Amethi (Assembly constituency)
Amethi is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Amethi in the Amethi district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Amethi Vidhan Sabha seat is one of the five assembly constituencies which fall under Amethi. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 185 amongst 403 constituencies.
Currently this seat belongs to Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Garima Singh who won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Lagislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Gayatri Prasad Prajapati by a margin of 5,065 votes.
Year | Winner | Party | Ref. |
1951 | Kunwar Rananjay Singh | Independent | |
1957 | Rama Kant Singh | Indian National Congress | |
1962 | Vaidya Baij Nath Singh | Indian National Congress | |
1967 | R. P. Singh | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
1969 | Raja Rananjaya Singh | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
1974 | Raja Rananjaya Singh | Indian National Congress | |
1977 | Haricharan Yadav | Janata Party | |
1980 | Rajkumar Sanjay Singh | Indian National Congress | |
1985 | Rajkumar Sanjay Singh | Indian National Congress | |
1989 | Haricharan Yadav | Indian National Congress | |
1991 | Haricharan Yadav | Janata Party | |
1993 | Jamuna Mishra | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
1996 | Ram Harsh Singh | Indian National Congress | |
2002 | Ameeta Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2007 | Ameeta Singh | Indian National Congress | |
2012 | Gayatri Prasad Prajapati | Samajwadi Party | |
2017 | Garima Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election Results
- 1951: Kunwer Rananjai Singh 21,536 votes. Defeated Baijnath Singh 7,835 votes.
- 1957: Rama Kant Singh defeated Bijai Pal
- 1962: Vaidya Baij Nath Singh defeated Ram Bali
- 1967 R. P. Singh defeated Baij Nath Singh Vaidya
- 1969: Raja Rananjaya Singh, defeated Baij Nath Singh Vaidya
- 1974: Raja Rananjai Singh defeated Ravindra Pratap Singh
- 1977: Haricharan Yadav 18,304 votes. Defeated Baij Nath Singh Vaidya
- 1980: Rajkumar Sanjay Singh defeated Hari Charan JNP
- etc etc
- 1996: Ram Harsh Singh 36,069 votes. Defeated Jamuna Prasad Mishra : 31,870
- 2002: Amita Singh 55,949 votes. Defeated Ashish 37,184 votes.
- 2007: Amita Singh 48,108 votes. Defeated Ashish 35,684 votes.
- 2012: Gayatri Prasad Prajapati 58,434 votes. Defeated Ameeta Sinh 49,674 votes
- 2017: Garima Singh 64,226 votes defeated Gayatri Prajapati of SP, third placed Ram Ji of BSP, and fourth placed Ameeta Sinh of Congress