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| Constituency No. 72 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Prayagraj |
| Total electors | 325,412 (2019) |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AD(S) |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Bara is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Bara in the Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Bara is one of five assembly constituencies in the Prayagraj. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 264 amongst 403 constituencies.
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Udaibhan Karwaria | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | Ajai Kumar | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2022 | Vachaspati | Apna Dal (Soneylal) | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDIA | |||||
| NDA | |||||
| BSP | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AD(S) | Vachaspati | 89,203 | 43.49 | ||
| SP | Ajay | 76,679 | 37.38 | +13.61 | |
| BSP | Dr. Ajay Kumar | 22,719 | 11.08 | −8.42 | |
| INC | Manju Sant | 3,443 | 1.68 | +0.6 | |
| Peoples Party of India (Democratic) | Ram Kumar Vidyarthi | 2,575 | 1.26 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,731 | 1.33 | +0.09 | |
| Majority | 12,524 | 6.11 | −11.81 | ||
| Turnout | 205,129 | 61.25 | +1.99 | ||
| AD(S) gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Dr. Ajai Kumar won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Ajay by a margin of 34,053 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dr. Ajai Kumar | 79,209 | 41.69 | ||
| SP | Ajay (Bharti Munna Bhaiya) | 45,156 | 23.77 | ||
| BSP | Ashok Kumar Gautam | 37,052 | 19.5 | ||
| NISHAD | Phool Chandra | 10,704 | 5.63 | ||
| Independent | Hansraj Kol | 3,729 | 1.96 | ||
| CPI | Ayodhya Prasad Adivasi Kol | 2,573 | 1.35 | ||
| INC | Suresh Kumar Verma | 2,045 | 1.08 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,327 | 1.24 | ||
| Majority | 34,053 | 17.92 | |||
| Turnout | 189,974 | 59.26 | |||
Samajwadi Party candidate Dr. Ajay Kumar defeated BJP candidate Vibhavnath Bharti.