UP: Dimple Yadav takes over Mulayam’s legacy with thumping victory in Mainpuri bypoll
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LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party candidate Dimple Yadav on Thursday received the Mainpuri parliamentary bypoll defeating her nearest rival Raghuraj Singh Shakya of BJP by a margin of two,88,461 votes.
Considered SP’s bastion, the seat was held by social gathering patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav and it obtained vacated after his demise on October 10.
Accompanied by her husband and social gathering chief Akhilesh Yadav, Dimple obtained her certificates from returning officer right here.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Mulayam Singh Yadav received the Mainpuri seat by defeating BJP candidate Prem Singh Shakya with a margin of over 94,000 votes.
The SP had contested the 2019 elections with the BSP.
Dimple Yadav’s margin of victory is greater than that of her father-in-law showcasing Mainpuri constituents’ religion in ‘Netaji’ (Mulayam) and the event work carried out by him.
BJP candidate Shakya even misplaced in his Daulpur sales space by 187 votes.
While Dimple Yadav secured 6,18,120 votes (64.08 per cent), Shakya obtained 3,29,659 votes (34.18 per cent).
Taking a lesson from SP’s defeat in Azamgarh and Rampur Lok Sabha bypolls in June this yr by which the SP chief had not campaigned, Akhilesh Yadav stayed put in Mainpuri crisscrossing the constituency to mobilise assist for his spouse.
He moved out of Mainpuri solely as soon as in the course of the marketing campaign interval to deal with a rally with Azam Khan in Rampur.
In pursuance of its declare of successful all of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in UP within the 2024 basic elections, the BJP was eyeing to win the Mainpuri by-election to achieve massive momentum.
The saffron social gathering had fielded Raghuraj Shakya, as soon as thought-about near Shivpal Yadav, hoping the PSPL chief’s backing in view of his distance with Akhilesh Yadav.
But, Shivpal Yadav’s reunion with the SP chief and his campaigning for Dimple Yadav poured chilly water on the ruling social gathering’s recreation plan.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in his election assembly had made a scathing assault on Shivpal Yadav, likening him to a pendulum and soccer.
Shivpal Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav had retorted to the assault.
Mulayam Singh Yadav nonetheless holds the document for successful the election from the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat by the utmost variety of votes.
In the 2014 elections, the SP founder defeated his nearest rival Shatrughan Singh Chauhan of the BJP by a margin of three,64,666 votes.
Before this, Mulayam Singh had received the Lok Sabha elections in 2004 by greater than 3 lakh votes when he defeated his nearest rival Ashok Shakya of the BJP.
In 2014, Mulayam Singh had received the Lok Sabha elections from each Mainpuri and Azamgarh seats.
He later vacated the Mainpuri seat, which was received by his grandson Tej Pratap Singh Yadav by greater than three lakh votes within the by-election.
The Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat contains Karhal and Jaswantnagar meeting seats represented by Akhilesh Yadav and Shivpal Yadav, respectively.
LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party candidate Dimple Yadav on Thursday received the Mainpuri parliamentary bypoll defeating her nearest rival Raghuraj Singh Shakya of BJP by a margin of two,88,461 votes.
Considered SP’s bastion, the seat was held by social gathering patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav and it obtained vacated after his demise on October 10.
Accompanied by her husband and social gathering chief Akhilesh Yadav, Dimple obtained her certificates from returning officer right here.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Mulayam Singh Yadav received the Mainpuri seat by defeating BJP candidate Prem Singh Shakya with a margin of over 94,000 votes.
The SP had contested the 2019 elections with the BSP.
Dimple Yadav’s margin of victory is greater than that of her father-in-law showcasing Mainpuri constituents’ religion in ‘Netaji’ (Mulayam) and the event work carried out by him.
BJP candidate Shakya even misplaced in his Daulpur sales space by 187 votes.
While Dimple Yadav secured 6,18,120 votes (64.08 per cent), Shakya obtained 3,29,659 votes (34.18 per cent).
Taking a lesson from SP’s defeat in Azamgarh and Rampur Lok Sabha bypolls in June this yr by which the SP chief had not campaigned, Akhilesh Yadav stayed put in Mainpuri crisscrossing the constituency to mobilise assist for his spouse.
He moved out of Mainpuri solely as soon as in the course of the marketing campaign interval to deal with a rally with Azam Khan in Rampur.
In pursuance of its declare of successful all of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in UP within the 2024 basic elections, the BJP was eyeing to win the Mainpuri by-election to achieve massive momentum.
The saffron social gathering had fielded Raghuraj Shakya, as soon as thought-about near Shivpal Yadav, hoping the PSPL chief’s backing in view of his distance with Akhilesh Yadav.
But, Shivpal Yadav’s reunion with the SP chief and his campaigning for Dimple Yadav poured chilly water on the ruling social gathering’s recreation plan.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in his election assembly had made a scathing assault on Shivpal Yadav, likening him to a pendulum and soccer.
Shivpal Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav had retorted to the assault.
Mulayam Singh Yadav nonetheless holds the document for successful the election from the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat by the utmost variety of votes.
In the 2014 elections, the SP founder defeated his nearest rival Shatrughan Singh Chauhan of the BJP by a margin of three,64,666 votes.
Before this, Mulayam Singh had received the Lok Sabha elections in 2004 by greater than 3 lakh votes when he defeated his nearest rival Ashok Shakya of the BJP.
In 2014, Mulayam Singh had received the Lok Sabha elections from each Mainpuri and Azamgarh seats.
He later vacated the Mainpuri seat, which was received by his grandson Tej Pratap Singh Yadav by greater than three lakh votes within the by-election.
The Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat contains Karhal and Jaswantnagar meeting seats represented by Akhilesh Yadav and Shivpal Yadav, respectively.
