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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 = Kaptanganj
| map =
| state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| union_territory =
| district = [[Basti district|Basti]]
| electorate =
| year = 2017
| reserved = None
| mla = [[Chandra Prakash Shukla]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janta Party]]
}}

'''Kaptanganj''' is a constituency of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] covering the city of Kaptanganj in the [[Basti district]] of Uttar Pradesh, India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/uttar-pradesh/kaptanganj-mla-results|title=KAPTANGANJ Election Result 2017, Uttar Pradesh|publisher=NDTV|access-date=4 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/kaptanganj-election-results-2017-live-chandra-prakash-of-bjp-wins-1358742.html|title=Kaptanganj Election Results 2017 Live: Chandra Prakash of BJP Wins|publisher=News18|access-date=4 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/elections/assembly-elections/uttar-pradesh/news/uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017/articleshow/56804891.cms|title=Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2017|publisher=Times Of India|access-date=4 November 2018}}</ref>

Kaptanganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the [[Basti (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 308 amongst 403 constituencies.

Currently this seat belongs to [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] candidate '''[[Chandra Prakash Shukla]]''' who won in last Assembly election of [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections]] defeating [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] candidate '''[[Ram Prasad Chaudhary]]''' by a margin of 6,827 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/kaptanganj.html|title=Assembly result 2017|website=Elections.in|access-date=2017-08-25}}</ref>

==Member of 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|| [[6th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|06th Vidhan Sabha]] || Ram Lakhan || [[Indian National Congress]] || March 1974|| April 1977 ||1,153 || <ref name="Election">{{cite news|title=List of candidates for Kaptanganj Constituency|publisher=www.elections.in|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/kaptanganj.html}}</ref>
|-
| 02|| [[7th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|07th Vidhan Sabha]] || Om Prakash Alias Milan Singh || [[Janata Party]] || June 1977 ||February 1980 || 969||
|-
| 03|| [[8th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|08th Vidhan Sabha]] || rowspan="2"|Ambika Singh ||rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]] ||June 1980 ||March 1985 ||1,735||
|-
|04 || [[9th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|09th Vidhan Sabha]] || March 1985 ||November 1989 || 1,725||
|-
| 05|| [[10th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|10th Vidhan Sabha]] || rowspan="2"|Krishan Kinkar Singh Rana||rowspan="2"|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]] ||December 1989 ||April 1991 ||488||
|-
| 06|| [[11th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|11th Vidhan Sabha]] ||June 1991 ||December 1992 ||533||
|-
| 07|| [[12th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|12th Vidhan Sabha]]||rowspan="5"|[[Ram Prasad Chaudhary]]||[[Samajwadi Party]]|| December 1993 ||October 1995 ||693||
|-
| 08|| [[13th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|13th Vidhan Sabha]] ||[[Bahujan Samaj Party]] || October 1996 ||March 2002 || 1,967||<ref name="Election"/>
|-
| 09|| [[14th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|14th Vidhan Sabha]] ||[[Bhartiya Janta Party]] || February 2002 ||May 2007 || 1,902||<ref name="Election"/>
|-
| 10|| [[15th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|15th Vidhan Sabha]] || rowspan="2"|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]] || May 2007 ||March 2012 || 1,762||<ref name="Election"/>
|-
| 11|| [[Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|16th Vidhan Sabha]] || March 2012 ||March 2017 || 1,829||<ref name="Election"/>
|-
| 12|| [[Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|17th Vidhan Sabha]] || [[Chandra Prakash Shukla]] || [[Bhartiya Janata Party]] ||March 2017 ||Incumbent ||-||<ref name="Election"/>
|-
|}

==Election Results==
===17th Vidhan Sabha: 2017 General Elections===
{{Election box begin | title=2017 General Elections: Kaptanganj<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=13 November 2018}}</ref> }}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| candidate = [[Chandra Prakash Shukla]]
| votes = 70,527
| percentage = 35.40
| change = {{increase}}32.33
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bahujan Samaj Party
| candidate = [[Ram Prasad Chaudhary]]
| votes = 63,700
| percentage = 31.97
| change = {{decrease}}4.08
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = Krishna Kinkar Singh Rana
| votes = 60,142
| percentage = 30.19
| change = {{increase}}5.25
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = None of the Above
| candidate = None of the Above
| votes = 1,898
| percentage = 0.95
| change = {{increase}}0.95
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party =
| candidate = Remainder 5 candidates
| votes = 4,857
| percentage = 2.41
| change = {{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 6,827
| percentage = 3.39
| change = {{decrease}}2.53
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 2,01,124
| percentage = 58.17
| change = {{decrease}}1.49
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|loser = Bahujan Samaj Party
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing = {{decrease}}0.69
}}
{{Election box end}}

===16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections===
{{Election box begin | title=2012 General Elections: Kaptanganj<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=12 November 2018}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bahujan Samaj Party
| candidate = [[Ram Prasad Chaudhary]]
| votes = 67,416
| percentage = 36.05
| change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Samajwadi Party
| candidate = Trayambak Nath
| votes = 56,346
| percentage = 30.13
| change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = Krishna Kinkar Singh Rana
| votes = 46,636
| percentage = 24.94
| change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| candidate = Ganesh Narayan Mishra
| votes = 5,741
| percentage = 3.07
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party =
| candidate = Remainder 11 candidates
| votes = 10,853
| percentage = 5.80
| change = -
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 11,070
| percentage = 5.92
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 1,86,992
| percentage = 59.66
| change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|loser = Samajwadi Party
|winner = Bahujan Samaj Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}
== External links==
* https://www.expressmorning.online/2021/07/kaptanganj.html
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Kaptanganj Assembly constituency - Revision history

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