Shyamdhani Rahi

First elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the SC-reserved Kapilvastu constituency in the 2017 Assembly election. He received 114,082 votes and defeated Vijay Kumar of the Samajwadi Party by 38,154 votes. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}

The official Assembly profile records his first Assembly election in March 2017. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}

Re-elected from Kapilvastu in the 2022 Assembly election. He received 122,940 votes and defeated SP candidate Vijay Kumar by 30,939 votes. The current Assembly member directory identifies him as the BJP MLA for Kapilvastu-303. :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}