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Azamgarh (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Member of parliament
  
Mulayam Singh Yadav

State
  
Uttar Pradesh

Female electors
  
761,674

Party
  
Samajwadi Party

Male electors
  
941,548

Last election
  
Indian general election, 2014

Assembly segments
  
Sagri, Mehnagar, Gopalpur, Mubarakpur, Azamgarh

Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: आज़मगढ़ लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India

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Assembly segments

Presently, Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:

  1. Gopalpur
  2. Sagri
  3. Mubarakpur
  4. Azamgarh
  5. Mehnagar

Members of Parliament

  • 1952: Algu Rai Shastri, Indian National Congress
  • 1957: Kalika Singh, Indian National Congress
  • 1962: Ram Harakh Yadav, Indian National Congress
  • 1967: Chandrajit Yadav, Indian National Congress
  • 1971: Chandrajit Yadav, Indian National Congress
  • 1977: Ram Naresh Yadav, Janata Party
  • 1978 (by-election): Mohsina Kidwai, Indian National Congress (I)
  • 1980: Chandrajit Yadav, Janata Party (Secular)
  • 1984: Santosh Singh, Indian National Congress
  • 1989: Ram Krishna Yadav, Bahujan Samaj Party
  • 1991: Chandrajit Yadav, Janata Dal
  • 1996: Ramakant Yadav, Samajwadi Party
  • 1998: Akbar Ahmad, Bahujan Samaj Party
  • 1999: Ramakant Yadav, Samajwadi Party
  • 2004: Ramakant Yadav, Bahujan Samaj Party
  • 2008: (by-election) Akbar Ahmad, Bahujan Samaj Party
  • 2009: Ramakant Yadav, Bharatiya Janata Party
  • 2014: Mulayam Singh Yadav, Samajwadi Party

    • References

    Azamgarh (Lok Sabha constituency) Wikipedia
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