha
constituency. Pakaudi Lal Kol of the Apna Dal (Sonelal) is the current Member
of Parliament (MP) from the Lok Sabha constituency.

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Quick facts about the Robertsganj assembly seat:

Name of the assembly constituency, district: Robertsganj, Sonbhadra

Name of the winner, party: Bhupesh Chaubey, BJP

Lok Sabha constituency: Robertsganj

Date of polling: March 7, 2022

Date of counting of votes: March 10, 2022

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Top 3 candidates 2017: Bhupesh Chaubey (BJP), Avinash Kushvaha (SP), Sunil
Kumar Singh Yadav (BSP)

Top 3 candidates 2021: Bhupesh Chaubey (BJP), Avinash Kushvaha (SP),
Kamlesh Ojha (INC)

Winning margin in 2017: 40,538

Runner up name, party: Avinash Kushvaha (SP)

Number of voters in 2017: 3,25,035

Percentage of votes polled in 2017: 62.59%