Azamgarh Assembly constituency
Assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh
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Azamgarh is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Azamgarh in the Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
| Azamgarh | |
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| Constituency No. 347 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Azamgarh |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Azamgarh |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Durga Prasad Yadav | |
| Party | Samajwadi Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Azamgarh is one of the 5 assembly constituencies in the Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 347 amongst 403 constituencies.
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Bisram | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1962 | Bhima Prasad | ||
| 1967 | Samyukta Socialist Party | ||
| 1969 | |||
| 1974 | Bisram | Bharatiya Kranti Dal | |
| 1977 | Bhima Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
| 1980 | Ram Kunwar Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Durga Prasad Yadav | Independent politician | |
| 1989 | Janata Dal | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1993 | Raj Bali Yadav | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 1996 | Durga Prasad Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2002 | |||
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | |||
| 2017 | |||
| 2022 | |||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Durga Prasad Yadav | 100,813 | 42.66 | +1.49 | |
| BJP | Akhilesh Kumar Mishra | 84,777 | 35.87 | +6.97 | |
| BSP | Sushil Kumar Singh | 39,281 | 16.62 | −10.58 | |
| AIMIM | Kamar Kamal | 5,532 | 2.34 | ||
| INC | Praveen Kumar Singh | 2,175 | 0.92 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,470 | 0.62 | −0.39 | |
| Majority | 16,036 | 6.79 | −5.48 | ||
| Turnout | 236,330 | 59.64 | +2.59 | ||
| SP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
Samajwadi Party candidate Durga Prasad Yadav won in the last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Akhilesh Mishra by a margin of 26,262 votes.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Durga Prasad Yadav | 88,087 | 41.17 | ||
| BJP | Akhilesh Kumar Mishra | 61,825 | 28.9 | ||
| BSP | Bhupendra | 58,185 | 27.2 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,134 | 1.01 | ||
| Majority | 26,262 | 12.27 | |||
| Turnout | 213,948 | 57.05 | |||
| SP hold | Swing | ||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Durga Prasad Yadav | 93,629 | 50.42 | +6.46 | |
| BSP | Sarvesh Singh Sipu | 62,188 | 33.49 | −1.90 | |
| BJP | Jai Nath | 8,577 | 4.62 | +0.44 | |
| INC | Karuna Kant Mishra | 6,639 | 3.58 | +0.09 | |
| Majority | 31,441 | 16.93 | +8.36 | ||
| Turnout | 185,680 | 54.41 | |||
| SP hold | Swing | ||||
2007
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Durga Prasad Yadav | 52,604 | 43.96 | ||
| BSP | Ramakant | 42,350 | 35.39 | ||
| Independent | Dayaram | 5,888 | 4.92 | ||
| BJP | Sunil Rai | 5,005 | 4.18 | ||
| INC | Rajbali Yadav | 4,172 | 3.49 | ||
| Majority | 10,254 | 8.57 | |||
| Turnout | 119,669 | ||||
| SP hold | Swing | ||||
2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Durga Prasad Yadav | 55,586 | 43.55 | ||
| BSP | R. P. Rai | 37,420 | 29.32 | ||
| BJP | Chhotelal Yadav | 19,811 | 15.52 | ||
| INC | Ram Pratap Yadav | 9,788 | 7.67 | ||
| Majority | 18,166 | 14.23 | |||
| Turnout | 127,634 | 49.40 | |||
| SP hold | Swing | ||||