Akhilesh Yadav, the chief of the Samajwadi Party, who has previously won three Lok Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj, was leading in the parliamentary constituency, results of which are being announced on Tuesday by the Election Commission of India. Yadav, a former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, which sends 80 members to the lower house of Parliament, first won the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat in 2000 and later represented it in 2004 and 2009. This is his fourth bid for the seat in his family’s bastion.
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Pathak received a vote share of 49.37%, while Dimple secured 48.29%. In 2019, Akhilesh Yadav was elected from Azamgarh but resigned after being elected to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly from the Karhal constituency in 2022.
The 50-year-old politician had defeated BJP candidate and actress Jaya Prada Nahata in the Lok Sabha polls, clinching a vote share of 60.4%, while his opponent received 35.15%.
