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{{short description|Assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2019}}

{{Infobox Vidhan Sabha constituency
| name = Chauri-Chaura
| map =
| state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| union_territory =
| district = [[Gorakhpur district|Gorakhpur]]
| electorate =3,39,854 (2017)
| year = 2017
| reserved = None
| mla = [[Sangeeta Yadav]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janta Party]]
|constituency_type=Assembly Constituency|blank3_name=|most_successful_party=|ex_mla=Jay Prakash Nishad ([[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]])}}

'''Chauri-Chaura''' is a constituency of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] covering the city of Chauri-Chaura in the [[Gorakhpur district]] of Uttar Pradesh, [[India]].

Chauri-Chaura is one of five assembly constituencies in the [[Bansgaon (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 326 amongst 403 constituencies.

Currently this seat belongs to [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] candidate [[Sangeeta Yadav]], who won in last Assembly election of [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections]] by defeating [[Samajwadi Party]] candidate Manurojan Yadav by a margin of 45,660 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/chauri-chaura.html|title=Assembly result 2017|website=Elections.in|access-date=2017-08-25}}</ref>

==Members of the Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" width="80%" style="font-size: x-big;"
|-
!Scope=col|#
!scope=col|Term
!scope=col|Member of Legislative Assembly
!scope=col|Party
!scope=col|From
!scope=col|To
!scope=col|Days
!scope=col|Comment
|-
| 01|| [[Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|16th Vidhan Sabha]] ||[[Jai Prakash Nishad (Gorakhpur)|Jai Prakash]]||[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]|| March 2012 ||March 2017 || 1,829||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Stats_Report_UP2012.pdf|title=Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results|website=Election Commission of India|access-date=3 December 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 02|| [[Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|17th Vidhan Sabha]] ||[[Sangeeta Yadav]]||[[Bhartiya Janata Party]]||March 2017 ||Incumbent ||{{age in days|2017|03|19}}||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2017/UP/10.Detailed%20Results.pdf|title=Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result|website=Election Commission of India|access-date=3 December 2018}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Election Results==
{{Election box begin | title=[[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Chauri Chaura|Chauri-Chaura]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3471-uttar-pradesh-general-legislative-election-2017/|title=Uttar Pradesh 2017 Results|website=Election Commission of India|access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| candidate = [[Sangeeta Yadav]]
| votes = 87,863
| percentage = 45.63
| change = +32.36
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Samajwadi Party
| candidate = Manurojan Yadav
| votes = 42,203
| percentage = 21.92
| change = +4.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bahujan Samaj Party
| candidate = Jay Prakash Nishad
| votes = 37,478
| percentage = 19.46
| change = -9.82
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = NISHAD Party
| candidate = Ishwar Chand
| votes = 13,048
| percentage = 6.78
| change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party= Nationalist Congress Party
|candidate= Dudhnath Kewat
| votes = 2,045
| percentage = 1.06
| change = New
}}

{{Election box majority
| votes = 45,660
| percentage = 23.56
| change = +11.43
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 1,93,809
| percentage = 57.03
| change = +3.44
}}

{{Election box gain with party link
|loser = Bahujan Samaj Party
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing = {{increase}}16.35
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Chauri Chaura|Chauri-Chaura]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3262-uttar-pradesh-2012/|title=Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results|website=Election Commission of India|access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party= Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate= Jay Prakash Nishad
|votes= 49,687
|percentage= 29.28
|change= {{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party= Samajwadi Party
|candidate= Anoop Kumar Pandey
|votes= 29,086
|percentage= 17.14
|change= {{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party= Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate= Vinay Kumar Singh
|votes= 22,515
|percentage= 13.27
|change= {{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party= Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party
|candidate= Nilesh
|votes= 10,620
|percentage= 6.26
|change= {{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party= Peace Party of India
|candidate= Hari Lal
|votes= 9,438
|percentage= 5.56
|change= {{unchanged}}
}}

{{Election box majority
|votes = 20,601
|percentage = 12.13
|change = {{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes= 1,69,696
|percentage= 53.56
|change= {{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Bahujan Samaj Party
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh}}

{{coord missing|Uttar Pradesh}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Politics of Gorakhpur district]]

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