Amethi Assembly constituency

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Amethi
Constituency for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region North India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Amethi
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Samajwadi Party
Elected year2022

Amethi is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, that covers the city of Amethi in the Amethi district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of the five assembly constituencies which fall under Amethi Lok Sabha constituency.

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Currently, this seat is represented by Samajwadi party politician Mahraji Devi, who won the last Assembly election. [1]

Sanjay Singh has been a major player in the local politics. His father, Rananjay Singh, was elected from this seat. Later Sanjay Singh himself, his first wife Garima Singh, and his second wife Ameeta Singh have all been elected from the constituency.

Members of Vidhan Sabha

YearWinnerParty
1951 Kunwar Rananjay Singh Independent
1957 Rama Kant Singh [2] Indian National Congress
1962 Vaidya Baij Nath Singh [3]
1967 Ravindra Pratap Singh [4] Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1969 [5] Raja Rananjaya Singh
1974 [6] Indian National Congress
1977 Haricharan Yadav [7] Janata Party
1980 [8] Rajkumar Sanjaya Sinh Indian National Congress
1985 [9] Indian National Congress
1989 [10] Haricharan Yadav
1991 [11] Janata Party
1993 Jamuna Mishra [12] Bharatiya Janata Party
1996 Ram Harsh Singh [13] Indian National Congress
2002 [14] Ameeta Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2007 [15] Indian National Congress
2012 Gayatri Prasad Prajapati [16] Samajwadi Party
2017 Garima Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2022 Maharaji Prajapati Samajwadi Party

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amethi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SP Maharaji Prajapati 88,217 46.46
BJP Sanjay Sinh 70,12136.93
INC Ashish Shukla14,0807.42
BSP Ragini10,2025.37
NOTA None of the Above 1,2060.64
Majority18,096
Turnout
SP gain from BJP Swing

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