Rampur bypoll election results 2022: BJP's Akash Saxena takes control of Samajwadi Party's long held seat

Rampur bypoll election result 2022: The Rampur Sadar assembly seat saw a close fight between Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Akash Saxena against Samajwadi Party's (SP) Asim Raja, Azam Khan's close aide. BJP's Akash Saxena emerged victorious and put an end to Samajwadi Party's long term tenure in the Rampur constituency.  

Live Updates:

• Major turnaround as BJP's Akash Saxena gains the top spot while Asim Raja slips to the second spot. 
• SP vs BJP: SP's Asim Raja stands at the top spot with 25,604 votes while BJP's Akash Saxena is at 19,229 votes. Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party's is leading in Mainpuri bypoll election results. 
• Current Status: Asim Raja (17,372 votes) and Akash Saxena (13,876 votes). 
• Azam Khan's close aide Asim Raja continues to race towards victory with 13,080 votes, BJP still far behind.  
• SP's Asim Raja moves ahead with 7,778 votes and 65% vote share. BJP far behind with 3,930 votes. 
• Samajwadi Party leader Asim Raja is leading as per official trends.
• BJP takes a lead in Rampur. 
• Counting for Rampur bypoll election results 2022 began on Thursday morning. 

Voting for the by-election to Rampur Sadar assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh was held on December 5. Bypolls in the Rampur Sadar was necessitated after SP MLA Azam Khan was disqualified following his conviction. Khan was disqualified after a court awarded him three-year imprisonment in a 2019 hate speech case.

Rampur Assembly Constituency:

In the 2017 Assembly election, Mohammad Azam Khan of SP won the seat by defeating Shiv Bahadur Saxena of BJP. Meanwhile, BSP's Tanveer Ahmad Khan followed right after the BJP with a slight difference of about 1,000 votes. BJP's win, however, was considerably large as it won with a margin of over 46,000 votes.

Besides, Mohammad Azam Khan was also the winner in the 2012 assembly election results with a margin of over 63,000 votes, followed by BJP's Tanveer Ahmad Khan.

Mohammad Azam Khan has emerged as one of the most popular faces from the seat, winning Assembly elections in 2022, 2017, 2012, 2007, 2002, 1993, 1991, 1989, 1985, and 1980. Azam Khan also won the Lok Sabha elections in 2019 from Rampur.

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