Akshay Yadav (born 25 October 1986) is an Indian politician belonging to

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as w ...

in Uttar Pradesh. He was member of the

16th Lok Sabha Members of the 16th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2014 Indian general election. The elections were conducted in 9 phases from 7 April 2014 to 12 May 2014 by the Election Commission of India. The results of the election were declared on 16 M ...

from

Firozabad Firozabad is a city near Agra in Firozabad district in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the centre of India's glassmaking industry and is known for the quality of the bangles and also glasswares produced there. During the reign of A ...

and had won with a margin of 1,14,000 votes. He lost to

Chandrasen Jadon Chandrasen Jadon is an Indian politician and is Member of Parliament from Firozabad parliamentary constituency of Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitant ...

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by around 28,800 votes in the

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from

Early life

Akshay Yadav was born in

Etawah Etawah also known as Ishtikapuri is a city on the banks of Yamuna River in the state of Western Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Etawah District. Etawah's population of 256,838 (as per 2011 population census) m ...

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

, India, on 25 October 1986 to

Ram Gopal Yadav Ram Gopal Yadav (born 29 June 1946) is an India, Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He is the Secretary-General of the Samajwadi Party and the Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Member of Parliament (MP) in Rajya Sabha, since 2008. Yadav al ...

and Phoolan Devi. His mother Phoolan died in August 2010. He had 1 sister and 2 brothers. His brother Asit Yadav (Billu Yadav) died in a road accident in 1999. Akshay was educated at

Amity University, Noida Amity University, Noida (also known as Amity University Uttar Pradesh and Amity University Delhi NCR) is a private research university located in Noida, Delhi NCR, India. It was established in 2005 by an Act of the State Legislature of Uttar P ...

and Deep Memorial Public School, Ghaziabad.

Personal life

Akshay Yadav is married to Dr. Richa Yadav since 10 February 2010 and the couple has a son and a daughter.

Positions held

Akshay Yadav has served 1 time as

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...

MP.

References

Living people India MPs 2014–2019 Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh People from Etawah People from Firozabad district Place of birth missing (living people) Akshay 1986 births Samajwadi Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh {{UttarPradesh-SP-politician-stub