Akhilesh Yadav {
अक्खिलेश यादव} (born 1 July 1973)is an
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n politician and the
Lok SabhaThe Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
member for
KannaujKannauj is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh.-Members of Parliament:*1967: Ram Manohar Lohia, Samyukta Socialist Party*1971: S.N...
in
Uttar PradeshUttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
. He is the son of
Samajwadi PartySamajwadi Party is a political party in India. It is based in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It describes itself as a democratic socialist party...
president
Mulayam Singh YadavMulayam Singh Yadav in Hindi मुलायम सिंह यादव is an Indian politician and has influence mainly in Uttar Pradesh state of India...
. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha from Kannauj in a by election in 2000. He retained his seat in the
2004Legislative elections were held in India in four phases between April 20 and May 10, 2004. Over 670 million people were eligible to vote, electing 543 members of the 14th Lok Sabha...
and
2009India held general elections to the 15th Lok Sabha in five phases between 16 April 2009 and 13 May 2009. With an electorate of 714 million , it was the largest democratic election in the world to date.By constitutional requirement, elections to the Lok Sabha must be...
general elections. Akhilesh Yadav has a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree from
Sri Jayachamarajendra College of EngineeringSri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, popularly known as SJCE, located in Mysore, India, is an autonomous engineering college. It is governed by the Grant-in-Aid rules of the Government of Karnataka.-Beginnings:...
,
Mysore affiliated to
University of MysoreThe University of Mysore , is a public university in India. The University founded during the reign of Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, the Maharaja of Mysore, and was conceptualized on the basis of a report on educational progress in the United States and Australia, submitted by Messrs Thomas Denham and...
.
Samajwadi Party’s young MP from Kannauj Akhilesh Yadav has already locked four Lok Sabha elections since 2000(he had won the Firozabad Lok Sabha seat in 2009 but had to vacate it since he had already won from Kannauj), and now after being appointed as party’s UP president is spearheading the campaign to bring back Samajwadi Party to power in 2012 in UP assembly elections.
2009 By
Akhilesh's wife, Dimple, unsuccessfully contested the by election for
Firozabad-Members of Parliament:*1957: Braj Raj Singh, Socialist Party*1967: Shiv Charan Lal, Samyukta Socialist Party*1977: Ramji Lal Suman*1984: Ganga Ram, Indian National Congress*1989: Ramji Lal Suman*1991: Prabhu Dayal Katheria, Bharatiya Janata Party...
Lok Sabha seat in 2009 against actor turned politician
Raj BabbarRaj Babbar is a Hindi & Punjabi film actor since 1977 and the current Member of Parliament from Firozabad which he won by defeating Dimple Yadav, wife of Akhilesh Yadav & daughter-in-law of Mulayam Singh Yadav. This is his fourth term as MP, in previous terms he was the part of Samajwadi...
. The Firozabad seat had been won by Akhilesh Yadav in the
May 2009 general electionsIndia held general elections to the 15th Lok Sabha in five phases between 16 April 2009 and 13 May 2009. With an electorate of 714 million , it was the largest democratic election in the world to date.By constitutional requirement, elections to the Lok Sabha must be...
by a margin of 67,301 votes against
Bahujan Samaj PartyThe Bahujan Samaj Party is a centrist national political party in India with socialist leanings. It was formed to chiefly represent Bahujans , referring to people from the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Castes as well as Buddhists. The party claims to be inspired by the...
candidate SPS Baghel. Akhilesh, who also won from
KannaujKannauj is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh.-Members of Parliament:*1967: Ram Manohar Lohia, Samyukta Socialist Party*1971: S.N...
, vacated the Firozabad Lok Sabha seat, leading to a by poll.
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