Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency

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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency|State=[[Uttar Pradesh]]|ElectedByYear=
|CurrentMP=Vacant
|CurrentMPParty=
|AssemblyConstituencies=[[Gopalpur (Assembly constituency)|Gopalpur]]<br>[[Sagri (Assembly constituency)|Sagri]]<br>[[Mubarakpur (Assembly constituency)|Mubarakpur]]<br>[[Azamgarh (Assembly constituency)|Azamgarh]]<br>[[Mehnagar (Assembly constituency)|Mehnagar]]
|Reservation=None
|Existence=1952|image=|SuccessfulParty=[[Indian National Congress]] (7 times)|caption=}}'''[[Azamgarh]]''' Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 [[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) constituencies in [[Uttar Pradesh]] state in northern [[India]].

==Vidhan Sabha segments==
Presently, Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency comprises five [[Vidhan Sabha]] (legislative assembly) segments. These are:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ceouttarpradesh.nic.in/069_PC_Statistics_English.aspx|title=Information and Statistics-Parliamentary Constituencies-69-Azamgarh|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh website}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" width="500px"
! width="50px" style="font-size:75%" |Constituency number
! width="200px" |Name
! width="100px" style="font-size:75%" |Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
! width="150px" |District
|-
|344
|[[Gopalpur (Assembly constituency)|Gopalpur]]
|None
|[[Azamgarh district|Azamgarh]]
|-
|345
|[[Sagri (Assembly constituency)|Sagri]]
|None
|[[Azamgarh district|Azamgarh]]
|-
|346
|[[Mubarakpur (Assembly constituency)|Mubarakpur]]
|None
|[[Azamgarh district|Azamgarh]]
|-
|347
|[[Azamgarh (Assembly constituency)|Azamgarh]]
|None
|[[Azamgarh district|Azamgarh]]
|-
|352
|[[Mehnagar (Assembly constituency)|Mehnagar]]
|SC
|[[Azamgarh district|Azamgarh]]
|-
|}

==Members of Lok Sabha==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Elected MP
! Party
|-
|[[1951–52 Indian general election|1952]]
|[[Algu Rai Shastri]]
|rowspan="5" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="5" style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|-
|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
|[[Kalika Singh]]
|-
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
|[[Ram Harakh Yadav]]
|-
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
|rowspan="2" |[[Chandrajit Yadav]]
|-
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|-
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
|[[Ram Naresh Yadav]]
|[[Janata Party]]
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
|-
|1978^
|[[Mohsina Kidwai]]
|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}" |
|-
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|[[Chandrajit Yadav]]
|[[Janata Party (Secular)]]
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}" |
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|Santosh Singh
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|[[Ram Krishna Yadav]]
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}" |
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|[[Chandrajit Yadav]]
|[[Janata Dal]]
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|[[Ramakant Yadav (politician)|Ramakant Yadav]]
|[[Samajwadi Party]]
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|[[Akbar Ahmad]]
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}" |
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|rowspan="2" |[[Ramakant Yadav (politician)|Ramakant Yadav]]
|[[Samajwadi Party]]
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|rowspan="2" |[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}" |
|-
|2008^
|[[Akbar Ahmad]]
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|[[Ramakant Yadav (politician)|Ramakant Yadav]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|[[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Samajwadi Party]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|[[Akhilesh Yadav]] (Resigned)
|}
^ by poll

==Election results==
===General election 2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Azamgarh]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Samajwadi Party|candidate= [[Akhilesh Yadav]]|votes=6,21,578|percentage=60.04|change=+24.61}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Dinesh Lal Yadav|Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua']]|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=3,61,704|percentage=35.1|change=+6.25}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party|candidate=Abhimanyu Singh Sunny|votes=10,078|percentage=1.0|change=+1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Rashtriya Ulama Council|candidate=Anil Singh|votes=6,763|percentage=0.7|change=-0.68}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above|None of the Above]]|votes=7,255|percentage=0.7|change=+0.11}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Rajiv Talwar|votes=2,204|percentage=0.21|change=New}}

{{Election box majority||votes=2,59,874|percentage=25.3|change=+18.72}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=10,29,796|percentage=57.56|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Samajwadi Party
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Azamgarh]] }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]
|party = Samajwadi Party
|votes = 3,40,306
|percentage = 35.43
|change = +17.86
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Ramakant Yadav (politician)|Ramakant Yadav]]
|votes = 2,77,102
|percentage = 28.85
|change = -6.28
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Shah Alam (Guddu Jamali)]]
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 2,66,528
|percentage = 27.75
|change = -0.43
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Arvind Kumar Jaiswal
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 17,950
|percentage = 1.87
|change = -2.55
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Aamir Rashadi Madni
|party = Rashtriya Ulama Council
|votes = 13,271
|percentage = 1.38
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above|None of the Above]]
|votes = 5,660
|percentage = 0.59
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 63,204
|percentage = 6.58
|change = -0.37
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,60,600
|percentage = 56.40
|change = +11.76
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Samajwadi Party
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing = +0.30
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 2009===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Azamgarh]] }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Ramakant Yadav (politician)|Ramakant Yadav]]
|votes = 2,47,648
|percentage = 35.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = [[Akbar Ahmad|Akbar Ahmad Dumpy]]
|votes = 1,98,609
|percentage = 28.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = [[Durga Prasad Yadav]]
|votes = 1,23,844
|percentage = 17.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Rashtriya Ulama Council
|candidate = Dr. Javed Akhtar
|votes = 59,270
|percentage = 8.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Santosh Kumar Singh
|votes = 31,159
|percentage = 4.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 49,039
|percentage = 6.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,04,863
|percentage = 44.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Bahujan Samaj Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Azamgarh district]]
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==External links==
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/uttar_pradesh/azamgarh/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_results.html Azamgarh lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details]
* [https://resultuniversity.com/election/azamgarh-lok-sabha Azamgarh Lok Sabha] Results from 1971 to 2014

==References==
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{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh}}
{{Azamgarh division topics}}

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[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Politics of Azamgarh district]]

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