Ved Prakash Gupta

Contested the Ayodhya Assembly election as a BSP candidate and received 33,481 votes, finishing third.

First elected to the 17th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Ayodhya. He received 107,014 votes and defeated SP candidate Tej Narayan Pandey by 50,440 votes. The official Assembly profile records his first election in March 2017. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}

Served as Whip of the BJP Legislative Party from January to March 2020, according to the official Assembly profile. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}

Re-elected to the 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Ayodhya. He received 113,414 votes and defeated SP candidate Tej Narayan Pandey by 19,990 votes. :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}