Amethi Assembly constituency

Amethi
Constituency No. 186 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictAmethi
Lok Sabha constituencyAmethi
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartySamajwadi Party
Elected year2022

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.

Currently, this seat is represented by Samajwadi party politician Maharaji Prajapati, who won the last Assembly election.

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 Indian National Congress
1962 Vaidya Baij Nath Singh
1967 Ravindra Pratap Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1969 Raja Rananjaya Singh
1974 Indian National Congress
1977 Haricharan Yadav Janata Party
1980 Rajkumar Sanjaya Sinh Indian National Congress
1985 Indian National Congress
1989 Haricharan Yadav
1991
1993 Jamuna Mishra Bharatiya Janata Party
1996 Ram Harsh Singh Indian National Congress
2002 Ameeta Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2007 Indian National Congress
2012 Gayatri Prasad Prajapati Samajwadi Party
2017 Garima Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2022 Maharaji Prajapati Samajwadi Party

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2022
 
 46.46%
2017
 
 34.21%
2012
 
 35.84%
2007
 
 40.59%
2002
 
 42.23%
1996
 
 34.01%
1993
 
 24.94%
1991
 
 48.68%
1989
 
 65.14%

2027

2027 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amethi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP
INDIA
BSP
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amethi
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 Tiwari 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Garima Singh 64,226 34.21
SP Gayatri Prasad Prajapati 59,161 31.52
BSP Ramji Maurya 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

2012

2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amethi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Gayatri Prasad Prajapati 58,434 35.84 +18.29
INC Ameeta Sinh 49,674 30.47 −10.12
BSP Ashish Shukla 35,374 21.70 −8.41
BJP Rashmi Singh 8,616 5.28 −0.07
Majority 8,760 5.38 −5.10
Turnout 162,891 55.05 +5.06
SP gain from INC Swing

2007

2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amethi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ameeta Sinh 48,108 40.59 −1.64
BSP Ashish Shukla 35,684 30.11 +24.81
SP Rajesh Kumar 20,804 17.55 +1.12
BJP Govind Narayan 6,340 5.35 −36.88
Independent Vijay Bahadur 2,634 2.22
Majority 12,424 10.48 −3.69
Turnout 118,519 49.99 −5.91
INC gain from BJP Swing

2002

2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amethi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ameeta Sinh 55,949 42.23 +12.18
INC Ashish Shukla 37,184 28.06 −5.95
SP Gayatri Prasad Prajapati 21,764 16.43 −7.25
BSP Tej Pratap Dwivedi 7,023 5.30
AD Babu Lal 3,451 2.60
Majority 18,765 14.17 +10.21
Turnout 132,501 55.90 +7.95
BJP gain from INC Swing

1996

1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amethi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ram Harsh Singh 36,069 34.01
BJP Jamuna Mishra 31,870 30.05 +5.11
SP Gayatri Prasad Prajapati 25,112 23.68 +2.78
Independent Haricharan Yadav 5,569 5.25 −13.40
Independent Lalji Maurya 3,100 2.92
Majority 4,199 3.96 −0.08
Turnout 106,057 47.95 −0.52
INC gain from BJP Swing

1993

1993 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amethi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jamuna Mishra 23,270 24.94 −0.88
SP Radhey Shyam Yadav 19,503 20.90 +20.90
Independent Karmaraj Singh 17,616 18.88
INC Haricharan Yadav 17,406 18.65 −30.03
Bharatiya Rashtriya Party Vinshi Ram 2,679 2.87
Majority 3,767 4.04 −18.82
Turnout 93,316 48.47 +9.16
BJP gain from INC Swing

1991

1991 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amethi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Haricharan Yadav 33,176 48.68 −16.46
BJP Jamuna Prasad Mishra 17,597 25.82 +25.82
JD Jai Bahadur Singh 6,065 8.90 −16.75
JP Raghaw Ram 3,683 5.40
Independent Ram Karan Jaiswal 724 1.06
Majority 15,579 22.86 −16.63
Turnout 68,145 39.31 −8.27
INC hold Swing

1989

1989 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amethi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Haricharan Yadav 53,197 65.14
JD Raj Kumar Sanjay Singh 20,949 25.65
BSP Shri Ram 2,025 2.48
Janata Party (JP) Dwijendra Pd. Mishra 1,358 1.66
Independent Kalidin 1,063 1.30
Majority 32,248 39.49
Turnout 81,660 47.58
INC hold Swing

1951-1980

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