Azam Khan
Age | 57 Education | LLB hons Criminal Record | 5 cases Assets | 1 cr Seven times MLA from Rampur, Azam Khan is founder member of Samajwadi Party and its Muslim face. He started his political career as a student leader in Aligarh Muslim University. He has been with Mulayam Singh Yadav for over 30 years. He quit the SP after 2009 after Mulayam Singh Yadav embraced the 'Babri accused' Kalyan Singh at the behest of Amar Singh. He came back after Amar made an exit.
Shivpal Yadav
Age | 56 Education | BA BPEd Criminal Record | 2 cases Assets | 6 cr Four times MLA, Shivpal Singh Yadav is Mulayam's brother and has held several key positions in the Samajwadi Party and its governments in the past. He also served as leader of Opposition after ouster of Azam Khan in 2009. A post graduate from Etawah, Yadav was cabinet minister for agriculture, agriculture Education, agro trading, Public Works Department, power, mines in previous MSY government.
Ambika Chaudhary
Age | 61 Education | LLB Criminal Record | No criminal case Assets | 4 lakhs A socialist and Mulyam loyalist, Ambika Chaudhary hails from backward caste and has been SP's strongman in east UP. He resigned from the state legal services to joine politics and won assembly election four times from 1993 to 2007 from Ballia. He was revenue minister in Mulayam's government in 2003. He also served as SP chief whip and deputy leader of Opposition.
Raja Bhaiyya
Age | 38 Education | BA Criminal Record | 8 cases Assets | 7.11 cr Raghuraj Pratap Singh, better known as Raja Bhaiya, is MLA from Kunda since 1993. This time he won by a record margin of 88,000 votes. He was 26 when he won his political spurs, first proving his usefulness to his political masters in 1997 when he split the BSP to help form the BJP government in UP. Since then, he has served in Rajnath Singh and Mulayam Singh Yadav's cabinet. Mayawati booked her under POTA in 2003.
Anand Singh
Age | 73 Education | BSc Criminal Record | No criminal case Assets | 18 cr Hailing from Mankapur princely estate of Gonda, Anand Singh is credited with wiping out the influence of Beni Verma, wresting all five seats of the district. He has been three-time MLA and four-time MP from Gonda before handing over the reins to son Kirti Vardhan. Both joined BSP in 2009, but Mulayam persuaded him to come back and the result is for everybody to see.
Durga Prasad Yadav
Age | 59 Education | LLB Criminal Record | 2 cases Assets | 1.83 cr Durga Prasad Yadav is a muscleman from Azamgarh and Mulayam loyalist. He also served as minister in previous SP regime. He has been a multiple time winner from the prestigious Azamgarh seat. This time, he he defeated BSP's Suresh Singh.
Brahmashankar Tripathi
Age | 59 Education | BA LLB Criminal Record | 2 cases Assets | 2.94 cr Brahmashankar Tripathi was home guards minister in previous Mulayam Singh Yadav government. He is the Brahmin face of SP in east UP and has won election several times. This time he defeated Jawed Iqbal of BSP in Kushinagar assembly constituency.
Kameswar Upadhyay
Age | 74 Education | Literate Criminal Record | No criminal case Assets | 1 cr Kameswar Upadhayay (74) is one of the oldest candidates to have won assembly election this time. An old socialist , Upadhayay defeated Sabhakunwar of BSP from Bhatpar Rani in Deoria. He has served earlier in the ministries headed by Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Raja Ram Pandey
Age | 56 Education | Graduate Criminal Record | 3 cases Assets | 4.18 cr Raja Ram Pandey has been a known party hopper and has served as minister in the past. This time he won on SP ticket from Bishwanathganj assembly seat defeating BSP's Sindhuja Mishra Senani by over 9000 votes.
Raj Kishore Singh
Age | 41 Education | BA Criminal Record | 1 case Assets | 2.04 cr Three time MLA from Harraiya constituency in Basti, Raj Kishore Singh was with the BSP in 2002 but defected to SP. He won again in 2007 on SP ticket. This time he defeated BSP's Mamta Pndey to ensure a better performance of the party in the eastern UP.
Shiv Kumar Beria
Age | 62 Education | BA, LLB Criminal Record | No criminal case Assets | 2.21 cr Mulayam loyalist for last two decades, Shiv Kumar Beria is four time MLA from various reserved constitituencies of Kanpur. This time he won from Rasulabad in Ramabainagar (formely Kanpur Dehat).
Vaqar Ahmed Shah
Age | 70 Education | BUMS Criminal Record | No criminal case Assets | 2.70 cr Vaqar Ahmed Shah, a four time MLA, was re-elected from his traditional Bahraich seat. Bahraich has been SP's stronghold. Waqar won in 2007 despite anti-incumbency against the Mulayam government. Ahmed has served as minister in previous Mulayam governments.
Raja Mahendra Aridaman Singh
Age | 55 Education | MCom Criminal Record | No criminal case Assets | 14.79 cr Five times MLA from Bah in Agra, Raja Mahendra Aridaman Singh won in 1991 and 1993 on Janta Dal ticket and then three time from BJP. He served as cabinet minister in BJP rule but was defeated in 2007 assembly elections. He hails from a royal family of Agra -- Bhadawar.
Awadhesh Prasad
Age | 67 Education | MA LLB Criminal Record | No criminal case Assets | 1 cr Dalit leader Awadhesh Prasad has been awarded with cabinet berth for defeating BSP candidate Pavan Kumar in reserved constituency Milkipur in Faizabad by over 30,000 votes. SP was able to make a dent in BSP's dalit vote bank this time.
Om Prakash Singh
Age | 52 Education | MA Criminal Record | 4 cases Assets | 1.27 cr SP veteran Om Prakash Singh defeated BSP heavy weight Uma Shankar Kushwaha by margin of over 29,000 votes in Muslim dominated Zamania constituency of Ghazipur. Singh has served as minister earlier also. He was also a member of 12th Lok Sabha.
Parasnath Yadav
Age | 62 Education | Class 12 Criminal Record | No criminal case Assets | 1.31 cr Parasnath Yadav defeated mafia-turned-politician Dhananjay Singh's wife Jagrti from Malhani constituency in Jaunpur. Yadav has also been MP in the past and is an old associate of Mulayam Singh Yadav. He is one of the bahubalis who have made it to the Akhilesh's ministry
Ram Govind Chowdhary
Age | 65 Education | BA LLB Criminal Record | No criminal case Assets | 37 lakhs A backward class leader, Ram Govind Chaudhary has also been MLA a couple of times and served as minister in Mualayam's previous government. He was defeated in 2007 assembly elections from Bansdih in Ballia but this time won defeating BJP candidate by a margin of over 22,000 votes