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, 2002
DURGA PRASAD YADAV
SP
Elections held
16
1962–2022
Most successful party
SP
won 6 of 16
Margin, 2002
18,166
14.23% of valid votes
Result, 2002
Runner-up
BSPR.P. RAI
- Votes
- 37,420
- Vote share
- 29.32%
- Behind by
- 18,166
Electors
2,58,363
Total votes polled
1,27,634
Valid votes
1,27,634
NOTA votes
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Turnout
49.4%
Full result, 2002
11 candidates · 1,27,634 valid votes
DURGA PRASAD YADAVSPwon
55,586
43.5%
R.P. RAIBSP
37,420
29.3%
CHHOTELAL YADAVBJP
19,811
15.5%
RAM PRATAP YADAVINC
9,788
7.7%
RAJARAM NISHADBKD
1,413
1.1%
AQUABALIND
1,014
0.8%
JAI PRAKASH NARAYANCPI(ML)(L)
687
0.5%
SHRI PRAKASH JAISWALNCP
649
0.5%
MOHAMMAD AMIRIND
555
0.4%
SUDHAKAR PANDEYRTKP
415
0.3%
AJAY KUMARIND
296
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