Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency

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Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region North India
State Uttar Pradesh
Assembly constituencies Gopalpur
Sagri
Mubarakpur
Azamgarh
Mehnagar
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party Samajwadi Party
Elected year 2024

Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India.

Contents

Vidhan Sabha segments

Presently, Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are: [1]

NoNameDistrictMemberParty
344 Gopalpur Azamgarh Nafees Ahmad Samajwadi Party
345 Sagri Hriday Narayan Singh Patel Samajwadi Party
346 Mubarakpur Akhilesh Yadav Samajwadi Party
347 Azamgarh Durga Prasad Yadav Samajwadi Party
352 Mehnagar (SC)Pooja Saroj Samajwadi Party

Members of Parliament

YearName [2] Party
1952 Algu Rai Shastri Indian National Congress
1957 Kalika Singh
1962 Ram Harakh Yadav
1967 Chandrajit Yadav
1971
1977 Ram Naresh Yadav Janata Party
1978^ Mohsina Kidwai Indian National Congress (I)
1980 Chandrajit Yadav Janata Party (Secular)
1984 Santosh Singh Indian National Congress
1989 Ram Krishna Yadav Bahujan Samaj Party
1991 Chandrajit Yadav Janata Dal
1996 Ramakant Yadav Samajwadi Party
1998 Akbar Ahmad Bahujan Samaj Party
1999 Ramakant Yadav Samajwadi Party
2004 Bahujan Samaj Party
2008^ Akbar Ahmad
2009 Ramakant Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 Mulayam Singh Yadav Samajwadi Party
2019 Akhilesh Yadav
2022^ Dinesh Lal Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
2024 Dharmendra Yadav Samajwadi Party

^ by-poll

Results

2024 General Election

2024 Indian general elections: Azamgarh [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SP Dharmendra Yadav 508,239 48.20 Increase2.svg14.76
BJP Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua' 3,47,20432.93Decrease2.svg1.51
BSP Mashhod Sabeeha Ansari1,79,83917.05Decrease2.svg11.77
NOTA None of the Above 6,2340.59Steady2.svg
Majority1,61,03515.27Increase2.svg14.32
Turnout 10,54,52056.45Increase2.svg7.09
SP gain from BJP Swing

2022 by election

Bye-Elections, 2022: Azamgarh [3]
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
Majority8,6790.95Decrease2.svg24.29
Turnout 9,09,65449.36Decrease2.svg8.20
BJP gain from SP Swing

2019 General Election

2019 Indian general elections: Azamgarh [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SP Akhilesh Yadav 621,578 60.04 Increase2.svg24.61
BJP Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua' 3,61,70435.1Increase2.svg6.25
SBSP Abhimanyu Singh Sunny10,0781.0N/A
RUC Anil Singh6,7630.70Decrease2.svg0.68
NOTA None of the Above 7,2550.70Increase2.svg0.11
Independent Rajiv Talwar2,2040.21New
Majority2,59,87425.24Increase2.svg18.66
Turnout 10,29,79657.56Increase2.svg1.16
SP hold Swing

2014 General Election

2014 Indian general elections: Azamgarh [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SP Mulayam Singh Yadav 340,306 35.43 Increase2.svg17.86
BJP Ramakant Yadav 2,77,10228.85Decrease2.svg6.28
BSP Shah Alam Urf Guddu Jamali 2,66,52827.75Decrease2.svg0.43
INC Arvind Kumar Jaiswal17,9501.87Decrease2.svg2.55
RUC Aamir Rashadi Madni13,2711.38Decrease2.svg7.03
NOTA None of the Above 5,6600.59N/A
Margin of victory63,2046.58Decrease2.svg0.37
Turnout 9,60,60056.40Increase2.svg11.76
SP gain from BJP Swing

2009 General Election

2009 Indian general elections: Azamgarh [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Ramakant Yadav 247,648 35.13 Increase2.svg30.23
BSP Akbar Ahmad Dumpy 1,98,60928.18Decrease2.svg8.12
SP Durga Prasad Yadav 1,23,84417.57Decrease2.svg17.73
RUC Dr. Javed Akhtar59,2708.41New
INC Santosh Kumar Singh31,1594.42Decrease2.svg9.28
Margin of victory49,0396.95Increase2.svg5.95
Turnout 7,04,86344.64Decrease2.svg5.26
BJP gain from BSP Swing

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References

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