Mohammadabad 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 ...

, and a segment of

Ballia Lok Sabha constituency Ballia Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern. It is one of the place in Uttar Pradesh, which is famous for its political history and participation of former PM Chand ...

, covering the city of Mohammadabad (also spelled Muhammadabad) in the

Ghazipur district Ghazipur district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The city of Ghazipur is the district headquarters. The district is part of Varanasi Division. The region of Ghazipur is famous mainly for the production of its unique ros ...

of Uttar Pradesh, India. It should not be confused with the assembly segment Muhammadabad-Gohna which falls under Ghosi Lok Sabha seat in Mau district. Mohammadabad is one of five assembly constituencies in the

. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 378 amongst 403 constituencies.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

^ = (by-poll) after

Krishnanand Rai Krishnanand Rai (11 December 1956 – 29 November 2005) was an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He served as a MLA from 2002 to 2005 representing Mohammadabad Assembly located at Ghazipur district. His first stint at politics was in yea ...

was murdered in 2005, His wife

Alka Rai Alka Rai is an Indian politician associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Alka Rai contested the Uttar Pradesh assembly election held in 2017. She got elected from the Mohammadabad Assembly constituency, Mohammadabad constituency by de ...

won.

Election results

2022

2017

* Alka Rai (BJP) : 122,156 votes * Sibgatulla Ansari (BSP) : 89,429 (Lost by 32,727 votes)

1977 Vidhan Sabha Elections

* Ram Janam Rai (JNP) : 22,371 votes * Krishna Nand Rai (INC) : 20,378 (He was not the same person as 2002 winner from this seat.)

References

External links

* {{coord missing, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh Politics of Ghazipur district