AZAMGARH
Assembly seat no. 347 in Uttar Pradesh · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Uttar Pradesh also has a Lok Sabha constituency called AZAMGARH. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 16 results.
Winner, 2022
DURGA PRASAD YADAV
SP
Elections held
16
1962–2022
Most successful party
SP
won 6 of 16
Margin, 2022
16,036
6.79% of valid votes
Result, 2022
Runner-up
BJPAKHILESH KUMAR MISHRA
- Votes
- 84,777
- Vote share
- 35.87%
- Behind by
- 16,036
Electors
4,25,819
Total votes polled
2,36,330
Valid votes
2,36,330
NOTA votes
1,470
0.62% of votes polled
Turnout
55.5%
Full result, 2022
9 candidates · 2,36,330 valid votes
DURGA PRASAD YADAVSPwon
1,00,813
42.7%
AKHILESH KUMAR MISHRABJP
84,777
35.9%
SUSHIL KUMAR SINGHBSP
39,281
16.6%
KAMAR KAMALAIMIM
5,532
2.3%
PRAVEEN KUMAR SINGHINC
2,175
0.9%
RISHIKANT YADAVASPKR
641
0.3%
RAJIV KUMAR SINGHIND
604
0.3%
KRIPA SHANKAR PATHAKAAAP
580
0.3%
SURYANATHBHARTIYAGADARPARTYS
457
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | DURGA PRASAD YADAV | SP | 1,00,813 | 42.66% | AKHILESH KUMAR MISHRA | 16,036 |
| 2017 | DURGA PRASAD | SP | 88,087 | 41.17% | AKHILESH | 26,262 |
| 2012 | DURGA PRASAD YADAV | SP | 93,629 | 50.42% | SARVESH SINGH SIPU | 31,441 |
| 2007 | DURGA PRASAD YADAV | SP | 52,604 | 43.96% | RAMAKANT | 10,254 |
| 2002 | DURGA PRASAD YADAV | SP | 55,586 | 43.55% | R.P. RAI | 18,166 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above