# Lucknow East Assembly constituency

Lucknow East is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Eastern part of Lucknow in the Lucknow district of Uttar Pradesh, India. A Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) facility with EVMs was used here in 2017 U.P. assembly polls.
Lucknow East is one of five assembly constituencies in the Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 173 amongst 403 constituencies.

## Members of Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1952 | Chandra Bhanu Gupta | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Triloki Singh | Praja Socialist Party |
| 1962 | Kishori Lal Agarwal | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Radhey Shyam Kapoor | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| 1969 | Bans Gopal Shukla | Bharatiya Kranti Dal |
| 1974 | Swaroop Kumari Bakshi | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Swaroop Kumari Bakshi | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | Swaroop Kumari Bakshi | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1985 | Swaroop Kumari Bakshi | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Ravidas Mehrotra | Janata Dal |
| 1991 | Bhagwati Prasad Shukla | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1993 | Bhagwati Prasad Shukla | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1996 | Vidya Sagar Gupta | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2002 | Vidya Sagar Gupta | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2007 | Vidya Sagar Gupta | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2012 | Kalraj Mishra | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2014^ | Ashutosh Tandon | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2017 | Ashutosh Tandon | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2022 | Ashutosh Tandon | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2024^ | O. P. Srivastava | Bharatiya Janata Party |
^ denotes bypoll

## Election results
### 2024 by-election

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election, 2024: Lucknow East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | O. P. Srivastava | 142,948 | 58.43 | 0.97 |
| | INC | Mukesh Chauhan | 89,061 | 36.41 | 34.67 |
| | BSP | Alok Kushwaha | 8,323 | 3.4 | 0.42 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 2,707 | 1.11 | 0.49 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 53,887 | 22.02 | 4.68 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,44,634 | 52.48 | 3.79 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |

### 2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Lucknow East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Ashutosh Tandon | 152,928 | 59.40 |
| | SP | Anurag Bhadouria | 84,197 | 32.70 |
| | BSP | Aashish Sinha | 9,834 | 3.82 |
| | INC | Manoj Tiwari | 4,485 | 1.74 |
| | AAP | Alok Singh | 2,680 | 1.04 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,595 | 0.62 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 68,731 | 26.70 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,57,468 | 56.27 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |

### 2017

U. P. Assembly Election, 2017: Lucknow East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Ashutosh Tandon | 135,167 | 59.25 | +7.20 |
| | INC | Anurag Bhadouria | 55,937 | 24.52 | +17.43 |
| | BSP | Saroj Kumar Shukla | 31,390 | 13.76 | +13.76 |
| | RLD | Rohit Agarwal | 921 | 0.40 | +0.40 |
| | AIFB | Akhilesh Kumar Singh | 512 | 0.22 | +0.22 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,747 | 0.76 | −0.24 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 79,230 | 34.73 | +15.50 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,28,115 | 53.95 | +20.89 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | +7.20 | |

### 2014

By-election, 2014: Lucknow East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Ashutosh Tandon | 71,640 | 52.05 | +15.74 |
| | SP | Juhie Singh | 45,181 | 32.82 | +7.51 |
| | INC | Ramesh Srivastava | 9,757 | 7.09 | −11.52 |
| | Independent | Shiv Pal Singh | 7,115 | 5.17 | +5.17 |
| | CPI | Rajpal | 876 | 0.64 | +0.64 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,379 | 1.00 | +1.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26,459 | 19.23 | +8.23 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,37,643 | 33.06 | −20.05 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | +15.74 | |

### 2012

U. P. Assembly Election, 2012: Lucknow East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Kalraj Mishra | 68,726 | 36.31 | +8.22 |
| | SP | Juhie Singh | 47,908 | 25.31 | −1.84 |
| | INC | Ramesh Srivastava | 35,227 | 18.61 | −1.89 |
| | BSP | Krishna Chandra Tripathi | 28,040 | 14.82 | −6.11 |
| | BJSWP | Murtaz Ali | 2,348 | 1.24 | +1.24 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20,818 | 11.00 | +10.06 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,89,267 | 53.11 | +21.57 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | +10.06 | |

### 2007

U. P. Assembly Election, 2007: Lucknow East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Vidya Sagar Gupta | 18,892 | 28.08 |
| | SP | Fakhir Siddiqui | 18,261 | 27.14 |
| | BSP | Gopal Narayan Misra | 14,076 | 20.92 |
| | INC | Sudhir S. Halwasiya | 13,786 | 20.49 |
| | RLD | Aparna Singh | 347 | 0.51 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 631 | 0.94 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 67,264 | 31.54 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |

### 2002

U. P. Assembly Election, 2002: Lucknow East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Vidya Sagar Gupta | 23,429 | 33.31 |
| | SP | Ravidas Mehrotra | 23,090 | 32.82 |
| | INC | Kush Bhargava | 9,728 | 13.83 |
| | Independent | Amit Puri | 8,619 | 12.25 |
| | BSP | Mohammad Yunus | 3,055 | 4.34 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 339 | 0.49 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 70,345 | 31.14 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |

### 1996

U. P. Assembly Election, 1996: Lucknow East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Vidya Sagar Gupta | 49,653 | 66.74 |
| | AIIC(T) | Azad Sarwan Kumar Agrawal | 13,033 | 17.52 |
| | BSP | Swadesh Kumar | 8,489 | 11.41 |
| | CPI | Rajendra Kumar Shukla | 1,918 | 2.58 |
| | SS | Anup Kumar Awasthi | 612 | 0.82 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 36,620 | 49.22 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 74,403 | 34.70 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |

### 1993

U. P. Assembly Election, 1993: Lucknow East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Bhagwati Prasad Shukla | 48,121 | 54.05 |
| | SP | Luv Bhargava | 27,442 | 30.83 |
| | INC | Deepa Kaul | 11,128 | 12.50 |
| | JD | Fareed Ahmad Siddiqui | 536 | 0.60 |
| | SS | Mragendra Kumar Pandey | 202 | 0.23 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20,679 | 23.22 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 89,023 | 52.94 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |

### 1991

U. P. Assembly Election, 1991: Lucknow East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Bhagwati Prasad Shukla | 36,605 | 55.51 |
| | INC | Swaroop Kumari Bakshi | 12,193 | 18.49 |
| | JP | Vijay Shankar | 9,068 | 13.75 |
| | JD | Ravidas Mehrotra | 4,665 | 7.07 |
| | BSP | Jitendra Hari Prasad | 1,115 | 1.69 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24,412 | 37.02 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 65,941 | 28.67 |
| | BJP gain from JD | BJP gain from JD | Swing | |

### 1989

U. P. Assembly Election, 1989: Lucknow East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | JD | Ravidas Mehrotra | 23,966 | 41.68 |
| | INC | Swaroop Kumari Bakshi | 17,053 | 29.66 |
| | BJP | Bhagwati Prasad Shukla | 10,764 | 18.72 |
| | Independent | Krishan Kumar | 1,733 | 3.01 |
| | Independent | Israr Ahmad | 1,128 | 1.96 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,913 | 12.02 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,504 | 25.36 |
| | JD gain from INC | JD gain from INC | Swing | |