Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan

RAMPUR: Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan won the Rampur seat, defeating BJP candidate Jaya Prada by a margin of 1,09,997 votes.

While Khan secured 5,59,177 votes, Jaya Prada got 4,49,180 votes. Congress candidate Sanjay Kapoor got only 35,009 votes.

Overall, BJP won 303 seats while the Samajwadi Party has been declared victorious on 5 seats.

Rampur Lok Sabha Constituency

Rampur Lok Sabha is a key constituency of Uttar Pradesh state. The constituency has been held by Congress the most number of times. In the last 10 Lok Sabha elections, Congress won the seat four times, followed by BJP who won it thrice and SP held the seat twice.

In 2014, the seat was won by BJP candidate Nepal Singh. This time, Rampur will witness high profile battle between SP senior leader Azam Khan and BJP candidate Jaya Prada.

