Amethi is a constituency of the
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Hindi: ''Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member first-past-the- ...
, that covers the city of Amethi in the
Amethi district
Amethi district is the 72nd district of the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. This district is a part of Faizabad division (officially ''Ayodhya division'') in the Awadh region of the Uttar Pradesh. It covers an area of 2329.11 km� ...
of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of the five assembly constituencies which fall under
Amethi Lok Sabha constituency
Amethi Lok Sabha constituency is in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It covers the entire Amethi district and was created in 1967. The seat has almost always been held by the Indian National Congress (INC), save for a half-dozen years in ...
.
Currently, this seat is represented by
Samajwadi party
The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as well. With ...
politician
Mahraji Devi, 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
Election Results
2022
* 1951: Kunwer Rananjai Singh (IND) 21,536 votes. Defeated Baijnath Singh (INC) 7,835 votes.
* 1957: Rama Kant Singh (INC) defeated Bijai Pal (Independent)
* 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
References
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Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh
Amethi