BJP’s Dinesh Lal Yadav ‘Nirahua’ Wins Azamgarh By-Polls, SP Loses Another Crucial Seat After Rampur

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party’s Dinesh Lal Yadav ‘Nirahua won the Lok Sabha by-election from Azamgarh, claiming from the Samajwadi Party its stronghold seat. Dharmendra Yadav was fielded from SP and Shah Alam alias Guddu Jamali contested the seat on a BSP ticket against Nirahua. 

In a triangular fight, Nirahua got 3,12,768 votes (34.39 per cent), SP's Yadav secured 3,04,089 (33.44 per cent) votes. BSP candidate Shah Alaim alias Guddu Jamali got 2,66,210 (29.27 per cent) votes, EC said, reported by the news agency PTI. 

Winning candidate Nirahua took to Twitter after the announcement of results and said, “"It is the victory of the people. Residents of Azamgarh have done wonderful work. The way you all gave me support, affection and blessings... this victory is yours. I dedicate this victory to your trust and the hard work of party workers who are like God to me." 

जनता की जीत!
आजमगढ़वासियों आपने कमाल कर दिया है। यह आपकी जीत है। उपचुनाव की तारीखों की घोषणा के साथ ही जिस तरीके से आप सबने भाजपा को प्यार, समर्थन और आशीर्वाद दिया, यह उसकी जीत है। यह जीत आपके भरोसे और देवतुल्य कार्यकर्ताओं की मेहनत को समर्पित है। pic.twitter.com/mZ6YWzxFv5

— Nirahua Hindustani (@nirahua1) June 26, 2022

The SP also lost its another crucial seat of Rampur in the by-polls as BJP’s Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi won with a margin of 42,000 votes. 

“I dedicate my victory to the workers of the party. They have been working continuously day and night. I want to thank the people of Rampur,” news agency Asian News International (ANI) quoted Lodhi as saying.

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Both the Rampur and Azamgarh seats were won by Samajwadi Party in 2019 Lok Sabha polls. 

The bypolls were necessitated due to the resignations of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and party leader Azam Khan from Azamgarh and Rampur seats, respectively after their victory in the recent Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.