BJP leader Nirahua alias Dinesh Lal Yadav lost from UP's Azamgarh Lok Sabha seat as SP leader and three-time former MP Dharmendra Yadav won from the seat with 5,08,239 votes. Dharmendra won from the seat with a margin of over 1.61 lakh votes. In 2019 Lok Sabha elections, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav had won from the seat.