Ayodhya Assembly Constituency Election Result

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Sr No	Party	Candidate	Total Vote
1	Bharatiya Janata Party	Ved Prakash	113414
2	Samajwadi Party	Tej Narayan	93424
3	Bahujan Samaj Party	Ravi Prakash	17706
4	Indian National Congress	Reeta	2011
5	None Of The Above	Nota	1240
6	Communist Party Of India	Suryakant Pandey	995
7	Jan Adhikar Party (loktantrik)	Rajesh Kumar	801
8	Moulik Adhikar Party	Sanjay Sharma	673
9	Aam Aadmi Party	Subham Srivastav	490
10	Bhartiya Shakti Chetna Party	Ramesh Kumar Chaubey	268
11	Adarshwaadi Congress Party	Brajendra Dutt Tripathi	236

Ayodhya is a legislative assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Election results of Ayodhya assembly constituency seat is given below in a table that also lists all MLAs from this seat. Click election year in the table, for more detailed result.

List of all MLA from Ayodhya Assembly Constituency Seat (Uttar Pradesh) Click on Year to View Detailed Result
Year	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
2017	Ved Prakash Gupta	BJP	107014
2012	Tej Narayan Pandey Alias Pawan Pandey	SP	55262
2007	Lallu Singh	BJP	58493
2002	Lalloo Singh	BJP	51289
1996	Lalloo Singh	BJP	59658
1993	Lallu Singh	BJP	58587
1991	Lallu Singh	BJP	49206
1989	Jai Shankar Pande	JD	31899
1985	Surendra Partap Singh	INC	21475
1980	Nirmal Kumar	INC(I)	33095
1977	Jai Shanker Pandey	JNP	24247
1974	Bed Prakash Agarwal	BJS	18491

2017 Legislative Assembly Constituency Election
S N	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Ved Prakash Gupta Male 69 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	107014 49.56%
2	Tej Narayan Pandey Alias Pawan Pandey Male 36 yr GEN	SP Samajwadi Party	56574 26.2%
3	Mo Bazmi Siddeke Male 34 yr GEN	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	39554 18.32%
4	Banshi Lal Yadav Male 41 yr GEN	BMUP Bahujan Mukti Party	5661 2.62%
5	Sushil Jaiswal Male 45 yr GEN	ADHIKAR Adhikar Party	1635 0.76%
6	None Of The Above	NOTA None Of The Above nota	1544 0.72%
7	Suryakant Pandey Male 54 yr GEN	CPI Communist Party Of India	1353 0.63%
8	Dr Ripunjay Singh Male 41 yr GEN	AACP Adarshwaadi Congress Party	737 0.34%
9	Dharmendra Kumar Uppadhyay Male 41 yr GEN	RLD Rashtriya Lok Dal	644 0.3%
10	Devki Nandan Maurya Male 30 yr GEN	JANADIP Jan Adhikar Party	585 0.27%
11	Mahesh Kumar Nishad Male 42 yr SC	JPS Janvadi Party(socialist)	532 0.25%
12	Radhe Shyam Shrivastava Male 57 yr GEN	IND Independent	492 0.23%
13	Pradeep Kumar Kori Male 35 yr SC	RPI(A) Republican Party Of India (a)	406 0.19%
14	Deelip Chaudhari Male 27 yr SC	MADP Moulik Adhikar Party	398 0.18%
15	Akhilesh Kumar Alias Akhilesh Chaturvedi Male 41 yr GEN	CPI(ML)(L) Communist Party Of India (marxist-leninist) (liberation)	359 0.17%
	Total		217488 61.96%

In 2017, Ayodhya legislative assembly constituency had total 351003 electors. Total number of valid vote was 217488. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ved Prakash Gupta won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 107014 votes. Samajwadi Party candidate Tej Narayan Pandey Alias Pawan Pandey stood second with total 56574 votes. He lost by 50440 votes.

2012 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Tej Narayan Pandey Alias Pawan Pandey Male 31 yr GEN	SP Samajwadi Party	55262 28.74%
2	Lallu Singh Male 57 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	49857 25.93%
3	Ved Prakash Gupta Male 64 yr GEN	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	33481 17.41%
4	Gulshan Alias Bindoo Other 42 yr GEN	IND Independent	22023 11.45%
5	Rajendra Pratap Singh Male 49 yr GEN	INC Indian National Congress	9710 5.05%
6	Rajesh Mishra Alias 'rajan Male 43 yr GEN	PECP Peace Party	6603 3.43%
7	Arun Kumar Male 29 yr GEN	PAP Prajatantra Aadhar Party	2477 1.29%
8	Ashok Kumar Male 50 yr GEN	CPI Communist Party Of India	1438 0.75%
9	Sunil Nishad Male 40 yr GEN	PMSP Pragatisheel Manav Samaj Party	972 0.51%
10	Rama Kant Male 44 yr GEN	IND Independent	948 0.49%
11	Archna Female 35 yr GEN	MwSP	924 0.48%
12	Ashok Srivastava Male 53 yr GEN	SJP(R) Samajwadi Janata Party (rashtriya)	918 0.48%
13	Girish Kumar Dubey Male 45 yr GEN	AITC All India Trinamool Congress	890 0.46%
14	Ram Lochan Male 56 yr GEN	IND Independent	824 0.43%
15	Jagdamba Prasad Kasaudhan Male 52 yr GEN	MBCOI Most Backward Classes Of India	691 0.36%
16	Chaudhary Arun Kumar Kori Male 46 yr SC	LJP Lok Jan Shakti Party	680 0.35%
17	Raghvendra Kumar Male 29 yr GEN	IND Independent	588 0.31%
18	Gyan Chandra Kesharwani Male 38 yr GEN	JaKP	587 0.31%
19	Ajay Kumar Sinha Male 44 yr GEN	NRSN Narayani Sena	493 0.26%
20	Babloo Kori Male 32 yr SC	HD Hamara Dal	485 0.25%
21	Jagannath Vishwakarma Male 31 yr GEN	MADP Moulik Adhikar Party	474 0.25%
22	Akhilesh Kumar Male 36 yr GEN	IND Independent	457 0.24%
23	Shiv Prasad Patel Male 41 yr GEN	JD(U) Janata Dal (united)	438 0.23%
24	Bhupendra Kumar Mishra Male 44 yr GEN	IND Independent	418 0.22%
25	Amar Nath Jaiswal Male 47 yr GEN	AlHP	345 0.18%
26	Sunil Singh 'vidhyarthi' Male 43 yr GEN	RLM Rashtriya Lokmanch	296 0.15%
	Total		192279 60.71%

In 2012, Ayodhya legislative assembly constituency had total 316722 electors. Total number of valid vote was 192279. Samajwadi Party candidate Tej Narayan Pandey Alias Pawan Pandey won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 55262 votes. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Lallu Singh stood second with total 49857 votes. He lost by 5405 votes.

2007 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Lallu Singh Male 52 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	58493
2	Indra Pratap Tiwari Urf Khabbu Male 39 yr GEN	SP Samajwadi Party	52752
3	Ashok Kumar Tiwari Male 51 yr GEN	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	29923
4	Beni Prasad Verma Male 66 yr GEN	IND Independent	4798
5	Satya Prakash Male 28 yr GEN	IND Independent	2671
6	Ravindra Pratap Male 30 yr GEN	IND Independent	1918
7	Gur Charan Yadav Male 51 yr GEN	RLD Rashtriya Lok Dal	1766
8	Nasir Ahmad Male 27 yr GEN	AP Awami Party	1101
9	Ram Samujh Male 69 yr SC	IND Independent	930
10	Ram Achhaiver Male 49 yr GEN	IND Independent	885
11	Mo Vaseem Male 34 yr GEN	RSBP Rashtriya Swabhimaan Party	752
12	Manish Kumar Pandey Male 33 yr GEN	ABHM Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha	662
13	Ran Vijay Singh Male 26 yr GEN	IND Independent	625
14	Ramesh Male 35 yr GEN	PMSP Pragatisheel Manav Samaj Party	450
15	Pankaj Male 28 yr GEN	BPD Bharat Punarnirman Dal	349
	Total		158075

In 2007, Ayodhya legislative assembly constituency had total electors. Total number of valid vote was 158075. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Lallu Singh won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 58493 votes. Samajwadi Party candidate Indra Pratap Tiwari Urf Khabbu stood second with total 52752 votes. He lost by 5741 votes.

2002 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Lalloo Singh Male	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	51289 38.72%
2	Abhay Singh Male	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	33429 25.24%
3	Ved Prakash Gupta Male	SP Samajwadi Party	31936 24.11%
4	Ashok Singh Male	INC Indian National Congress	8368 6.32%
5	Madan Prakash Maurya Male	AD Apna Dal	2549 1.92%
6	Ashok Kumar Pathak Male	IND Independent	1707 1.29%
7	Ali Arif Male	MUL Muslim League Kerala State Committee	1078 0.81%
8	Hari Shankar Yadav Male	RTKP Rashtriya Kranti Party	567 0.43%
9	Parmeshwar Das Male	SSJP Sanatan Samaj Party	440 0.33%
10	Ayodhya Prasad Mishra Male	IND Independent	439 0.33%
11	Siyaram Tiwari Male	MNVP Manuvadi Party	408 0.31%
12	Durgaprasad Tiwari 'afat' Male	ABJS Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh	238 0.18%
	Total		132448 47.18%

In 2002, Ayodhya legislative assembly constituency had total 281152 electors. Total number of valid vote was 132448. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Lalloo Singh won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 51289 votes. Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Abhay Singh stood second with total 33429 votes. He lost by 17860 votes.

1996 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Lalloo Singh Male	BJP Bhartiya Janta Party	59658 45.61%
2	Jai Shankar Pandey Male	SP Samajwadi Party	38463 29.41%
3	Om Prakash Verma Male	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	28529 21.81%
4	Ram Lagan Patel Male	AD Apna Dal	1297 0.99%
5	Om Prakash Male	IND Independent	1279 0.98%
6	Gaytri Devi Female	BHJS Bhoomijotak Samooh	414 0.32%
7	Phool Chand Male	BSP(R) Bahujan Samaj Party (raj Bahadur)	262 0.2%
8	Vijai Kumar Pandey Male	SHS Akhil Bhartiya Shivsena - Rashtrawadi	192 0.15%
9	Divya Prakash Male	IND Independent	191 0.15%
10	Babu Nandan Male	IND Independent	159 0.12%
11	Durga Prasad Tiwari "afat" Male	ABJS Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh	136 0.1%
12	Raj Kumar Male	IND Independent	110 0.08%
13	Ram Faqir Male	IND Independent	57 0.04%
14	Shesh Narain Misra Male	IND Independent	44 0.03%
	Total		130791 48.64%

In 1996, Ayodhya legislative assembly constituency had total 272389 electors. Total number of valid vote was 130791. Bhartiya Janta Party candidate Lalloo Singh won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 59658 votes. Samajwadi Party candidate Jai Shankar Pandey stood second with total 38463 votes. He lost by 21195 votes.

1993 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Lallu Singh Male	BJP Bhartiya Janta Party	58587 47.24%
2	Jai Shankar Pandey Male	SP Samajwadi Party	49349 39.79%
3	Surendra Pratap Singh Male	INC Indian National Congress	8389 6.76%
4	Raj Bahadur Yadav Male	CPI Communist Party Of India	2059 1.66%
5	P C Yadav Male	JD Janta Dal	994 0.8%
6	Vasu Deo Maurya Male	IND Independent	738 0.6%
7	Abdul Haq Male	IND Independent	344 0.28%
8	Ram Roop Alias Ram Sukh Verma Male	IND Independent	343 0.28%
9	Sunil Kumar Singh Male	SHS Shivsena	300 0.24%
10	Mathura Prasad Sonkar Male	DDP Doordarshi Party	278 0.22%
11	Jagdamba Prasad Gupta Male	IND Independent	244 0.2%
12	Taufiq Male	RADP Rashtriya Alpsankhyak Dalit Party	223 0.18%
13	Raj Kumar Male	IND Independent	215 0.17%
14	Murli Dhar Male	IND Independent	190 0.15%
15	Krishna Murari Male	IND Independent	168 0.14%
16	Shiv Kumar Male	IND Independent	148 0.12%
17	Krishna Pratap Male	IND Independent	147 0.12%
18	Chandresh Male	JP Janta Party	133 0.11%
19	Suresh Male	IND Independent	123 0.1%
20	Raj Deepak Mishra Male	IND Independent	107 0.09%
21	Ram Chandra Male	IND Independent	104 0.08%
22	Devendra Pratap Male	IND Independent	99 0.08%
23	Ram Jeet Verma Male	IND Independent	92 0.07%
24	Champa Pandey Female	SOP Socialist Party	84 0.07%
25	Bal Krishna Pandey Male	IND Independent	76 0.06%
26	Srivastava V P Male	IND Independent	73 0.06%
27	Mahendra Pratap Singh Male	IND Independent	67 0.05%
28	Ram Naresh Male	IND Independent	62 0.05%
29	Ram Nath Dubey Male	IND Independent	55 0.04%
30	Mohd Irfan Male	IND Independent	52 0.04%
31	Durga Prasad Tiwari Alias Afat Male	IND Independent	48 0.04%
32	Swami Nath Male	IND Independent	44 0.04%
33	Amar Nath Jaisawal Male	IND Independent	44 0.04%
34	Chinta Mani Male	IND Independent	34 0.03%
	Total		124013 57.64%

In 1993, Ayodhya legislative assembly constituency had total 220431 electors. Total number of valid vote was 124013. Bhartiya Janta Party candidate Lallu Singh won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 58587 votes. Samajwadi Party candidate Jai Shankar Pandey stood second with total 49349 votes. He lost by 9238 votes.

1991 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Lallu Singh Male	BJP Bhartiya Janta Party	49206 51.3%
2	Jai Shankar Pandey S/o Bachha Ram Male	JP Janata Party	18806 19.6%
3	Chhote Lal Yadav Male	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	11179 11.65%
4	Arvind Singh Male	INC Indian National Congress	10216 10.65%
5	Munna Singh Male	JD Janata Dal	2679 2.79%
6	Umesh Chandra Pandey Male	IND Independent	672 0.7%
7	Udai Singh Male	IND Independent	579 0.6%
8	Ashok Kanaujia Male	IND Independent	506 0.53%
9	Ram Yagya Prajapati Male	IND Independent	261 0.27%
10	Jai Shankar Pandey S/o Badri Male	IND Independent	239 0.25%
11	Mohd Akhtar Male	IND Independent	235 0.24%
12	Kunwar Vijai Singh Male	IND Independent	228 0.24%
13	Har Govind Verma Male	DDP Doordasthi Party	197 0.21%
14	Chintamani Male	IND Independent	181 0.19%
15	Raj Kishore Male	IND Independent	173 0.18%
16	Ashok Kumar Male	IND Independent	147 0.15%
17	Krishna Murari Sonkar Male	IND Independent	143 0.15%
18	Lal Bahadur Male	IND Independent	114 0.12%
19	Paras Nath Male	IND Independent	94 0.1%
20	Mahendra Pratap Misra Male	IND Independent	72 0.08%
	Total		95927 50.54%

In 1991, Ayodhya legislative assembly constituency had total 195884 electors. Total number of valid vote was 95927. Bhartiya Janta Party candidate Lallu Singh won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 49206 votes. Janata Party candidate Jai Shankar Pandey S/o Bachha Ram stood second with total 18806 votes. He lost by 30400 votes.

1989 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Jai Shankar Pande Male	JD Janata Dal	31899 34.81%
2	Lallu Singh Male	BJP Bhartiya Janata Party	22826 24.91%
3	Surendra Pratap Singh Male	INC Indian National Congress	18599 20.3%
4	Chhote Lal Yadav Male	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	12555 13.7%
5	Krishan Murari Male	IND Independent	785 0.86%
6	Man Mohan Male	IND Independent	721 0.79%
7	Fateh Bahadur Male	LKD(B) Lok Dal (b)	659 0.72%
8	Ravindra Shukla Male	JNP(JP) Janata Party (jp)	627 0.68%
9	Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Male	IND Independent	626 0.68%
10	Gaya Prasad Singh Male	DDP Doordarshi Party	555 0.61%
11	Ram Lakhan Male	IND Independent	471 0.51%
12	Sita Ram Nishad Male	IND Independent	355 0.39%
13	Ram Das Male	IND Independent	304 0.33%
14	L C (r) Ashok Kumar Male	IND Independent	255 0.28%
15	Ram Naresh Male	IND Independent	214 0.23%
16	Rama Shanker Chakrawarti Male	IND Independent	74 0.08%
17	Meraj Ahmad Khan Male	IND Independent	52 0.06%
18	Halim Male	MUM Muslim Majlis	48 0.05%
	Total		91625 50.43%

In 1989, Ayodhya legislative assembly constituency had total 191195 electors. Total number of valid vote was 91625. Janata Dal candidate Jai Shankar Pande won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 31899 votes. Bhartiya Janata Party candidate Lallu Singh stood second with total 22826 votes. He lost by 9073 votes.

1985 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Surendra Partap Singh Male	INC Indian National Congress	21475 32.91%
2	Jai Shanker Pandey Male	JNP Janta Party	14092 21.59%
3	Shri Bhagwan Male	BJP Bharatiya Janta Party	6456 9.89%
4	Chhotelal Yadav Male	IND Independent	6220 9.53%
5	Akhand Pratap Singh Male	IND Independent	5974 9.15%
6	Jamuna Prasad Male	CPI Communist Party Of India	4293 6.58%
7	Hari Nath Singh Male	IND Independent	2160 3.31%
8	Mohammad Halim Male	IND Independent	1856 2.84%
9	Dhanpat Ram Yadav Male	IND Independent	776 1.19%
10	Ram Nath Sahu Male	DDP Doordarshi Party	268 0.41%
11	Ram Naresh Male	IND Independent	239 0.37%
12	Syed Mushir Ahmad Male	IND Independent	238 0.36%
13	Sheo Kumar Azad Male	IND Independent	205 0.31%
14	Sabha Jeet Male	IND Independent	203 0.31%
15	Surya Pratap ( Nanhey Singh ) Male	IND Independent	196 0.3%
16	Subhas Chand Male	IND Independent	194 0.3%
17	Khem Chand Mehta Male	IND Independent	163 0.25%
18	Chamar Ram Lakhan Male	IND Independent	149 0.23%
19	Hidayatullah Male	ICS Indian Congress (socialist)	106 0.16%
	Total		65263 40.41%

In 1985, Ayodhya legislative assembly constituency had total 163819 electors. Total number of valid vote was 65263. Indian National Congress candidate Surendra Partap Singh won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 21475 votes. Janta Party candidate Jai Shanker Pandey stood second with total 14092 votes. He lost by 7383 votes.

1980 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Nirmal Kumar Male	INC(I) Indian National Congress (i)	33095 50.17%
2	Jaiswal Sri Bhagwan Male	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	11309 17.14%
3	Jai Shanker Pandey Male	JNP(SR) Janata Party (secular) Raj Narain	8206 12.44%
4	Kapoor Bishwanath Male	JNP(SC) Janata Party (secular) - Ch. Charan Singh	4573 6.93%
5	Qureshi Munir Ahmad Male	IND Independent	3441 5.22%
6	Nasir Husain Male	IND Independent	2084 3.16%
7	Ram Kumar Male	IND Independent	717 1.09%
8	Ram Din Singh Male	IND Independent	570 0.86%
9	Anjani Kumar Sinha Male	INC(U) Indian National Congress (u)	508 0.77%
10	Raj Kumar Sonkar Male	IND Independent	487 0.74%
11	Mata Prasad Tewari Male	JNP(JP) Janata Party (jp)	399 0.6%
12	Prakash Chandra Yado Male	IND Independent	328 0.5%
13	Ram Deo Male	IND Independent	143 0.22%
14	Fahimuddin Male	IND Independent	107 0.16%
	Total		65967 46.2%

In 1980, Ayodhya legislative assembly constituency had total 145142 electors. Total number of valid vote was 65967. Indian National Congress (i) candidate Nirmal Kumar won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 33095 votes. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jaiswal Sri Bhagwan stood second with total 11309 votes. He lost by 21786 votes.

1977 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Jai Shanker Pandey Male	JNP Janata Party	24247 40.1%
2	Khatri Nirmal Kumar Male	INC Indian National Congress	23831 39.41%
3	Hari Narain Male	CPI Communist Party Of India	5804 9.6%
4	Ram Lakhan Male	IND Independent	1208 2%
5	Sheo Prasad Male	IND Independent	999 1.65%
6	Sheo Narain Male	IND Independent	739 1.22%
7	Hashim Husain Male	IND Independent	593 0.98%
8	Raj Bahadur Verma Male	IND Independent	413 0.68%
9	Raj Kumar Sonkar Male	IND Independent	397 0.66%
10	Narain Das Male	IND Independent	359 0.59%
11	Bhola Male	IND Independent	340 0.56%
12	Lalta Prasad Pandey Male	IND Independent	271 0.45%
13	Sham Sher Singh Male	IND Independent	250 0.41%
14	Haunsila Male	IND Independent	231 0.38%
15	Zafar Habib Male	IND Independent	230 0.38%
16	Daljeet Singh Male	IND Independent	155 0.26%
17	Kedar Nath Pandey Male	IND Independent	150 0.25%
18	Sami Ullah Male	IND Independent	148 0.24%
19	Bankey Behari Male	IND Independent	66 0.11%
20	Indra Bahadur Male	IND Independent	31 0.05%
	Total		60462 47.42%

In 1977, Ayodhya legislative assembly constituency had total 129994 electors. Total number of valid vote was 60462. Janata Party candidate Jai Shanker Pandey won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 24247 votes. Indian National Congress candidate Khatri Nirmal Kumar stood second with total 23831 votes. He lost by 416 votes.

1974 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Bed Prakash Agarwal Male	BJS Bharatiya Jana Sangh	18491 26.83%
2	Sri Ram Dwivedi Male	BKD Bharatiya Kranti Dal	18208 26.42%
3	Mata Prasad Singh Male	CPI Communist Party Of India	14590 21.17%
4	Ram Asra Yadav Male	IND Independent	5982 8.68%
5	Shyam Lal Male	RPK Republican Party Of India (khobragade)	4966 7.2%
6	Vishwa Nath Kapoor Male	NCO Indian National Congress (organisation)	4534 6.58%
7	Ram Sajan Male	IND Independent	1063 1.54%
8	Hashim Hussain Male	IND Independent	693 1.01%
9	Atik Ahmad Male	IND Independent	398 0.58%
	Total		68925 58.61%

In 1974, Ayodhya legislative assembly constituency had total 121241 electors. Total number of valid vote was 68925. Bharatiya Jana Sangh candidate Bed Prakash Agarwal won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 18491 votes. Bharatiya Kranti Dal candidate Sri Ram Dwivedi stood second with total 18208 votes. He lost by 283 votes.