About Akbarpur Assembly Constituency
Akbarpur is constituency No. 281 of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly.
It belongs to Ambedkar Nagar district in Awadh region of the state. It comes under Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha constituency. It is an open constituency.
According to data with the Election Commission of India, Akbarpur has 2,68,672 registered voters. It comprises 1,45,089 male and 1,23,570 female registered voters and 13 in the Others category.
In the 2012 Assembly elections, the Samajwadi Party (SP) defeated the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) by 26,286 votes to win this seat. Ram Murti Verma, the winning Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate, got 91,126 votes. The nearest contender was Sanjay Kumar of BSP who got 64,840 votes. The voter turnout was 66.12 %.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Akbarpur Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Akbarpur assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 2022 | 281 | Akbarpur | GEN | Ram Achal Rajbhar | M | SP | 81,391 | Dharmraj Nishad | M | BJP | 69,595 |
| 2017 | 281 | Akbarpur | GEN | Ram Achal Rajbhar | M | BSP | 72325 | Ram Murti Verma | M | SP | 58312 |
| 2012 | 281 | Akbarpur | GEN | Ram Murti Verma | M | SP | 91126 | Sanjay Kumar | M | BSP | 64840 |
| 2007 | 114 | Akbarpur | GEN | Ram Achal Rajbhar | M | BSP | 55875 | Rammurti Verma | M | SP | 44035 |
| 2002 | 114 | Akbarpur | GEN | Ram Achal Rajbhar | M | BSP | 54617 | Pawan Kumar Pandey | M | LJNSP | 47077 |
| 1996 | 130 | Akbarpur | GEN | Ram Achal Rajbhar | M | BSP | 55310 | Ram Lakhan Verma | M | SP | 47964 |
| 1993 | 130 | Akbarpur | GEN | Ram Achal Rajbhar | M | BSP | 66323 | Pavan Kumar Pandey | M | SHS | 26882 |
| 1991 | 130 | Akbarpur | GEN | Pawan Kumar Pandey | M | SHS | 37616 | Ram Achal Rajbhar | M | BSP | 21719 |
| 1989 | 130 | Akbarpur | GEN | Akbar Husain Babar | M | CPM | 34590 | Priyadarsi Jetali | M | INC | 30522 |
| 1985 | 130 | Akbarpur | GEN | Akbar Husain Babar | M | CPM | 44973 | Priyadarshi Jetali | M | INC | 27121 |
| 1980 | 130 | Akbarpur | GEN | Priya Darshi Jetli | M | INC(I) | 35424 | Hari Ram Verma | M | JNP(SC) | 25706 |
| 1977 | 130 | Akbarpur | GEN | Hari Ram Verma | M | JNP | 28603 | Priya Darshi Jetali | M | INC | 24625 |
| 1974 | 130 | Akbarpur | GEN | Priya Darshi Jetiy | M | INC | 30776 | Jai Ram Verma | M | BKD | 24693 |
| 1969 | 131 | Akbarpur | GEN | Priya Darshi Jetly | M | INC | 31754 | Jai Ram Varma | M | BKD | 16527 |
| 1967 | 131 | Akbarpur | GEN | J. R. Verma | M | INC | 20843 | K. Behari | M | IND | 13085 |
| 1962 | 134 | Akbarpur | (SC) | Ram Rati | F | INC | 10565 | Paltoo | M | CPI | 10324 |
| 1962 | 329 | Akbarpur | GEN | Balwan Singh | M | PSP | 17305 | Dwijendra Nath | M | SWA | 10183 |
| 1960 | By Polls | Akbarpur | (SC) | R.D. Misra | M | INC | 12259 | R.S. Rathur | M | PSP | 5811 |
| 1957 | 156 | Akbarpur | GEN | Balwan Singh | M | IND | 34617 | Ram Dulare | M | INC | 14680 |
| 1957 | 294 | Akbarpur | (SC) | Devi Prasad | M | IND | 21443 | Daulat Ram | M | IND | 11478 |
| 1957 | 294 | Akbarpur | (SC) | Ramrati Devi | F | INC | 19816 | Daulat Ram | M | IND | 11478 |
Last Updated on January 24, 2023