Amitabh Bajpai

Indian politician

Amitabh Bajpai
Member of Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 March 2017
Preceded bySalil Vishnoi
ConstituencyArya Nagar
Personal details
Born31 July 1974
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh)
Political partySamajwadi Party
SpouseBC Vandana Bajpai
ChildrenOne Son, One Daughter
EducationB. Sc., M. B. A.
Alma materPPN College
Bundelkhand University[1]
ProfessionAgriculturist, Businessman and Politician

Amitabh Bajpai (born 31 July, 1974) is an Indian politician and member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[2][3]

Amitabh Bajpai of SP has won the Arya Nagar seat of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in 2017.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) defeated the Samajwadi Party (SP) in the 2012 Assembly elections. Salil Vishnoi, the winning BJP candidate, got 51,200 votes. The nearest contender was Jitendra Bahadur Singh of SP who got 35,789 votes. The ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh had in 2012 won 224 seats spread across 75 districts. It has tied-up with Congress this time in the contest against BJP and BSP. Elections to 403 seats of Uttar Pradesh were held over 7 phases from 4 February to 8 March. Exit polls had predicted the BJP emerging first in Uttar Pradesh with the Samajwadi Party- Congress alliance emerging second and Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party emerging a distant third.

References

  1. ^ "Amitabh Bajpai(Samajwadi Party(SP)):Constituency- ARYA NAGAR(KANPUR NAGAR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate".
  2. ^ "Arya Nagar Election Results 2017: Amitabh Bajpai of SP Wins". News18. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  3. ^ Kanpur Election Results 2017: SP`s Amitabh Bajpai wins from Arya Nagar; Irfan Solanki bags Sisamau seat