Rakesh Pandey (born 14 August 1952) is an Indian politician and a member of the

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Jalalpur Jalalpur is a town, tehsil and a municipal board in Ambedkar Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Geography Jalalpur is located at . It has an average elevation of . The city is directly connected to Azamgarh, Akbarpu ...

as a

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as w ...

candidate. He was a Member of Parliament in the

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Ambedkar Nagar Ambedkar Nagar is a district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This district is a part of Faizabad division (officially ''Ayodhya division'') in the Awadh region of the state. This district was established on 29 September 1995 by carvin ...

as a

Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), alon ...

(BSP) candidate. From 2002 to 2007, he was a MLA in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. In January 2022, Pandey left

and joined

Personal life

Pandey was born in Kotwa Mohamadpur in Ambedkar Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh to Jagmohan Pandey and Raghuraji Devi. He studied till matriculation and is an agriculturalist by profession. Pandey married Manju Pandey on 29 June 1971. They have two sons. His younger son,

Ritesh Pandey Ritesh Pandey (born 3 April 1981) is an Indian politician serving as the Member of Parliament from Ambedkar Nagar constituency. He is a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) from the state of Uttar Pradesh. He was also a MLA from Jalalpur co ...

is an MP from the

constituency. His older son, Ashish Pandey is a Lucknow based real estate businessman.

Political career

Pandey was a member in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2007. As a

politician, he was a Member of Parliament in the

from

from 2007 to 2014. In January 2022, Pandey left

and joined

. Subsequently, Pandey won from the

constituency in the

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh from 2022 elections in India, 10 February to 7 March 2022 in seven phases to elect all List of constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 403 m ...

, defeating

's Rajesh Singh by a margin of 13,630 votes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pandey, Rakesh 1952 births Living people India MPs 2009–2014 Bahujan Samaj Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh People from Ambedkar Nagar district Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2002–2007 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027