PRAYAGRAJ: Out of 28 assembly seats in Prayagraj region, including Prayagraj (12), Pratapgarh (7), Fatehpur (6) and Kaushambi (3) Only seven seats were won by women candidates, including two each in Prayagraj, Kaushambi and Fatehpur and one in Pratapgarh.
The winning women candidates include Congress’s Aradhana Mishra from Pratapgarh’s Rampur Khas seat, SP’s Usha Maurya from Fatehpur’s Hussaingang seat, BJP’s Krishna Paswan from Fatehpur’s Khaga assembly seat, Apna Dal (K)’s Pallavi Patel from Sirathu seat. Kaushambi), Pooja Pal of SP from Chail assembly seat of Kaushambi, Geeta Shastri of SP from Soraon assembly seat of Prayagraj and Vijma Yadav SP K. from Pratappur assembly seat of Prayagraj.
In Prayagraj district, though women voters outnumbered men, only two of the 22 women candidates from political parties or independents could taste victory.
Interestingly, both Vijma Yadav and Geeta Shastri were from the Samajwadi Party.
There are total 46,27,545 voters in Prayagraj district, which include 25,16,850 males, 21,10,043 females and 652 transgenders. Around 55.22% (11,65,256) female voters had cast their vote, while 52.68% (13,25,943) males had reached the polling stations on February 27. 53.83 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the district with 24,91,208 voters including 13,25,943. Males, 11,65,256 females and nine transgenders cast their votes.
Prayagraj district has 12 assembly segments —Meja, Karchhana, Allahabad North, Allahabad South, Allahabad West, Bara, Phaphamau, Koraon, Soroan, Phulpur, Handia and Pratappur.
Congress had fielded Manjoo Sant (Bara), Durgesh Pandey (Phaphamau), Alpana Nishad (Allahabad South), Rinki Patel (Karchana), Shalini Dwivedi (Meja), and Reena Devi (great).
Congress had fielded Aradhna Mishra (Rampur Khas), Beena Rani (Babaganj), and Seema Devi (Sirathu).
BJP had fielded Neelam Karwaria (Meja). Sindhuja Mishra (Kunda) and Krishna Paswan (Khaga).
Samajwadi Party had fielded Usha Maurya (Hussainganj), Geeta Pasi (Soraon), Vijma Yadav (Pratappur), Puja Pal (Chail), Richa Singh (Allahabad West), Krishna Patel (Pratapgarh Sadar) and Pallavi Patel (Sirathu).
BSP had fielded Neetu Kanaukia from Manjhanpur seat in Kaushambi.
The winning women candidates include Congress’s Aradhana Mishra from Pratapgarh’s Rampur Khas seat, SP’s Usha Maurya from Fatehpur’s Hussaingang seat, BJP’s Krishna Paswan from Fatehpur’s Khaga assembly seat, Apna Dal (K)’s Pallavi Patel from Sirathu seat. Kaushambi), Pooja Pal of SP from Chail assembly seat of Kaushambi, Geeta Shastri of SP from Soraon assembly seat of Prayagraj and Vijma Yadav SP K. from Pratappur assembly seat of Prayagraj.
In Prayagraj district, though women voters outnumbered men, only two of the 22 women candidates from political parties or independents could taste victory.
Interestingly, both Vijma Yadav and Geeta Shastri were from the Samajwadi Party.
There are total 46,27,545 voters in Prayagraj district, which include 25,16,850 males, 21,10,043 females and 652 transgenders. Around 55.22% (11,65,256) female voters had cast their vote, while 52.68% (13,25,943) males had reached the polling stations on February 27. 53.83 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the district with 24,91,208 voters including 13,25,943. Males, 11,65,256 females and nine transgenders cast their votes.
Prayagraj district has 12 assembly segments —Meja, Karchhana, Allahabad North, Allahabad South, Allahabad West, Bara, Phaphamau, Koraon, Soroan, Phulpur, Handia and Pratappur.
Congress had fielded Manjoo Sant (Bara), Durgesh Pandey (Phaphamau), Alpana Nishad (Allahabad South), Rinki Patel (Karchana), Shalini Dwivedi (Meja), and Reena Devi (great).
Congress had fielded Aradhna Mishra (Rampur Khas), Beena Rani (Babaganj), and Seema Devi (Sirathu).
BJP had fielded Neelam Karwaria (Meja). Sindhuja Mishra (Kunda) and Krishna Paswan (Khaga).
Samajwadi Party had fielded Usha Maurya (Hussainganj), Geeta Pasi (Soraon), Vijma Yadav (Pratappur), Puja Pal (Chail), Richa Singh (Allahabad West), Krishna Patel (Pratapgarh Sadar) and Pallavi Patel (Sirathu).
BSP had fielded Neetu Kanaukia from Manjhanpur seat in Kaushambi.