# Mahadewa Assembly constituency

Mahadewa (311) is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in the Basti district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Mahadewa is one of five assembly constituencies in the Basti Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 311 amongst 403 constituencies.

## Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

| # | Term | Member of Legislative Assembly | Party | From | To | Days | Comment |
| 01 | 2nd Vidhan Sabha | Baldeo Singh | Independent | April 1957 | March 1962 | 1,800 | |
| 02 | 3rd Vidhan Sabha | Vishnu Pratap Singh | Indian National Congress | March 1962 | March 1967 | 1,828 | |
| 03 | 4th Vidhan Sabha | B. Lal | Swatantra Party | March 1967 | April 1968 | 402 | |
| 04 | 5th Vidhan Sabha | Ganga Prasad | Indian National Congress | February 1969 | March 1974 | 1,832 | |
| 05 | 7th Vidhan Sabha | Girdhari Lal | Janata Party | June 1977 | February 1980 | 969 | Constituency known as "Nagar East" and again renamed in 2008 as "Mahadewa" |
| 06 | 08th Vidhan Sabha | Ram Awadh Prasad | Indian National Congress (Indira) | June 1980 | March 1985 | 1,735 | Constituency known as "Nagar East" and again renamed in 2008 as "Mahadewa" |
| 07 | 9th Vidhan Sabha | Ram Jiyawan | Indian National Congress | March 1985 | November 1989 | 1,725 | Constituency known as "Nagar East" and again renamed in 2008 as "Mahadewa" |
| 08 | 10th Vidhan Sabha | Ram Karan Arya | Janata Dal | December 1989 | April 1991 | 488 | Constituency known as "Nagar East" and again renamed in 2008 as "Mahadewa" |
| 09 | 11th Vidhan Sabha | Ved Prakash | Bhartiya Janata Party | June 1991 | December 1992 | 533 | Constituency known as "Nagar East" and again renamed in 2008 as "Mahadewa" |
| 10 | 12th Vidhan Sabha | Ram Karan Arya | Samajwadi Party | December 1993 | October 1995 | 693 | Constituency known as "Nagar East" and again renamed in 2008 as "Mahadewa" |
| 11 | 13th Vidhan Sabha | Ved Prakash | Bahujan Samaj Party | October 1996 | March 2002 | 1,967 | Constituency known as "Nagar East" and again renamed in 2008 as "Mahadewa" |
| 12 | 14th Vidhan Sabha | Ram Karan Arya | Samajwadi Party | February 2002 | May 2007 | 1,902 | Constituency known as "Nagar East" and again renamed in 2008 as "Mahadewa" |
| 13 | 15th Vidhan Sabha | Dudhram | Bahujan Samaj Party | May 2007 | March 2012 | 1,762 | Constituency known as "Nagar East" and again renamed in 2008 as "Mahadewa" |
| 14 | 16th Vidhan Sabha | Ram Karan Arya | Samajwadi Party | March 2012 | March 2017 | 1,829 | |
| 15 | 17th Vidhan Sabha | Ravi Kumar Sonkar | Bhartiya Janata Party | March 2017 | March 2022 | | |
| 16 | 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly | Dudhram | Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party | March 2022 | Incumbent | | |

## Election results
### 2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Mahadewa :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SBSP | Dudhram | | | |
| | AAP | Ramsuresh (Kallu Bhai) | | | |

### 2017

Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Ravi Kumar Sonkar won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Doodhram by a margin of 25,884 votes.
2017 General Elections: Mahadewa (SC) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Ravi Kumar Sonkar | 82,429 | 41.82 | +35.86 |
| | BSP | Dudhram | 56,545 | 28.69 | −6.54 |
| | SP | Ram Karan Arya | 47,914 | 24.31 | −21.53 |
| | NISHAD | Govardhan | 5,639 | 2.86 | +2.86 |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 2,231 | 1.13 | +1.13 |
| | | Remainder 5 candidates | 4,559 | 2.29 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 25,884 | 12.99 | +2.38 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,99,317 | 58.42 | +1.58 |
| | BJP gain from SP | BJP gain from SP | Swing | +8.54 | |

### 16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections

2012 General Elections: Mahadewa (SC) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SP | Ram Karan Arya | 83,202 | 45.84 |
| | BSP | Dudhram | 63,943 | 35.23 |
| | BJP | Beena Rai | 10,816 | 5.96 |
| | INC | Gauri Shankar | 7,889 | 4.35 |
| | SBSP | Kripa Shankar | 4,797 | 2.64 |
| | Independent | Lav Kush | 3,848 | 2.12 |
| | PECP | Govardhan | 3,089 | 1.70 |
| | | Remainder 5 candidates | 3,919 | 2.16 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19,259 | 10.61 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,81,503 | 56.84 |
| | SP gain from BSP | SP gain from BSP | Swing | |