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Fascinating political game on Ayodhya's 5 seats, understand through results from 2007 to 2022
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News18•12-10-2026, 08:55
Fascinating political game on Ayodhya's 5 seats, understand through results from 2007 to 2022
- •An analysis of assembly election results from 2007 to 2022 shows that no single political party holds a monopoly over Ayodhya's five assembly seats.
- •In the Rudauli seat, SP won in 2007, followed by a hat-trick of wins by BJP's Ram Chandra Yadav in 2012, 2017, and 2022.
- •The Milkipur seat saw wins by SP in 2012, BJP in 2017, and a return for SP in the 2022 assembly elections.
- •Both Bikapur and Ayodhya seats have witnessed intense electoral battles between the BJP and SP across successive election cycles.
- •In Gosaiganj, SP's Abhay Singh won in 2012 and 2022, while BJP's Khabbu Tiwari emerged victorious during the 2017 wave.
Key Questions Answered
In the 2022 assembly elections, Ved Prakash Gupta of the BJP won the Ayodhya seat by securing 113,414 votes (49.04%), defeating the runner-up Tej Narayan Pandey of the SP.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept all five assembly seats in Ayodhya during the 2017 assembly elections.
The Samajwadi Party has given its ticket and fielded Pawan Pandey (also known as Tej Narayan Pandey) as its candidate from the Ayodhya assembly seat.
