Jaunpur is a constituency of the

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Hindi: ''Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member first-past-the-p ...

covering the city of Jaunpur in the

Jaunpur district Jaunpur district is a district in the Varanasi Division of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The district headquarters is Jaunpur which is situated on the banks of the Gomti River. It is located 228 km southeast of the state capital Luck ...

of Uttar Pradesh, India. Jaunpur is one of five assembly constituencies in the

Jaunpur Lok Sabha constituency Jaunpur Lok Sabha Constituency is a parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Assembly Segments Members of Parliament ^ by poll Election results See also * Jaunpur district * List of Constituencies of the L ...

. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 366 amongst 403 constituencies.

Election results

2022 Jaunpur Assembly

2017

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candidate

Girish Chandra Yadav Girish Chandra Yadav (born October 1, 1974) is an Indian politician serving as the State Minister (Independent charge) in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Born in Samaspur, Paniaria in Jaunpur, Mr. Yadav married Smt. Sanju Yadav in 1990, and ...

won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating

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candidate Nadeem Javed by a margin of 12,284 votes.

References

External links

* Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh Politics of Jaunpur district {{UttarPradesh-geo-stub