Azamgarh (Assembly Constituency)
Azamgarh is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Azamgarh in the Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
| Azamgarh | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | 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
| # | Term | Member of Legislative Assembly | Party | From | To | Days | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 2nd Vidhan Sabha | Bisram | Praja Socialist Party | April 1957 | March 1962 | 1,800 | |
| 02 | 3rd Vidhan Sabha | Bhima Prasad | March 1962 | March 1967 | 1,828 | ||
| 03 | 4th Vidhan Sabha | Samyukta Socialist Party | March 1967 | April 1968 | 402 | ||
| 04 | 5th Vidhan Sabha | February 1969 | March 1974 | 1,832 | |||
| 05 | 6th Vidhan Sabha | Bisram | Bharatiya Kranti Dal | March 1974 | April 1977 | 1,153 | |
| 06 | 7th Vidhan Sabha | Bhima Prasad | Indian National Congress | June 1977 | February 1980 | 969 | |
| 07 | 8th Vidhan Sabha | Ram Kunwar Singh | Indian National Congress (Indira) | June 1980 | March 1985 | 1,735 | |
| 08 | 9th Vidhan Sabha | Durga Prasad Yadav | Independent | March 1985 | November 1989 | 1,725 | |
| 09 | 10th Vidhan Sabha | Janata Dala | December 1989 | April 1991 | 488 | ||
| 10 | 11th Vidhan Sabha | June 1991 | December 1992 | 533 | |||
| 11 | 12th Vidhan Sabha | Raj Bali Yadav | Bahujan Samaj Party | December 1993 | October 1995 | 693 | |
| 12 | 13th Vidhan Sabha | Durga Prasad Yadav | Samajwadi Party | October 1996 | March 2002 | 1,967 | |
| 13 | 14th Vidhan Sabha | February 2002 | May 2007 | 1,902 | |||
| 14 | 15th Vidhan Sabha | May 2007 | March 2012 | 1,736 | |||
| 15 | 16th Vidhan Sabha | March 2012 | March 2017 | 1,829 | |||
| 16 | 17th Vidhan Sabha | March 2017 | 2022 | 2668 | |||
| 17 | 18th Vidhan Sabha | March 2022 | Incumbent |
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Durga Prasad Yadav | 1,00,813 | 42.66 | ||
| BJP | Akhilesh Mishra | 84,777 | 35.87 | ||
| BSP | Sushil Kumar Singh | 39,281 | 16.62 | ||
| AIMIM | Kamar Kamal | 5,532 | 2.34 | ||
| INC | Praveen Kumar Singh | 2,175 | 0.92 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,470 | 0.62 | ||
| Majority | 16,036 | 6.79 | |||
| Turnout | 2,36,472 | 59.67 | |||
| SP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
Samajwadi Party candidate Durga Prasad Yadav won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Akhilesh by a margin of 26,262 votes.