Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district is known not only for its historical identity but also for its changing political equations. At times, the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party have had influence here, while at other times the Bharatiya Janata Party has registered a strong presence. Leaders such as Mulayam Singh Yadav, Mayawati, Shivpal Yadav and Dharmendra Yadav have had a special association with the district’s politics.
In the 1996 Assembly election, Mulayam Singh Yadav contested from Sahaswan and Mayawati from the Bilsi seat. In that election, the SP won three seats and the BSP won two. In 2002, the Samajwadi Party increased its influence by winning five of the district’s seven seats. In 2007, the BSP showed its political strength by winning three seats.
After delimitation, Badaun district was left with six Assembly seats in 2012. In that election, the SP won four seats and the BSP won two. In 2017, the BJP brought about a major shift by winning five of the six seats. In the 2022 election, the BJP and the SP won three seats each, creating a situation of parity in the district.
Badaun’s political trend has also kept changing in Lok Sabha elections. After Saleem Sherwani and Dharmendra Yadav, the BJP’s Sanghmitra Maurya won in 2019, while in 2024 the SP’s Aditya Yadav took the seat. In this way, local leadership, social equations and electoral circumstances have continued to play an important role in Badaun’s politics.
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