Amethi Assembly constituency

Amethi is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, that covers the city of Amethi in the Amethi district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of the five assembly constituencies which fall under Amethi Lok Sabha constituency.

Amethi
Constituency No. 186 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Amethi
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Maharaji Prajapati
Party	Samajwadi Party
Elected year	2022

Currently, this seat is represented by Samajwadi party politician Mahraji Devi, who won the last Assembly election.^[1]

Sanjay Singh has been a major player in the local politics. His father, Rananjay Singh, was elected from this seat. Later Sanjay Singh himself, his first wife Garima Singh, and his second wife Ameeta Singh have all been elected from the constituency.

Members of Vidhan Sabha

Year	Winner	Party
1951	Kunwar Rananjay Singh		Independent
1957	Rama Kant Singh[2]		Indian National Congress
1962	Vaidya Baij Nath Singh[3]
1967	Ravindra Pratap Singh[4]		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1969[5]	Raja Rananjaya Singh
1974[6]			Indian National Congress
1977	Haricharan Yadav[7]		Janata Party
1980[8]	Rajkumar Sanjaya Sinh		Indian National Congress
1985[9]			Indian National Congress
1989[10]	Haricharan Yadav
1991[11]			Janata Party
1993	Jamuna Mishra[12]		Bharatiya Janata Party
1996	Ram Harsh Singh[13]		Indian National Congress
2002[14]	Ameeta Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2007[15]			Indian National Congress
2012[16]	Gayatri Prasad Prajapati		Samajwadi Party
2017	Garima Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2022	Maharaji Prajapati		Samajwadi Party

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amethi^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Maharaji Prajapati	88,217	46.46	+14.94
	BJP	Sanjaya Sinh	70,121	36.93	+2.72
	INC	Ashish Shukla	14,080	7.42	−3.39
	BSP	Ragini	10,202	5.37	−10.7
	NOTA	None of the above	1,206	0.64	+0.27
Majority			18,096	9.53	+6.84
Turnout			189,864	54.27	−1.83
	SP gain from BJP		Swing

2017

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amethi^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Garima Singh	64,226	34.21
	SP	Gaytri Prasad	59,161	31.52
	BSP	Ram Ji	30,175	16.07
	INC	Ameeta Sinh	20,291	10.81
	NOTA	None of the above	694	0.37
Majority			5,065	2.69
Turnout			187,717	56.1

1951

• 1951: Kunwer Rananjai Singh (IND) 21,536 votes. Defeated Baijnath Singh (INC) 7,835 votes.
• 1957: Rama Kant Singh (INC) defeated Bijai Pal (Independent)^[19]
• 1962: Vaidya Baij Nath Singh (INC) defeated Ram Bali (Ind)
• 1967 R. P. Singh (BJS) defeated Baij Nath Singh Vaidya (INC)
• 1969: Raja Rananjaya Singh (Bharatiya Jana Sangh), defeated Baij Nath Singh Vaidya (INC)
• 1974: Raja Rananjai Singh (INC) defeated Ravindra Pratap Singh (BJS)
• 1977: Haricharan Yadav (Janata Party) 18,304 votes. Defeated Baij Nath Singh Vaidya (INC)
• 1980: Rajkumar Sanjay Singh (Congress-Indira) defeated Hari Charan JNP(SC)
• 1996: Ram Harsh Singh (INC) 36,069 votes. Defeated Jamuna Prasad Mishra (BJP) : 31,870
• 2002: Amita Singh (BJP) 55,949 votes. Defeated Ashish (INC) 37,184 votes.
• 2007: Amita Singh (INC) 48,108 votes. Defeated Ashish (BSP) 35,684 votes.
• 2012: Gayatri Prasad Prajapati (Samajwadi Party) 58,434 votes. Defeated Ameeta Sinh (INC) 49,674 votes
• 2017: Garima Singh (BJP) 64,226 votes defeated Gayatri Prajapati of SP, third placed Ram Ji of BSP, and fourth placed Ameeta Sinh of Congress^[18]