Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha constituency

Coordinates: 25°25′N 81°52′E / 25.41°N 81.86°E / 25.41; 81.86
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Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
Assembly constituenciesGoshaiganj
Katehari
Tanda
Jalalpur
Akbarpur
Established2008- Present
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBahujan Samaj Party
Elected year2019

Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This lok sabha constituency came into existence in 1996 as 11th lok sabha was held in April-May 1996. On 29 September 1995 Ambedkar Nagar district carved out from faizabad division (now Ayodhya)in the memory of Baba Saheb Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar.

Assembly segments[edit]

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

No Name District Member Party
276 Goshainganj Ayodhya Abhay Singh SP
277 Katehari Ambedkar Nagar Lalji Verma SP
278 Tanda Ram Murti Verma SP
280 Jalalpur Rakesh Pandey SP
281 Akbarpur Ram Achal Rajbhar SP

Katehari, Tanda, Jalalpur and Akbarpur assembly segments were earlier in erstwhile Akbarpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of Parliament[edit]

As Akbarpur (SC) Lok Sabha constituency[edit]

Year Member Party
1962 Panna Lal Indian National Congress
1967 Ramji Ram Republican Party of India
1971 Indian National Congress
1977 Mangal Dev Visharad Janata Party
1980 Ram Avadh Janata Party (Secular)
1984 Ram Pyare Suman Indian National Congress
1989 Ram Avadh Janata Dal
1991
1996 Ghanshyam Kharwar Bahujan Samaj Party
1998 Mayawati
1999
2002^ Tribhuvan Dutt
2004 Mayawati
2004^ Shankhlal Majhi Samajwadi Party

As Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha Constituency[edit]

Year Member[2] Party
2009 Rakesh Pandey Bahujan Samaj Party
2014 Hari Om Pandey Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Ritesh Pandey Bahujan Samaj Party

^By Poll

Election results[edit]

2019[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Ambedkar Nagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BSP Ritesh Pandey 564,118 51.75 +23.46
BJP Mukut Bihari 4,68,238 42.95 +1.18
PSP(L) Premnath Nishad 2,390 0.22 +0.22
NOTA None of the Above 11,344 1.04
Majority 95,880 8.80
Turnout 10,90,615 61.08
BSP gain from BJP Swing

2014[edit]

2014 Indian general elections: Ambedkar Nagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Hari Om Pandey 4,32,104 41.77
BSP Rakesh Pandey 2,92,675 28.29
SP Ram Murti Verma 2,34,467 22.67
INC Ashok Singh 22,775 2.20
MADP Suresh Kumar Bauddh 7,694 0.74
NOTA None of the Above 7,422 0.72
Majority 1,39,429 13.48
Turnout 10,34,435 60.18
BJP gain from BSP Swing

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "Information and Statistics-Parliamentary Constituencies-55-Ambedkar Nagar". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh website. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Ambedkar Nagar (Uttar Pradesh) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 - Ambedkar Nagar Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in.

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