Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha constituency

Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This Lok Sabha Constituency came into existence in 1996 as 11th Lok Sabha was held in April - May 1996. On 29 September 1995 Ambedkar Nagar district was carved out from Faizabad division (now Ayodhya) in the memory of B. R. Ambedkar.

Ambedkar Nagar UP-55
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Assembly constituencies	Goshaiganj Katehari Tanda Jalalpur Akbarpur
Established	2008- Present
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Lalji Verma
Party	Samajwadi Party
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

Presently, Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:^[1]

No	Name	District	Member	Party
276	Goshainganj	Ayodhya	Abhay Singh		SP
277	Katehari	Ambedkar Nagar	Lalji Verma		SP
278	Tanda		Ram Murti Verma		SP
280	Jalalpur		Rakesh Pandey		SP
281	Akbarpur		Ram Achal Rajbhar		SP

Katehari, Tanda, Jalalpur and Akbarpur assembly segments were earlier in erstwhile Akbarpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of Parliament

As Akbarpur (SC) Lok Sabha constituency

Year	Member	Party
1962	Panna Lal		Indian National Congress
1967	Ramji Ram		Republican Party of India
1971			Indian National Congress
1977	Mangal Dev Visharad		Janata Party
1980	Ram Avadh		Janata Party (Secular)
1984	Ram Pyare Suman		Indian National Congress
1989	Ram Avadh		Janata Dal
1991
1996	Ghanshyam Kharwar		Bahujan Samaj Party
1998	Mayawati
1999
2002^	Tribhuvan Dutt
2004	Mayawati
2004^	Shankhlal Majhi		Samajwadi Party

As Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha Constituency

Year	Member[2]	Party
2009	Rakesh Pandey		Bahujan Samaj Party
2014	Hari Om Pandey		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Ritesh Pandey		Bahujan Samaj Party
2024	Lalji Verma		Samajwadi Party

^By Poll

Election results

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Ambedkar Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Lalji Verma	544,959	46.30	46.30
	BJP	Ritesh Pandey	4,07,712	34.64	8.31
	BSP	Qamar Hayat	1,99,499	16.95	34.80
	NOTA	None of the Above	7,448	0.63	0.41
Majority			1,37,247	11.64	2.84
Turnout			11,77,062	61.58	0.50
	SP gain from BSP		Swing

General Election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Ambedkar Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BSP	Ritesh Pandey	564,118	51.75	+23.46
	BJP	Mukut Bihari	4,68,238	42.95	+1.18
	PSP(L)	Premnath Nishad	2,390	0.22	+0.22
	NOTA	None of the Above	11,344	1.04
Majority			95,880	8.80
Turnout			10,90,615	61.08
	BSP gain from BJP		Swing

General Election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Ambedkar Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Hari Om Pandey	4,32,104	41.77
	BSP	Rakesh Pandey	2,92,675	28.29
	SP	Ram Murti Verma	2,34,467	22.67
	INC	Ashok Singh	22,775	2.20
	MADP	Suresh Kumar Bauddh	7,694	0.74
	NOTA	None of the Above	7,422	0.72
Majority			1,39,429	13.48
Turnout			10,34,435	60.18
	BJP gain from BSP		Swing

General Election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Ambedkar Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BSP	Rakesh Pandey	259,487	32.00%
	SP	Shankhlal Majhi	2,36,751	29.20%
	BJP	Vinay Katiyar	2,26,067	27.88%
Majority			22,736
Turnout			8,10,810	54.24%
	BSP win (new seat)

See also

• Ambedkar Nagar district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

External links

• Ambedkar Nagar lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details
• 2009-2014 Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha Election Results

Notes

1. "Information and Statistics-Parliamentary Constituencies-55-Ambedkar Nagar". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh website. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
2. "Ambedkar Nagar (Uttar Pradesh) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 - Ambedkar Nagar Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in.

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