Shyam Prakash

First elected to the 13th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the SC-reserved Ahirori constituency in 1996. He won with 52,253 votes. :contentReference[oaicite:4]{index=4}

A biographical record states that he served as chairman of the Scheduled Caste Finance and Development Corporation during 1996-1997. :contentReference[oaicite:5]{index=5}

Contested the 2002 Ahirori Assembly election as a BSP candidate and received 43,719 votes, finishing second to SP candidate Usha Verma. :contentReference[oaicite:6]{index=6}

Won the Ahirori Assembly by-election in 2004 as a Samajwadi Party candidate with 69,464 votes. This was his second elected Assembly term. :contentReference[oaicite:7]{index=7}

Won Gopamau in the 2012 Assembly election with 67,430 votes and a margin of 6,203 votes over BSP candidate Aneeta Verma. :contentReference[oaicite:8]{index=8}

Won Gopamau again in 2017 after contesting on the BJP ticket, receiving 87,871 votes and defeating SP candidate Rajeshwari by 31,378 votes. :contentReference[oaicite:9]{index=9}

A biographical record lists him as a member of the Joint Committee on Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Denotified Tribes during the 2017-2022 Assembly period. :contentReference[oaicite:10]{index=10}

Re-elected from Gopamau in 2022. He received 91,762 votes and defeated SP candidate Rajeshwari by 7,998 votes. The current Assembly directory identifies him as the BJP MLA for Gopamau-157. :contentReference[oaicite:11]{index=11}