Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh is set for a high-stakes battle between Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Bhojpuri actor Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua' and Samajwadi Party candidate Dharmendra Yadav. Azamgarh is set to face a repeat of the same contest, with two Yadavs again in the fray for the coveted seat in Uttar Pradesh. Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 parliamentary constituencies of Uttar Pradesh. general class. Azamgarh constituency consists of five assembly constituencies: Gopalpur, Sagdi, Mubarakpur Azamgarh, and Mehnagar (SC). Uttar Pradesh, which sends the maximum 80 MPs to Parliament, is voting in all seven phases.The sixth phase of voting in Azamgarh will be held on May 25 and the counting of votes will take place on June 4. Samajwadi Party had made Azamgarh its stronghold after Mainpuri and Kannauj. Even SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav had contested from here, Akhilesh had also won the 2019 election, but SP lost the by-election to BJP, while Dinesh Yadav won the election from them. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded Bhojpuri actor Dinesh Lal Yadav. 'Nirahua' is contesting from Azamgarh seat in the Lok Sabha elections. Dharmendra Yada is the Samajwadi Party candidate from this seat. Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has fielded Mashud Ahmed from Azamgarh. Dinesh Lal Yadav "Nirahua" is contesting elections for the third time, famous Bhojpuri actor and singer Nirahua won the MP seat for the first time by defeating Dharmendra Yada in the 2022 by-election.Dharmendra Yadav is contesting from Azamgarh, the stronghold of Samajwadi Party. Lok Sabha Elections Dharmendra Yadav contested the 2022 by-election from Azamgarh, but lost to popular Bhojpuri singer-actor BJ candidate Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua'. In the 2009 Lok Sabha election, Dharmendra Yadav won the Badaun seat of Uttar Pradesh. Despite facing a BJP wave in 2014, Yadav retained his seat by defeating BJP's Vagish Pathak by over 1.6 lakh votes. He lost the seat in the 2019 elections, however in the 2022 by-election, Dharmendra Yadav contested from Azamgarh but lost.BJP candidate Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua' managed to lead by a margin of just over 8,000 votes, Yadav will once again face the Bhojpuri singer-actor in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Samajwadi Party candidate, Akhilesh Yadav, won the seat with 621,578 votes. BJP candidate, Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua' finished second with 361,704 votes, losing by a margin of 259,874 votes. In 2022, Akhilesh Yadav resigned as he was elected MLA from Karhal constituency of Mainpuri district. In the 2014 elections, SP's Mulayam Singh Yadav had won this seat by 34030 votes. His nearest rival, BJP candidate Ramakant Yadav, got 277,100 votes, resulting in a defeat by 63,204 votes.Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Azamgarh twice in the last two months and addressed public meetings. Earlier on May 16, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had reprimanded the opposition. An attempt is being made to push the country towards riots by allegedly spreading lies about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also said that whenever a terrorist incident took place in the country, its links were established with Azamgarh and the district was maligned. CM Yogi said, “Those who defame Azamgarh have been completely exposed today."As per the seat agreement between the Samajwadi Party and the Congress in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress is contesting 17 seats and the Samajwadi Party has the remaining 63 seats in the electorally crucial state, with the fifth phase of voting completed in Uttar Pradesh. The sixth phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh emerged as the winner of the 80 seats, followed by the Bahujan Samaj Party. Party (BSP) won 10 seats, Samajwadi Party (SP) won 5 seats and Apna Dal won 2 seats. In the 2014 elections, BJP won 71 seats.seats, while Congress managed to win only two seats. Elections for 543 Lok Sabha seats will be held in seven phases starting from April 19. Counting of votes will take place on June 4.