Akhilesh Yadav | |
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.jpg) Yadav in 2023 | |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 4 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Subrat Pathak |
| Constituency | Kannauj,Uttar Pradesh |
| In office 30 May 2019 – 22 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
| Succeeded by | Dinesh Lal Yadav |
| Constituency | Azamgarh,Uttar Pradesh |
| In office 25 February 2000 – 2 May 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
| Succeeded by | Dimple Yadav |
| Constituency | Kannauj,Uttar Pradesh |
| Leader ofSamajwadi Party inLok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 9 June 2024 | |
| Deputy | Babu Singh Kushwaha |
| Preceded by | S. T. Hasan |
| 2ndPresident of the Samajwadi Party | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2017 | |
| Guidance Leader | Mulayam Singh Yadav(till October 2022) |
| Preceded by | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
| 32ndLeader of the Opposition in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 26 March 2022 – 11 June 2024 | |
| Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
| Preceded by | Ram Govind Chaudhary |
| Succeeded by | Mata Prasad Pandey |
| Member ofUttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 10 March 2022 – 11 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Sobaran Singh Yadav |
| Succeeded by | Tej Pratap Singh Yadav |
| Constituency | Karhal |
| 20thChief Minister of Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 15 March 2012 – 19 March 2017 | |
| Governor | Aziz Qureshi Ram Naik |
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| Preceded by | Kumari Mayawati |
| Succeeded by | Yogi Adityanath |
| Member ofUttar Pradesh Legislative Council | |
| In office 6 May 2012 – 5 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Kashinath Yadav |
| Succeeded by | Vijay Bahadur Pathak |
| Constituency | Elected by theMLAs |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1973-07-01)1 July 1973 (age 52) Saifai,Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Party | Samajwadi Party |
| Spouse | |
| Relations | Shivpal Singh Yadav (uncle) |
| Children | 3 |
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| Alma mater | University of Mysore (B.E.) University of Sydney (M.E.) |
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Akhilesh Yadav (pronunciationⓘ; born 1 July 1973)[2] is an Indian politician, engineer, agriculturalist and social worker. He is the national president of theSamajwadi Party who served as the 20thChief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 2012 to 2017.[3] Having assumed the chief minister's office at the age of 38, he is the youngest person to have held the office till date.[4] He is the incumbentMember of Parliament forKannauj in the18th Lok Sabha, where he is the parliamentary party leader ofSamajwadi Party.[5] Earlier, he was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly forKarhal in the18th Vidhan Sabha,[6][7] before resigning[8] and has also been theLeader of Opposition in theUttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from March 2022 to June 2024.
His first significant success in politics was being elected as the Member of the13th Lok Sabha in the year 2000 (by-poll) for theKannauj constituency. He is the son ofMulayam Singh Yadav, a veteran Indian politician and the founder ofSamajwadi Party who served asMinister of Defence,Government of India and served three terms as theChief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
Yadav was born on 1 July 1973 inSaifai,Etawah District, Uttar Pradesh. He was born to Malti Devi andMulayam Singh Yadav, laterChief minister ofUttar Pradesh.[9] Malti Devi suffered complications while giving birth to Akhilesh which put her in avegetative state. She died in 2003. With Mulayam Singh Yadav busy making a career in politics, Akhilesh was brought up mostly by his paternal grandparents.
He completed his early education in a local school in Saifai and then one in Etawah town.[10] He was schooled atDholpur Military School inDholpur,Rajasthan, then obtained his bachelor's degree inCivil Engineering at theUniversity of Mysore, Karnataka, India.[11] Akhilesh Yadav also holds a master's degree inenvironmental engineering from theUniversity of Sydney, Australia.[12][13][14]
Yadav was elected to the13th Lok Sabha fromKannauj in a by-election in 2000.[13] He was also a member of the Committee on Food, Civil Supplies, and Public Distribution.[15][16] Yadav served as a Member of the Committee on Ethics from 2000 to 2001[17] and in 2004 was elected as amember of the14th Lok Sabha for a second term. He was at times a member of the following committees: Committee on Urban Development, Committee on Provision of Computers for various departments, Committee on Science and Technology, and Committee on Environment and Forests.
From 2009 to 2012 Yadav was elected and served as a member of the15th Lok Sabha for a second term. During this period he was a member of the following committees: Member of the Committee on Environment and Forests, Committee on Science and Technology, and the JPC on the2G spectrum case. On 10 March 2012 he was appointed leader of theSamajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh. On 15 March 2012, at the age of 38, he became theChief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, the youngest to hold the office.[18]
In May 2012 Yadav resigned from the Kannauj parliamentary seat to further serve as theChief Minister of Uttar Pradesh after his party won the Assembly elections.[19] In the same month he became Member of theUttar PradeshLegislative council.[20] In the 2017 Assembly elections, theSP-Congress Alliance headed by Yadav was unable to form the government. He submitted his resignation to GovernorRam Naik on 11 March.[21]
The2019 Indian general elections and2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections saw Yadav being elected to the parliament and state assembly simultaneously, with Yadav later retaining his state assembly seat, and thereby submitting his resignation in the Lok Sabha.[22]
In the2024 Indian general election Yadav was elected to the18th Lok Sabha fromKannauj.[7]
Yadav was sworn in as the 20thChief Minister of Uttar Pradesh on 15 March 2012, aged 38, winning 224 seats in the March 2012 assembly elections.[18] During his tenure, theAgra-Lucknow Expressway, the most modern and longest expressway in India, was completed and inaugurated.[23][24][25] Yadav also launched the "UP100 Police Service",[26] "Women Power Line 1090"[27] and "108 Ambulance Service".[28] Infrastructural accomplishments of his government include projects like theLucknow Metro Rail,[29] Lucknow InternationalEkana Cricket Stadium,[30]Janeshwar Mishra Park (Asia's largest park),[31] Jayaprakash Narayan International Convection Center,IT city.[32]
His chief ministerial tenure also saw emphasis on developing power sector, modernising the police force, setting up Kisan Bazaars and Mandis, introducing social welfare schemes such as Lohiya Awas Yojana, Kanya Vidya Dhan, Kisan Avam Sarvhit Bima Yojana, Pension Yojna and allotting unemployment allowances.[33][32] Between 2012 and 2015, over 15 Lakh laptops were distributed to the 10th and 12th passout students by the Government of Uttar Pradesh, making it one of the largest distribution schemes by any government in the world.[34]
Akhilesh Yadav has been elected 1 time asMLA and 5 times asLok Sabha MP.[35]
| # | From | To | Position | Party |
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| 1. | 2000 | 2004 | MP (1st term) in13th Lok Sabha fromKannauj (by-poll) | SP |
| 2. | 2004 | 2009 | MP (2nd term) in14th Lok Sabha fromKannauj | SP |
| 3. | 2009 | 2012 | MP (3rd term) in15th Lok Sabha fromKannauj (resigned in 2012) andFirozabad (resigned in 2009) | SP |
| 4. | 2012 | 2018 | MLC (1st term) inUttar Pradesh Legislative Council Chief Minister (1st term) inGovernment of UP (2012–2017) | SP |
| 5. | 2019 | 2022 | MP (4th term) in17th Lok Sabha fromAzamgarh (resigned in 2022) | SP |
| 6. | 2022 | 12 June 2024[36] | MLA (1st term) fromKarhal Leader of the Opposition ofUttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | SP |
| 7. | 2024[37] | Present | Member of the18th Lok Sabha (5th time) fromKannauj | SP |
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| Year | Constituency | Party | Votes | % | Opponent | Opponent party | Opponent votes | % | Result | Margin | % | ||
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| 2000* | Kannauj | SP | 3,06,054 | 43.1 | Akbar Ahmad Dumpy | BSP | 2,47,329 | 34.8 | Won | 58,725 | 8.3 | ||
| 2004 | 4,64,367 | 61.21 | Thakur Rajesh Singh | 1,56,994 | 20.69 | Won | 3,07,373 | 40.52 | |||||
| 2009 | 3,56,895 | 48.1 | Mahesh Chandra Verma | 1,91,887 | 25.86 | Won | 1,65,008 | 22.24 | |||||
| Firozabad | 2,87,011 | 41.9 | S. P. Singh Baghel | 2,19,710 | 32.1 | Won | 67,301 | 9.8 | |||||
| 2019 | Azamgarh | 6,21,578 | 60.04 | Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua' | BJP | 3,61,704 | 35.1 | Won | 2,59,874 | 24.94 | |||
| 2024 | Kannauj | 6,42,292 | 52.74 | Subrat Pathak | 4,71,370 | 38.71 | Won | 1,70,922 | 14.03 | ||||
| Year | Constituency | Party | Votes | % | Opponent | Opponent party | Opponent votes | % | Result | Margin | % | ||
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| 2022 | Karhal | SP | 148,196 | 60.12 | Prof. S.P. Singh Baghel | BJP | 80,692 | 32.74 | Won | 67,504 | 27.38 | ||
Akhilesh Yadav is married toDimple Yadav, aMember of Parliament. The couple has three children; two daughters: Aditi and Tina, and a son, Arjun. Akhilesh is acivil engineer, agriculturist, and socio-political worker. He has a keen interest in sports, mainly football and cricket. His favourite pastimes are reading, listening to music, and watching films.[38]
Since Yadav became chief minister, his family was divided into two feuding groups, one siding with him and the other with his uncleShivpal Singh Yadav. Akhilesh had the support of his father's cousin,Ram Gopal Yadav, while Shivpal later founded his own political party, thePragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia), which ahead of 2022 elections again merged with Samajwadi Party, with Shivpal being elected as an MLA on a Samajwadi Party ticket.[39]
| Lok Sabha | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forKannauj 2000 – 2012 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forAzamgarh 2019 – 2022 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forKannauj 2024 – Present | Incumbent |
| Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council | ||
| Preceded by | Member of Legislative Council forMLA constituency 2012 – 2018 | Succeeded by |
| Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | ||
| Preceded by | Member of Legislative Assembly forKarhal 2022 – 2024 | Succeeded by |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh 15 March 2012 – 20 March 2017 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Leader of the Opposition in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 26 March 2022 – 11 June 2024 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Leader ofSamajwadi Party inLok Sabha 9 June 2024 – Present | Incumbent |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by | President Samajwadi Party 1 January 2017 – Present | Incumbent |
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