Afzal Ansari

Indian politician

Afzal Ansari


Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 May 2019
Preceded by	Manoj Sinha
Constituency	Ghazipur
In office 2004–2009
Preceded by	Manoj Sinha
Succeeded by	Radhe Mohan Singh
Constituency	Ghazipur
Member (MLA) in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 1985–2002
Preceded by	Raghubir and Sarju
Succeeded by	Krishnanand Rai
Constituency	Mohammadabad

Personal details
Born	(1953-08-14) 14 August 1953 (age 70) Yusufpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Citizenship	Indian
Political party	Samajwadi party
Spouse	Farhat Ansari (m. 1991)
Relations	Mukhtar Ansari (brother) Sibgatullah Ansari (brother) Hamid Ansari (Uncle) Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari (grandfather) Abbas Ansari (Nephew) Suhaib Ansari (Nephew)
Children	3 daughters
Parents	Subhanullah Ansari (father) Begum Rabia (mother)
Residence	Ghazipur
Education	Gorakhpur University
Profession	Politician
Source: [1]

Afzal Ansari (born 14 August 1953) ^[1] is an Indian politician^[2] of the Samajwadi Party and currently an incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) of India for Ghazipur constituency, Uttar Pradesh.^[3] He won the 2004 and 2019 Indian general election. According to his election filing he has 191 crores as assets.^[4]

Early life

Afzal Ansari was born in Yusufpur–Mohammadabad town in Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh to Subhanullah Ansari and Begum Rabia. He received his school education. For higher studies, he enrolled in the local post-graduate college and completed Post Graduation from the University of Gorakhpur.^[5]

Family

Afzal Ansari's father Subhanullah Ansari was the chairman of Nagar Palika Parishad, Mohammadabad, and was elected unopposed. His grandfather Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari served as the president (1926–1927) of the All-India Muslim League, as well as the Indian National Congress (INC), and was one of the founders of the Jamia Millia Islamia^{[citation needed]}, New Delhi.

Former Vice President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari is Afzal Ansari's cousin.

Afzal Ansari is married to Farhat Ansari since 26 October 1991 and the couple have 3 daughters.

Ansari's elder brother Sibgatullah Ansari and his younger brother Mukhtar Ansari^[6] both were involved in politics and became MLA's in different constituencies.

Political career

Member of Legislative Assembly

Ansari started his political career with the Communist Party of India.^[7] He contested Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election in 1985 for the first time and defeated Abhay Narayan Rai from Indian National Congress with a margin of 3,064 votes. From 1985 to 2002, Ansari served five terms as Member of the Legislative Assembly for Mohammadabad Assembly constituency.^[8]

Member of Parliament

Afzal Ansari contested the 2004 Lok Sabha general election on the Samajwadi Party ticket and defeated Manoj Sinha of the Bharatiya Janata Party with a margin of 226,777 votes.^[9] He contested the 2009 general election on the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ticket for Ghazipur but lost to the Samajwadi Party's Radhe Mohan Singh.^[10]

After some political differences, Ansari left the Bahujan Samaj Party and founded a new political party called Quami Ekta Dal and served as its Secretary-General before merging it with Bahujan Samaj Party.^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14] Ansari rejoined the BSP in 2019 and contested the general election in Ghazipur; he won the seat, becoming the 17th Lok Sabha member from Ghazipur.

On 1 May 2023, Ansari was disqualified as a Member of Parliament following being given a 4 year jail sentence. His suspension was revoked on 15 December 2023 by the Supreme Court of India. ^[15]

Positions held

Afzal Ansari has been elected 5 times as MLA and 2 times as Lok Sabha MP.^[16]

#	From	To	Position	Party
1.	1985	1989	MLA (1st term) from Mohammadabad	CPI
2.	1989	1991	MLA (2nd term) from Mohammadabad	CPI
3.	1991	1993	MLA (3rd term) from Mohammadabad	CPI
4.	1993	1996	MLA (4th term) from Mohammadabad	CPI
5.	1996	2002	MLA (5th term) from Mohammadabad	SP
6.	2004	2009	MP (1st term) in 14th Lok Sabha from Ghazipur	SP
7.	2019	2024	MP (2nd term) in 17th Lok Sabha from Ghazipur (Disqualified in May 2023, but suspension revoked on 15 December 2023)	BSP

References

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^ "IndiaVotes PC: Ghazipur 2009". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
^ "Afzal Ansari". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
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^ "Ansari brothers may get tickets". The Hindu. thehindu.com. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
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