Akhilesh Yadav (born 1964)

Akhilesh Yadav
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2022
Preceded byShah Alam alias Guddu Jamali
ConstituencyMubarakpur
Personal details
Born1964 (age 60–61)
Mubarakpur Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh
EducationIntermediate (Town Inter College, Mohammadabad Gohna)

Akhilesh Yadav (born 1964)[1] is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Mubarakpur Assembly constituency in Azamgarh district. He won the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election representing the Samajwadi Party,[2][3] which won all the 10 seats in the district.[4]

Early life and education

Yadav is from Mubarakpur, Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. He is the son of Ramakant. He passed intermediate (Class 12) in 1980 at Town Inter College, Mohammadabad Gohna, Mau district.[1]

Career

Yadav won from Mubarakpur Assembly constituency representing Samajwadi Party in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. He polled 80,726 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Arvind Jaiswal of the Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 29,103 votes.[5] Earlier, he lost the Mubarakpur seat twice.[6] He lost the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election to Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Shah Alam Urf Guddu Jamali.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Akhilesh Yadav(Samajwadi Party(SP)):Constituency- MUBARAKPUR(AZAMGARH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Mubarakpur, Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2022 LIVE Updates: SP's Akhilesh wins Mubarakpur with 80726 votes". India Today. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Mubarakpur Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Uttar Pradesh: SP wins all 10 seats in Azamgarh". The Times of India. 11 March 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Ek button pe do Akhilesh: SP Mubarakpur nominee a namesake, but not all name". The Indian Express. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections: Mubarakpur Assembly Constituency Result 2022". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  8. ^ "Mubarakpur Election Result 2022 LIVE Updates: Akhilesh of SP Wins". News18. Retrieved 22 December 2024.