2022 UP Elections: Close Fights Define Ayodhya Polls

The 2022 Uttar Pradesh elections featured intense electoral battles across Ayodhya’s five assembly segments. Results from Rudauli, Milkipur, Bikapur, Ayodhya, and Gosaidanganj revealed a clear trajectory of party support. The BJP emerged victorious in four constituencies, while the SP’s Abhay Singh secured the fifth seat at Gosaidanganj.

In Rudauli, BJP nominee Ram Chandra Yadav delivered a commanding performance with 94,031 votes. He defeated SP’s Anand Sen by a wide margin of 40,616 votes, with Sen securing 53,415 votes. Abbas Ali Zaidi of the BSP ranked third with 52,181 votes, and Nirmala Choudhary of the AIMIM finished fourth with 9,961 votes.

Milkipur recorded a strong showing for the BJP. Chandrabhan Paswan won with 103,905 votes, surpassing runner-up Babu Gorakhnath by 13,338 votes. BSP candidate Mira Devi placed third with 14,427 votes, while Congress’s Akhilesh Yadav collected 3,166 votes for fourth place.

The Bikapur constituency witnessed a razor-thin margin. BJP’s Amit Singh Chauhan won with 107,268 votes, narrowly beating SP’s Firoz Khan by 5,560 votes. Khan polled 101,708 votes. Sunil Kumar Pathak of the BSP secured third with 21,385 votes, and Reeta of the Congress took fourth with 4,394 votes.

Ayodhya constituency results continued the BJP’s regional dominance. Ved Prakash Gupta secured 113,414 votes, defeating SP’s Tej Narayan Pandey by 19,990 votes. Pandey received 93,424 votes. BSP’s Ravi Prakash finished third with 17,706 votes, and NOTA placed fourth with 2,011 votes.

Gosaidanganj broke the pattern, handing a win to the SP. Abhay Singh captured the seat with 105,863 votes, defeating BJP’s Aarti Tiwari by 13,079 votes. Tiwari polled 92,784 votes, and BSP’s Ram Sagar Verma finished third with 37,271 votes. These figures underscore the highly competitive nature of Ayodhya’s political landscape.