As political preparations begin to gather momentum for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the electoral history of Barabanki district from the 2022 polls has re-emerged in political discussions. In the previous assembly election, the district witnessed an intensely competitive battle between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Samajwadi Party across its six assembly constituencies. The final tally resulted in a balanced split, with both parties winning three seats each. However, the outcomes in Kursi and Ramnagar were particularly striking, as the winning margins in both constituencies remained under 300 votes.
Kursi Constituency: BJP Won by a Margin of 217 Votes
The Kursi assembly seat in Barabanki saw one of the closest contests during the counting process in 2022. The constituency hosted a direct duel between BJP candidate Sakendra Pratap Verma and SP candidate Rakesh Kumar Verma. When the final votes were tallied, Sakendra Pratap Verma secured 1,18,720 votes, while Rakesh Kumar Verma gathered 1,18,503 votes. This resulted in a victory for the BJP candidate by a thin margin of just 217 votes. Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Mita Gautam finished third with 35,561 votes, while AIMIM candidate Arun Kumar came fourth with 8,541 votes.
Ramnagar Seat: SP Secured Victory by Just 261 Votes
The electoral contest in the Ramnagar assembly constituency was equally tightly fought right down to the final rounds of counting. Samajwadi Party candidate Farid Mahfooz Kidwai polled 98,799 votes to secure the seat. His principal opponent, Sharad Kumar Awasthi of the BJP, received 98,538 votes. The SP candidate eventually clinched victory by a margin of merely 261 votes. Both Kursi and Ramnagar demonstrated bipolar electoral contests where the difference between victory and defeat came down to a few hundred votes.
Barabanki and Zaidpur: Performance of Samajwadi Party
The remaining four seats in the district also saw head-to-head battles between the BJP and the SP. In the Barabanki assembly seat, SP candidate Dharmraj Singh Yadav won convincingly by polling 1,25,500 votes. He defeated BJP candidate Rajkumari Maurya by a wide margin of 35,050 votes, as she received 90,450 votes. Meanwhile, in the Zaidpur assembly seat, SP candidate Gaurav Kumar bagged victory with 1,13,558 votes, defeating BJP candidate Ambrish Rawat by 2,982 votes after Rawat secured 1,10,576 votes.
Dariyabad and Haidergarh: Victories Secured by BJP
In the Dariyabad assembly constituency, BJP candidate Satish Chandra Sharma posted a decisive win by securing 1,28,219 votes. He defeated SP leader Arvind Kumar Singh Gop by a substantial margin of 32,402 votes, with Gop receiving 95,817 votes. Similarly, in the Haidergarh assembly constituency, BJP candidate Dinesh Rawat emerged victorious after polling 1,17,133 votes. Thus, the 2022 election results in Barabanki district concluded with an even split of three seats each for the BJP and the SP.
