Tej Narayan Pandey

Tej Narayan Pandey
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
15 March 2012 – 19 March 2017
Preceded byLallu Singh
Succeeded byVed Prakash Gupta
ConstituencyAyodhya
Personal details
Born1980 or 1981 (age 45–46)
PartySamajwadi Party
EducationLucknow University, 2003
ProfessionPolitician

Tej Narayan Pandey is an Indian politician. He represented Ayodhya as a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Samajwadi Party. He was elected as MLA of the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Ayodhya.

On February 7, 2013, he was assigned to be the minister for entertainment tax (independent Charge) in the newly elected Akhilesh Yadav government. On June 17, 2014, Pandey stepped down from Akhilesh Yadav ministry, while continuing to be part of the party executive committee.

Early life

Pandey was born to Rajbhushan and hails from Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh. He did his post graduation work at Lucknow University in 2003.

Political career

Pandey joined the Samajwadi party in 1998. He was elected vice-president of Lucknow University in 2004. He is a member of Akhilesh yadav, or "Team Eleven".

Some of his efforts were recognized by the people of Faizabad for his approval of a medical college there.

Pandey was the seventh Akhilesh aide in a prominent post only to be expelled by Shivpal within a month.

He lost his seat in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election to Ved Prakash Gupta of the Bharatiya Janata Party.He contested the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Ayodhya but lost to Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ved Prakash Gupta by a margin of 19,990 votes. In October 2026, he was declared as the Samajwadi Party's first candidate for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Ayodhya by party president Akhilesh Yadav.

References

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  2. ↑ Rawat, Virendra Singh (2 September 2013). "UP govt to revive defunct cinema halls". Business Standard. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "UP CM drops Pawan Pandey, rejigs 13 key ministries". The Times of India. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
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  5. ↑ Khan, Arshad Afzal (30 July 2013). "CM gifts medical college to Faizabad". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  6. ↑ Verma, Lalmani (27 October 2016). "Pawan Pandey, expelled for assault, is first-time MLA who snatched Ayodhya from BJP". The Indian Express. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "AYODHYA Election Result 2017, Winner, AYODHYA MLA, Uttar Pradesh". NDTV. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "Why Ayodhya Assembly seat is back in focus ahead of UP polls". The Indian Express. 11 October 2026. Retrieved 24 October 2026. Gupta retained the seat in 2022, with the BJP's vote share slipping to around 49%. Its winning margin, however, fell to 19,990 votes, while Pandey's vote share rose to 40.4%.
  9. ↑ "Why Ayodhya Assembly seat is back in focus ahead of UP polls". The Indian Express. 11 October 2026. Retrieved 24 October 2026. Pandey, also known as Tej Narain Pandey, is the first SP candidate Yadav has announced for the 2027 Assembly elections. At an event in Lucknow on August 5, the SP chief said Pandey would contest from Ayodhya.
  10. ↑ "Ayodhya Assembly Seat: BJP's Winning Margin Shrinks As SP Gains Ground Ahead Of 2027 UP Polls". Free Press Journal. 11 October 2026. Retrieved 24 October 2026. The SP has already declared former MLA Tej Narain Pandey, popularly known as Pawan Pandey, its candidate from Ayodhya.