Ambedkar Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. This constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002. There were great personalities from this district. Dr Ram Manohar Lohia was also from this place. Some other prominent personalities are Shri Surendra Nath Tiriapthi, IAS in Orissa cadre and Mr Mahendra Nath Tiwari, IPS in Delhi cadre are officers from the same family of Bhiswa chittauna, Malipur.

Assembly segments

Presently, Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:

1. Goshainganj
2. Katehari
3. Tanda
4. Jalalpur
5. Akbarpur

Katehari, Tanda, Jalalpur and Akbarpur assembly segments were earlier in erstwhile Akbarpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of Parliament

• As Akbarpur Lok Sabha constituency:

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
First	1952-57	Panna Lal	Indian National Congress
Second	1957-62	Panna Lal	Indian National Congress
Third	1962-67	Panna Lal	Indian National Congress
Fourth	1967-71	Ramji Ram	Indian National Congress
Fifth	1971-77	Ramji Ram	Indian National Congress
Sixth	1977-80	Visharad Mangaldeo	Janata Party
Seventh	1980-84	Ram Awadh	Janata Party (Secular)
Eighth	1984-89	Rampiyare Suman	Indian National Congress (Indira)
Ninth	1989-91	Kumari Mayawati	Bahujan Samaj Party
Tenth	1991-96	Ram Awadh	Janata Dal
Eleventh	1996-98	Ghanshyam Chandra Kharvar	Bahujan Samaj Party
Twelfth	1998-99	Kumari Mayawati	Bahujan Samaj Party
Thirteenth	1999-2002	Kumari Mayawati	Bahujan Samaj Party
Thirteenth	2002-04	Tribhuvan Dutt	Bahujan Samaj Party
Fourteenth	2004-07	Kumari Mayawati	Bahujan Samaj Party
Fourteenth	2007-09	Shankhlal Majhi	Samajwadi Party

• As Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha constituency:

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
Fifteenth	2009-2014	Rakesh Pandey	Bahujan Samaj Party
Sixteenth	2014-Incumbent	Hari Om Pandey	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Indian general elections, 2014: Ambedkar Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Hari Om Pandey	4,32,104	41.77
	BSP	Rakesh Pandey	2,92,675	28.29
	SP	Ram Murti Verma	2,34,467	22.67
	INC	Ashok Singh	22,775	2.20
	MAP	Suresh Kumar Bauddh	7,694	0.74
Majority			1,39,429	13.48
Turnout			10,34,404	62.06
	BJP gain from BSP		Swing

Indian general election, 2004: Akbarpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BSP	Kumari Mayawati	3,25,019	43.83	+8.67
	SP	Shankhlal Majhi	2,66,750	35.97	+8.04
	BJP	Triveni Ram	60,895	8.21	-16.52
	AD	Pushpa Kanaujia	29,254	3.94	-3.30
	INC	Jaisraj Gautam	28,312	3.82	+3.82
	Independent	Karuna Shankar	11,108	1.50	+1.50
	Independent	Shri Niwas	5,419	0.73	+0.73
	Independent	Ram Lal Rahi	3,706	0.50	+0.50
	Independent	Ram Niranjan	3,164	0.43	+0.43
	Independent	Ram Laut	3,016	0.41	+0.41
	Independent	Asha Ram	2,940	0.40	+0.40
	RPI(A)	Ram Pratap	1,989	0.27	+0.27
Majority			58,269	7.86
Turnout			7,41,572	60.92
	BSP gain from SP		Swing

Indian general election, 1999: Akbarpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BSP	Kumari Mayawati	2,59,762	35.16
	SP	Ram Piyare Suman	2,06,376	27.93
	BJP	Bechan Ram Sonkar	1,82,752	24.73
	AD	Babu Lal	53,472	7.24
	INC	Mata Prasad	19,522
	CPI	Bhagwandin	5,271
Turnout			7,38,870	60.92
	BSP gain from SP		Swing

Indian general election, 1998: Akbarpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BSP	Kumari Mayawati	2,63,561
	SP	Dr. Lalta Prasad Kannoujiya	2,38,382
	BJP	Triveni Ram	2,23,012
	AD	Chaitoo Ram	9,436
	INC	Krishna Kumar	4,451
Turnout			7,59,023	61.86
	BSP gain from SP		Swing

Indian general election, 1996: Akbarpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BSP	Ghanshyam Chandra Kharvar	1,99,795
	BJP	Bechan Ram	1,75,228
	SP	Avadesh Prasad	1,69,046
	AD	Ram Naresh Kannaujia	31,951
Turnout			6,34,392
	BSP gain from BJP		Swing

Note: Election results are from Akbarpur Lok Sabha constituency

See also

• Ambedkar Nagar district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha