Awadhesh Prasad

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Awadhesh Prasad
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
4 Jun 2024
Preceded byLallu Singh
ConstituencyFaizabad
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2022
Preceded byBaba Gorakhnath, BJP
ConstituencyMilkipur (SC)
In office
2012–2017
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byBaba Gorakhnath, BJP
ConstituencyMilkipur (SC)
In office
1993–2012
Preceded byRamu Priyadarshi, BJP
Succeeded byDelimitation
ConstituencySohawal (SC)
In office
1985–1991
Preceded byMadho Prasad, INC(I)
Succeeded byRamu Priyadarshi, BJP
ConstituencySohawal (SC)
In office
1977–1980
Preceded byHub Raj, INC
Succeeded byMadho Prasad, INC(I)
ConstituencySohawal (SC)
Personal details
Born (1945-07-31) 31 July 1945 (age 78)
Political partySamajwadi Party
Children2
ResidenceBikapur
Alma materLucknow University (LLB)
DAV College, Kanpur (MA)

Awadhesh Prasad (born 31 July 1945) is an Indian politician serving as the Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from Faizabad and a founding member of the Samajwadi Party (SP).[1] He is presently the general secretary of the national executive of SP and he was a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly till 4 June 2024 when he was elected as an MP.[2] He has been a nine time MLA elected from the erstwhile Sohawal (SC) constituency in 1977, 1985, 1989, 1993, 1996, 2002 and 2007 and as of latest from Milkipur (SC) in 2012 and 2022.[3] He has become a minister for six times in the Government of Uttar Pradesh and been a cabinet minister in four of them.[1]

Political career[edit]

Prasad began his political career at the age of 21. He was the Ayodhya district co-convener of the anti-Emergency Sangarsh Samiti. He was also the polling agent of the Lok Dal at Amethi during the 1977 Indian general election. He became the national secretary and was inducted into the central parliamentary board when the Samajwadi Party was founded in 1992. In the party, he has generally functioned as an organisation man since then.[1]

He became minister in the Janata Party governments of Ram Naresh Yadav and Babu Banarasi Das and in the Samajwadi Party governments of Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav.[1] He has a close association with the party president Akhilesh Yadav and was one of the few veteran leaders to have sided with him during the pre-2017 election leadership contest within the party.[2]

Following the 2024 Indian general election : Prasad is leading [4] from Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency over Lallu Singh (BJP) by margin of 47,935 votes.[5]

Electoral record[edit]

Legislative Assembly[edit]

Year Party Constituency Name Result Votes gained Vote share% Margin
1974 BKD Sohawal Lost 18,879 34.70% 689
1977 JP Won 28,090 58.42% 10,578
1980 JP(S) Lost 21,932 40.72% 4,071
1985 LD Won 27,373 46.29% 9,147
1989 JD Won 29,413 33.91% 10,032
1991 JP Lost 22,047 24.90% 9,643
1993 SP Won 59,115 51.77% 16,496
1996 Won 44,399 35.17% 3,407
2002 Won 43,398 35.36% 8,156
2007 Won 48,624 33.08% 9,871
2012 Milkipur Won 73,804 42.24% 34,237
2017 Lost 58,684 29.77% 28,276
2022 Won 103,905 47.99% 13,338

Lok Sabha[edit]

Year Party Constituency Name Result Votes gained Vote share% Margin
1996 SP Akbarpur Lost 169,046 27.12% 30,749
2024 Faizabad Won 554,289 48.59% 47,935

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Verma, Lalmani (4 April 2023). "For its Dalit outreach, SP puts forward Ayodhya leader with long party, electoral record". The Indian Express.
  2. ^ a b "SP propping up Awadhesh Prasad as its Dalit face ahead of LS polls?". The Times of India.
  3. ^ Singh, Banbir (31 January 2024). "बार के विधायक, Mulayam के करीबी दलित नेता... कौन हैं Awadhesh Prasad, जिन्हें सपा ने Faizabad से बनाया लोकसभा प्रत्याशी" [9 time MLA, Dalit leader close to Mulayam... Who is Awadhesh Prasad, whom SP made the Lok Sabha candidate from Ayodhya?]. Aaj Tak.
  4. ^ https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S2454.htm
  5. ^ "Ayodhya, Kanpur, Gorakhpur and Gonda seats results LIVE updates: SP leads in Ayodhya as BJP's Lallu Singh falls behind". Retrieved 4 Jun 2024.
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