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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1945)}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| honorific_prefix =<br />
| name = Awadhesh Prasad<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
| term_start2 = 4 June 2024<br />
| term_end2 = <br />
| constituency2 = [[Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency|Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Lallu Singh]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<br />
| successor2 = <br />
| office3 = [[Government of Uttar Pradesh|Cabinet Minister IN Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| constituency1 = <br />
| predecessor1 = <br />
| successor1 = <br />
| term_start4 = 1993<br />
| term_end4 = 1995<br />
| constituency3 = <br />
| predecessor3 = <br />
| successor3 = <br />
| term_start5 = 1989<br />
| term_end5 = 1991<br />
| constituency4 = <br />
| predecessor4 = <br />
| successor4 = <br />
| term_start6 = 1977<br />
| term_end6 = 1980<br />
| constituency5 = <br />
| predecessor5 = <br />
| successor5 = <br />
| office7 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start7 = 10 March 2022<br />
| term_end7 = 11 June 2024<br />
| office = [https://sansad.in/ls/about/panel-of-chairpersons Member of Panel of Chairpersons (Lok Sabha)]<br />
| alongside = [[Sandhya Ray]], [[Dilip Saikia]], [[Jagdambika Pal]], [[Krishna Prasad Tenneti]], [[Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar]], [[A. Raja]], [[P. C. Mohan]], [[N. K. Premachandran]], [[Selja Kumari]]<br />
| term_start = {{Start date|2025|07|31|df=yes}}<br />
| term_end = <br />
| appointer = [[Om Birla]]<br />
| term_start1 = {{Start date|2019|07|04|df=yes}}<br />
| term_end1 = {{End date|2024|06|09|df=yes}}<br />
| appointer1 = [[Om Birla]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|07|31|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bikapur]], [[United Provinces (1937–50)|United Provinces]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br>(present-day [[Uttar Pradesh]], India)<br />
| party = [[Samajwadi Party]]<br />
| other_party = <br />
| spouse = {{marriage|Sona Devi|1972}}<br />
| parents = <br />
| children = 7<br />
| alma_mater = [[Lucknow University]] (LL.B, 1968)<br>[[DAV College, Kanpur]], [[Agra University]] (M.A, 1966)<br />
| term_start10 = 1977<br />
| term_end10 = 1980<br />
| constituency10 = Sohawal<br />
| constituency9 = Sohawal<br />
| term_start9 = 1985<br />
| term_end9 = 1991<br />
| predecessor10 = Hub Raj, [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
| predecessor9 = Madho Prasad, [[Indian National Congress (I)|INC(I)]]<br />
| successor10 = Madho Prasad, [[Indian National Congress (I)|INC(I)]]<br />
| successor9 = Ramu Priyadarshi, [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<br />
| term_start8 = 1993<br />
| term_end8 = 2012<br />
| predecessor8 = Ramu Priyadarshi, [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<br />
| successor8 = ''Constituency abolished''<br />
| constituency8 = Sohawal<br />
| predecessor7 = [[Anand Sen Yadav]], [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]<br />
| successor7 = Baba Gorakhnath, [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<br />
| constituency7 = [[Milkipur Assembly constituency|Milkipur]]<br />
| 1blankname1 = [[List of Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]<br />
| 2blankname1 = Ministry & Departments<br />
| 1namedata1 = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]<br />
| 2namedata1 = *Social Welfare<br />
*SC/ST Welfare<br />
*Sainik Welfare<br />
| 1blankname2 = [[List of Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]<br />
| 2blankname2 = Ministry & Departments<br />
| 1namedata2 = [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]<br />
| 2namedata2 = *Social Welfare<br />
*SC/ST Welfare<br />
| 1blankname3 = [[List of Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]<br />
| 2blankname3 = Ministry & Departments<br />
| 1namedata3 = Mulayam Singh Yadav<br />
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*Homeguard's<br />
*Political Pension<br />
| 1blankname4 = [[List of Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]<br />
| 2blankname4 = Ministry & Departments<br />
| 1namedata4 = Mulayam Singh Yadav<br />
| 2namedata4 = *Social Welfare<br />
*Harijan Kalyan<br />
| office5 = [[Government of Uttar Pradesh|Minister of State in Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| 1blankname5 = [[List of Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]<br />
| 2blankname5 = Ministry & Departments<br />
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*Rural Development {{small|(1979-1980)}}<br />
| office11 = [https://sansad.in/ls/about/panel-of-chairpersons Member of Panel of Chairpersons (Lok Sabha)]<br />
| alongside11 = [[Sandhya Ray]], [[Dilip Saikia]], [[Jagdambika Pal]], [[Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar]], [[A. Raja]], [[Selja Kumari]], [[P. C. Mohan]], [[Krishna Prasad Tenneti]], [[N. K. Premachandran]]<br />
| term_start11 = {{Start date|2024|07|01|df=yes}}<br />
| term_end11 = <br />
| appointer11 = [[Om Birla]] <br />
}}<br />
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'''Awadhesh Prasad''' (born 31 July 1945) is an Indian politician who is a founding member of the [[Samajwadi Party]] (SP) and an [[Member of Parliament (India)|MP]] in the [[18th Lok Sabha]] representing [[Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency|Faizabad]].<ref name="express">{{cite news|URL=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/for-its-dalit-outreach-sp-puts-forward-ayodhya-leader-with-long-party-electoral-record-8535208/|title= For its Dalit outreach, SP puts forward Ayodhya leader with long party, electoral record|work=The Indian Express|date=4 April 2023|first=Lalmani|last=Verma}}</ref><ref name="Dalits {{!}} Voices from the margins">{{cite news |date=13 July 2024 |title=Dalits {{!}} Voices from the margins |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-dalits-voices-from-the-margins-2565841-2024-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250322131000/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-dalits-voices-from-the-margins-2565841-2024-07-13 |archive-date=22 March 2025 |access-date=22 March 2025 |publisher=India Today |language=en}}</ref> He is presently the general secretary of the national executive of SP and he was a member of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] till 11 June 2024 when he was elected as an MP.<ref name="toi"/> He has been a nine time MLA elected from the erstwhile Sohawal (SC) constituency in [[1977 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]], [[1985 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]], [[1989 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1989]], [[1993 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]], [[1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1996]], [[2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2002]] and [[2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2007]] and as of latest from [[Milkipur Assembly constituency|Milkipur]] (SC) in [[2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2012]] and [[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2022]].<ref name="aaj tak">{{cite news|URL=https://www.aajtak.in/india/politics/story/awadhesh-prasad-samajwadi-party-faizabad-candidate-for-loksabha-election-2024-ntc-1869929-2024-01-31|trans-title=9 time MLA, Dalit leader close to Mulayam... Who is Awadhesh Prasad, whom SP made the Lok Sabha candidate from Ayodhya?|first=Banbir|last=Singh|work=Aaj Tak|title=बार के विधायक, Mulayam के करीबी दलित नेता... कौन हैं Awadhesh Prasad, जिन्हें सपा ने Faizabad से बनाया लोकसभा प्रत्याशी|date=31 January 2024}}</ref> He has become a minister for six times in the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] and been a cabinet minister in four of them.<ref name="express"/><br />
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==Political career==<br />
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Prasad, who comes from [[Pasi (caste)|Pasi Dalit]] community,<ref name=Et/> began his political career at the age of 21. He was the Ayodhya district co-convener of the [[The Emergency (India)|anti-Emergency]] Sangarsh Samiti. He was also the polling agent of the [[Lok Dal]] at [[Amethi Lok Sabha constituency|Amethi]] during the [[1977 Indian general election]]. He became the national secretary and was inducted into the central parliamentary board when the Samajwadi Party was founded in 1992. In the party, he has generally functioned as an organisation man since then.<ref name="express"/><br />
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He became minister in the [[Janata Party]] governments of [[Ram Naresh Yadav]] and [[Babu Banarasi Das]] and in the Samajwadi Party governments of [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] and Akhilesh Yadav.<ref name="express"/> He has a close association with the party president [[Akhilesh Yadav]] and was one of the few veteran leaders to have sided with him during the pre-2017 election leadership contest within the party.<ref name="toi">{{cite news|URL=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/sp-propping-up-awadhesh-prasad-as-its-dalit-face-ahead-of-ls-polls/articleshow/98789926.cms|title=SP propping up Awadhesh Prasad as its Dalit face ahead of LS polls?|work=The Times of India}}</ref><br />
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In the [[2024 Indian general election]] Prasad won <ref>https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S2454.htm</ref> as the [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] from the [[Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ayodhya-kanpur-gorakhpur-and-gonda-seats-in-uttar-pradesh-lok-sabha-election-results-2024-live-updates-101717465470862.html|title=Ayodhya, Kanpur, Gorakhpur and Gonda seats results LIVE updates: SP leads in Ayodhya as BJP's Lallu Singh falls behind|access-date =4 Jun 2024}}</ref> This win has been seen as of deep interest within the [[2024 Indian general election]] because it encompasses the city of [[Ayodhya]] where resides the [[Ram Mandir|Ram Temple]] which was set-up in the previous term ([[Second Modi ministry|2019-2024]]). Though, the BJP led from [[Ayodhya Assembly constituency]], it failed to win the seat. Analysts credited his win to failure of BJP's [[Abki Baar 400 Paar]] slogan and [[Samajwadi Party]]'s strategy of leveraging social politics by capitalizing on the significant OBC voter base, including [[Kurmi]]s and [[Yadav]]s, aligning [[OBC quota|OBCs]], [[Dalit]]s, and [[Islam in Uttar Pradesh#Population by district|Muslims]] to edge out the BJP.<ref name="Et">{{cite web |title=What went wrong for BJP in Ayodhya? Decoding the political shocker |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bjp-ayodhya-ram-mandir-faizabad-lok-sabha-election-loss-samajwadi-party-caste-equation-2549769-2024-06-06 |accessdate=6 June 2024 |website=India Today}}</ref><br />
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== Electoral record ==<br />
===Legislative Assembly===<br />
{|class="wikitable"<br />
!Year<br />
!colspan="2"|Party<br />
!Constituency Name<br />
!Result<br />
!Votes gained<br />
!Vote share%<br />
!Margin<br />
|-<br />
|[[1974 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1974]]<br />
|bgcolor={{party color|Bharatiya Kranti Dal}}|<br />
| [[Bharatiya Kranti Dal|BKD]]<br />
|rowspan="10"|Sohawal<br />
|{{Lost}}<br />
|18,879<br />
|34.70%<br />
|689<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
|bgcolor={{party color|Janata Party}}|<br />
| [[Janata Party|JP]]<br />
| {{Won}}<br />
| 28,090<br />
| 58.42%<br />
| 10,578<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
|bgcolor={{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}|<br />
| [[Janata Party (Secular)|JP(S)]]<br />
|{{Lost}}<br />
| 21,932<br />
| 40.72%<br />
| 4,071<br />
|-<br />
|[[1985 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<br />
|bgcolor={{party color|Lok Dal}}|<br />
| [[Lok Dal|LD]]<br />
|{{Won}}<br />
|27,373<br />
|46.29%<br />
|9,147<br />
|-<br />
|[[1989 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1989]]<br />
|bgcolor={{party color|Janata Dal}}|<br />
|[[Janata Dal|JD]]<br />
|{{Won}}<br />
|29,413<br />
|33.91%<br />
|10,032<br />
|-<br />
|[[1991 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br />
|bgcolor={{party color|Janata Party}}|<br />
| [[Janata Party|JP]]<br />
|{{Lost}}<br />
|22,047<br />
|24.90%<br />
|9,643<br />
|-<br />
|[[1993 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]<br />
|rowspan="7" bgcolor={{party color|Samajwadi Party}}|<br />
| rowspan="7"|[[Samajwadi Party|SP]]<br />
|{{Won}}<br />
|59,115<br />
|51.77%<br />
|16,496<br />
|-<br />
|[[1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br />
|{{Won}}<br />
|44,399<br />
|35.17%<br />
|3,407<br />
|-<br />
|[[2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2002]]<br />
|{{Won}}<br />
|43,398<br />
|35.36%<br />
|8,156<br />
|-<br />
|[[2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2007]]<br />
|{{Won}}<br />
|48,624<br />
|33.08%<br />
|9,871<br />
|-<br />
|[[2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2012]]<br />
|rowspan="3"|[[Milkipur Assembly constituency|Milkipur]]<br />
|{{Won}}<br />
|73,804<br />
|42.24%<br />
|34,237<br />
|-<br />
|[[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017]]<br />
|{{Lost}}<br />
|58,684<br />
|29.77%<br />
|28,276<br />
|-<br />
|[[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2022]]<br />
|{{Won}}<br />
|103,905<br />
|47.99%<br />
|13,338<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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===Lok Sabha===<br />
{|class="wikitable"<br />
!Year<br />
!colspan="2"|Party<br />
!Constituency Name<br />
!Result<br />
!Votes gained<br />
!Vote share%<br />
!Margin<br />
|-<br />
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]<br />
|rowspan="2" bgcolor={{party color|Samajwadi Party}}|<br />
|rowspan="2"|[[Samajwadi Party|SP]]<br />
|[[Akbarpur Lok Sabha constituency|Akbarpur]]<br />
|{{Lost}}<br />
|169,046<br />
|27.12%<br />
|30,749<br />
|-<br />
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]<ref name="Faizabad Constituency Lok Sabha Election Result 2024">{{cite news |date=4 June 2024 |title=Faizabad Constituency Lok Sabha Election Result 2024 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-constituencies/uttar-pradesh/faizabad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250531172900/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-constituencies/uttar-pradesh/faizabad |archive-date=31 May 2025 |access-date=31 May 2025 |publisher=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><ref name="2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Faizabad">{{cite news |date=4 June 2024 |title=2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Faizabad |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S2454.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250531172803/https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S2454.htm |archive-date=31 May 2025 |access-date=31 May 2025 |publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref><br />
|[[Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency|Faizabad (Ayodhya)]]<br />
| {{won}}<br />
|554,289<br />
|48.59%<br />
|54,567<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1945 births]]<br />
[[Category:University of Lucknow alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Samajwadi Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1977–1980]]<br />
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1985–1989]]<br />
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1989–1991]]<br />
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1993–1996]]<br />
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1997–2002]]<br />
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2002–2007]]<br />
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2007–2012]]<br />
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2012–2017]]<br />
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027]]<br />
[[Category:India MPs 2024–2029]]<br />
[[Category:Bharatiya Kranti Dal politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Janata Party politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Janata Party (Secular) politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Dal politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Janata Dal politicians]]</div>
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