BJP in Ayodhya District: Seats and Vote Share in 2017 and 2022

This report looks at how the BJP performed in the 5 assembly seats of Ayodhya district in the 2017 and 2022 Uttar Pradesh elections. According to Election Commission of India data, the party won 5 of these seats in 2017 and 3 in 2022. In 2022 its share of all valid votes cast across the district’s seats was 43.34%, as calculated by UP Election News from seat wise figures.

BJP in Ayodhya: seat wise position

Seat	2017	2022	2022 votes	2022 share
Rudauli (271)	Won	Won	94,031	42.95%
Milkipur (273)	Won	Second	90,567	41.83%
Bikapur (274)	Won	Won	1,07,268	44.34%
Ayodhya (275)	Won	Won	1,13,414	49.04%
Goshainganj (276)	Won	Second	92,784	38.45%

Table: UP Election News. Data: Election Commission of India. For 2017 the ECI top three candidates are used.

Seats the BJP won in 2022

In Rudauli, Ram Chandra Yadav won by 40,616 votes over the SP candidate Anand Sen, a comfortable win. In Bikapur, Amit Singh Chauhan won by 5,560 votes over the SP candidate Firoz Khan urf Gabbar, a moderately close contest. In Ayodhya, Ved Prakash Gupta won by 19,990 votes over the SP candidate Tej Narayan Pandey (pawan Pandey), a moderately close contest.

The 2017 wins

In 2017 the BJP won Rudauli, where Ram Chandra Yadav defeated the SP by 31,259 votes; Milkipur, where Baba Gorakhnath defeated the SP by 28,276 votes; Bikapur, where Shobha Singh Chauhan defeated the SP by 26,652 votes; Ayodhya, where Ved Prakash Gupta defeated the SP by 50,440 votes; Goshainganj, where Indra Pratap alias Khabbu Tiwari defeated the SP by 11,620 votes. Not all of these seats were retained in 2022.

Where the BJP finished second

The party was runner up in 2 seats in 2022: Milkipur, where it trailed by 13,338 votes; Goshainganj, where it trailed by 13,079 votes. Seats lost by narrow margins are usually the first ones parties target in the next election.

Reading the numbers

Compared with 2017, the BJP lost 2 seats in Ayodhya. Statewide, the BJP’s tally went from 312 seats to 255, so the district result can be read against that broader trend. Vote share also matters: a party can lose seats while still holding a large base of votes, which can be decisive in close contests in 2027.

The statewide picture

Across the state, the BJP won 312 seats in 2017 and 255 in 2022, while the Samajwadi Party rose from 47 to 111 seats. The BSP fell from 19 seats to 1, and the Congress from 7 to 2. Allies on both sides, such as Apna Dal (Soneylal), the NISHAD Party, the RLD and the SBSP, also won seats in 2022.

How the UP assembly is elected

Uttar Pradesh has 403 assembly constituencies, of which 84 are reserved for Scheduled Castes and 2 for Scheduled Tribes. Their boundaries were fixed by the Delimitation Order of 2008, and the 2012, 2017 and 2022 elections were all held on these same boundaries, so results from these years can be compared seat by seat. Members are elected under the first past the post system, which means the candidate with the most valid votes wins even without a majority of votes. The 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly first met in 2022, so the next assembly election is due by early 2027.

All numbers in this article are taken from the official results published by the Election Commission of India. Vote shares are calculated on total valid votes, including NOTA where stated.

Also read:

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Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly general elections 2017 and 2022. Original data: Election Commission of India statistical reports.

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