# Dhaurahra Assembly constituency

Dhaurahra Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Lakhimpur district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Dhaurahra Lok Sabha constituency. First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1957 after the "DPACO (1956)" (delimitation order) was passed in 1956. After the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order" was passed in 2008, the constituency was assigned identification number 141. Vinod Shankar Avasthi of Bharatiya Janata Party is the MLA of Dhaurahra constituency elected in 2022.

## Wards / Areas

Extent of Dhaurahra Assembly constituency is KCs Dhaurahra, Isanagar, Kattouli, PCs Dulhi, Jatpurwa, Lakhahi, Abhaypur, Devmaniya, Akathi, Kafara, Gurgutta Buzurg, Muri & Dihuwa Kalan of Ramiya Behar KC of Dhaurahra Tehsil.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| From | Term | Name | Party | Party |
| | 01st Vidhan Sabha | Constituency not in existence | Constituency not in existence | Constituency not in existence |
| Apr-1957 | 02nd Vidhan Sabha | Jagannath Prasad | | Praja Socialist Party |
| Mar-1962 | 03rd Vidhan Sabha | Taaj Narain Trivedi | | Indian National Congress |
| Mar-1967 | 04th Vidhan Sabha | Jagannath Prasad | | Praja Socialist Party |
| Feb-1969 | 05th Vidhan Sabha | Jagannath Prasad | | Indian National Congress |
| Mar-1974 | 06th Vidhan Sabha | Saraswati Pratap Singh | | Independent politician |
| Jun-1977 | 07th Vidhan Sabha | Jagannath Prasad | | Independent politician |
| Jun-1980 | 08th Vidhan Sabha | Taaj Narain Trivedi | | Independent politician |
| Mar-1985 | 09th Vidhan Sabha | Saraswati Pratap Singh | | Independent politician |
| Dec-1989 | 10th Vidhan Sabha | Saraswati Pratap Singh | | Indian National Congress |
| Jun-1991 | 11th Vidhan Sabha | Awasthi Bala Prasad | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Dec-1993 | 12th Vidhan Sabha | Yeshpal Chaudary | | Samajwadi Party |
| Oct-1996 | 13th Vidhan Sabha | Saraswati Pratap Singh | | Indian National Congress |
| Feb-2002 | 14th Vidhan Sabha | Yeshpal Chaudary | | Samajwadi Party |
| May-2007 | 15th Vidhan Sabha | Awasthi Bala Prasad | | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| Mar-2012 | 16th Vidhan Sabha | Shamsher Bahadur | | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| Mar-2017 | 17th Vidhan Sabha | Awasthi Bala Prasad | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Mar-2022 | 18th Vidhan Sabha | Vinod Shankar Avasthi | | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dhaurahra :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Vinod Shankar Avasthi | 113,498 | 49.49 | |
| | SP | Varun Singh | 88,888 | 38.76 | |
| | AAP | Shipra Awasthi | | | |
| | INC | | | | |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24,610 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | BJP hold | BJP hold | BJP hold |

### 2017

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dhaurahra :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | BJP | Bala Prasad Awasthi | |
| | SP | | |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | BJP gain from BSP | BJP gain from BSP | Swing |

### 2012

2012 General Elections: Dhaurahra :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BSP | Shamsher Bahadur | 64,139 | 30.54 | − |
| | SP | Yashpal Chowdhary | 63,094 | 30.04 | − |
| | INC | Kunwar Samar Pratap Singh | 54,035 | 25.73 | − |
| | | Remainder 7 candidates | 28,775 | 13.7 | − |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,045 | 0.5 | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 210,043 | 68.31 | − |
| | BSP hold | BSP hold | Swing | | |