Azamgarh Election Result Highlights: Dharmendra Yadav, candidate of the Samajwadi Party won the Azamgarh constituency in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections by 5,08,239 votes. BJP's Dinesh Nirahua lost the election by a margin of 1,61,035 votes.
In Azamgarh Constituency 2024 Lok Sabha Election Results, Dharmendra Yadav, candidate of the Samajwadi Party defeated BJP's Dinesh Nirahua, who received 3,47,204 votes.
S.No. | Candidate Name | Party | Total Votes | % of Votes |
1 | Dharmendra Yadav | Samajwadi Party | 508239 | 48.2 |
2 | Dinesh Nirahua | Bharatiya Janata Party | 347204 | 32.9 |
3 | Mashhod Sabeeha Ansari | Bahujan Samaj Party | 179839 | 17.1 |
4 | Nota | Independent | 6234 | 0.3 |
Azamgarh is one of Uttar Pradesh's most underdeveloped districts. Azamgarh is one of 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state. Uttar Pradeshhas 80 Lok Sabha seats. Azamgarh Sadar Lok Sabha constituency has five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. The total number of voters in this Lok Sabha seat is 18,38,930, with 9,70,935 male voters and 8,67,968 female voters. The number of the third gender is likewise greater than 30.
Lok Sabha elections2019: In the 2019 elections, SP president Akhilesh Yadav won the Azamgarh seat by 6,21,578 votes. BJP candidate Dinesh Lal Yadav Nirahua got 3,61,704 votes and SBSP leader Abhimanyu Singh Sunny got 10,078 votes. The voter turnout was 56 percent.