Amethi Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Vidhan Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Amethi

| constituency_no = 186

| map_image = 186-Amethi.svg

| mla = Maharaji Prajapati

| party = Samajwadi Party

| latest_election_year = 2022

| state = Uttar Pradesh

| district = Amethi

| reservation = None

| type= SLA

}}

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 Mahraji Devi, who won the last Assembly election.{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/amethi.html|title=Assembly result 2017|website=Elections.in|access-date=2017-08-25}}

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

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Winner

!colspan=2|Party

1951

|Kunwar Rananjay Singh

|{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}

1957

|Rama Kant Singh{{cite news|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_UP_1957.pdf|title=1957 Election Results|access-date=1 June 2018|publisher=Election Commission of India}}

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}

1962

|Vaidya Baij Nath Singh{{cite news|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_UP_1962.pdf|title=1962 Election Results|access-date=1 June 2018|publisher=Election Commission of India}}

1967

| Ravindra Pratap Singh{{cite news|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Uttar%20Pradesh%201967%20.pdf|title=1967 Election Results|access-date=1 June 2018|publisher=Election Commission of India}}

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh|rowspan=2}}

1969{{cite news|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/Statistical%20Report%201969%20Uttar%20Pradesh.pdf|title=1969 Election Results|access-date=1 June 2018|publisher=Election Commission of India}}

|rowspan=2|Raja Rananjaya Singh

1974{{cite news|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1974/Statistical%20Report%20Uttar%20Pradesh%201974.pdf|title=1974 Election Results|access-date=1 June 2018|publisher=Election Commission of India}}

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1977

|Haricharan Yadav{{cite news|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/Statistical%20Report%20Uttar%20Pradesh%201977.pdf|title=1977 Election Results|access-date=1 June 2018|publisher=Election Commission of India}}

|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

1980{{cite news|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/Statistical%20Report%20Uttar%20Pradesh%201980.pdf|title=1980 Election Results|access-date=1 June 2018|publisher=Election Commission of India}}

|rowspan=2|Rajkumar Sanjaya Sinh

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}

1985{{cite news|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/Statistical%20Report%20Uttar%20Pradesh%201985.pdf|title=1985 Election Results|access-date=1 June 2018|publisher=Election Commission of India}}

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}

1989{{cite news|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/Statistical%20Report_%20UP_1989.pdf|title=1989 Election Results|access-date=1 June 2018|publisher=Election Commission of India}}

|rowspan=2|Haricharan Yadav

1991{{cite news|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/Stat_Rep_UP_91.pdf|title=1991 Election Results|access-date=1 June 2018|publisher=Election Commission of India}}

|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party (Secular)}}

1993

|Jamuna Mishra{{cite news|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1993/StatisticalReport_UP_1993.pdf|title=1993 Election Results|access-date=1 June 2018|publisher=Election Commission of India}}

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

1996

|Ram Harsh Singh{{cite news|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-UP96.pdf|title=1996 Election Results|access-date=1 June 2018|publisher=Election Commission of India}}

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

2002{{cite news|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/Stat_rep_UP_2002.pdf|title=2002 Election Results|access-date=1 June 2018|publisher=Election Commission of India}}

|rowspan=2|Ameeta Singh

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

2007{{cite news |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2007/StatReport_AS_2007_UTTAR_PRADESH.pdf|title=2007 Election Results|access-date=1 June 2018|publisher=Election Commission of India}}

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

2012{{cite news |title=2012 Election Results |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Stats_Report_UP2012.pdf |access-date=1 June 2018 |publisher=Election Commission of India}}

|Gayatri Prasad Prajapati

|{{Full party name with color|Samajwadi Party}}

2017

|Garima Singh

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

2022

|Maharaji Prajapati

|{{Full party name with color|Samajwadi Party}}

Election results

= 2022 =

{{Election box begin | title=2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amethi{{Cite web |date=2022-05-25 |title=Uttar Pradesh General Legislative Election 2022|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14185-uttar-pradesh-general-legislative-election-2022/|website=Election Commission of India}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Samajwadi Party

|candidate = Maharaji Prajapati

|votes = {{formatnum:88217}}

|percentage = 46.46

|change = +14.94

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Sanjaya Sinh

|votes = {{formatnum:70121}}

|percentage = 36.93

|change = +2.72

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Ashish Shukla

|votes = {{formatnum:14080}}

|percentage = 7.42

|change = -3.39

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Bahujan Samaj Party

|candidate = Ragini

|votes = {{formatnum:10202}}

|percentage = 5.37

|change = -10.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = None of the above

|party = None of the above

|votes = {{formatnum:1206}}

|percentage = 0.64

|change = +0.27

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = {{formatnum:18096}}

|percentage = 9.53

|change = +6.84

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = {{formatnum:189864}}

|percentage = 54.27

|change = -1.83

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Samajwadi Party

|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2017 =

{{Election box begin | title=2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amethi}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|candidate = Garima Singh

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = {{formatnum:64226}}

|percentage = 34.21

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Gaytri Prasad

|party = Samajwadi Party

|votes = {{formatnum:59161}}

|percentage = 31.52

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Ram Ji

|party = Bahujan Samaj Party

|votes = {{formatnum:30175}}

|percentage = 16.07

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Ameeta Sinh

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = {{formatnum:20291}}

|percentage = 10.81

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = None of the above

|party = None of the above

|votes = {{formatnum:694}}

|percentage = 0.37

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = {{formatnum:5065}}

|percentage = 2.69

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = {{formatnum:187717}}

|percentage = 56.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=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){{Cite web

|url = https://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/Amethi.html

|title = Amethi Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs

|website = Elections in India

}}

  • 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{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.com/assembly-election-2017/uttar-pradesh/amethi/|title=2017 Amethi - Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Winner, LIVE Results & Latest News: Election Dates, Polling Schedule, Election Results & Live Election Updates|website=India.com}}

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