2022 Azamgarh by-election

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2022 Azamgarh by-election
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Azamgarh constituency
Turnout49.36% (Decrease2.svg8.26 pp)
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Candidate Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua' Dharmendra Yadav Shah Alam
Party BJP SP BSP
Popular vote312,7683,04,0892,66,210
Percentage34.39%33.44%29.27%
MP before election

Akhilesh Yadav
SP

Elected MP

Dinesh Lal Yadav
BJP

On 23 June 2022 a parliamentary by-election was held in Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency. The election was won by BJP candidate Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua' who defeated Samajwadi Party candidate Dharmendra Yadav by a margin of 8,679 votes. The by-election occurred due to the resignation of sitting Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav after he was elected from Karhal Assembly constituency. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Result

BJP won the seat after 13 years, which was typically considered a SP bastion. However, the margin of victory was 8,679 votes. [5]

2022 by election

Bye-Elections, 2022: Azamgarh [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Dinesh Lal Yadav "Nirahua" 312,768 34.39 Decrease2.svg0.71
SP Dharmendra Yadav 3,04,08933.44Decrease2.svg26.60
BSP Shah Alam Urf Guddu Jamali 2,66,21029.27New
NOTA None of the Above 5,3690.59Decrease2.svg0.11
Independent Rajiv Talwar25490.28Increase2.svg0.07
Majority 8,6790.95Decrease2.svg24.29
Turnout 9,09,65449.36Decrease2.svg8.20
BJP gain from SP Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://www.india.com/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh-lok-sabha-bypoll-result-2022-live-bjp-samajwadi-party-bsp-dinesh-lal-yadav-nirahua-dharmendra-yadav-shah-alam-guddu-jamali-bypoll-results-2022-5475256/
  2. ↑ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lok-sabha-by-elections-result-2022-live-updates-azamgarh-rampur-sangrur-bjp-aap-sp/liveblog/92464500.cms
  3. ↑ "BJP avenges Ayodhya Lok Sabha blow, drowns SP challenge in Milkipur bypoll". February 8, 2025.
  4. ↑ https://indianexpress.com/article/india/bypoll-results-2022-live-uttar-pradesh-punjab-delhi-jharkhand-andhra-pradesh-tripura-7991343/
  5. ↑ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lok-sabha-assembly-bypolls-2022-live-updates-azamgarh-rampur-rajinder-nagar-sangrur-tripura-atmakur/liveblog/92399609.cms
  6. ↑ "Election Results - Full Statistical Reports STATISTICAL REPORTS OF GENERAL ELECTION TO LOKSABHA". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
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