Om Prakash Singh

Biographical records report that Om Prakash Singh was elected General Secretary of the BHU Students' Union in 1985, marking an early stage of his public and political career. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}

Won the 1989 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election from Dildarnagar with 35,142 votes, defeating BJP candidate Sachidanand by 8,243 votes. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}

Retained Dildarnagar in the 1991 Assembly election, contesting as a Janata Party candidate and receiving 45,724 votes, with a margin of 1,655 votes. :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}

Won Dildarnagar in the 1993 Assembly election as a Samajwadi Party candidate with 73,125 votes, defeating BJP candidate Sachidanand by 31,725 votes. :contentReference[oaicite:3]{index=3}

Won a fourth consecutive Assembly election from Dildarnagar in 1996, securing 62,794 votes and a 23,771-vote margin over BSP candidate Shyam Narain. :contentReference[oaicite:4]{index=4}

Won the 1998 Lok Sabha election from Ghazipur with 265,705 votes, defeating BJP candidate Manoj Sinha by 17,173 votes. He served in the 12th Lok Sabha from 1998 to 1999. :contentReference[oaicite:5]{index=5}

During his Lok Sabha tenure, biographical records report membership of the Committee on Commerce and its Sub-Committee on Textiles. :contentReference[oaicite:6]{index=6}

Contested the 1999 Lok Sabha election from Ghazipur but lost to BJP candidate Manoj Sinha. Om Prakash Singh received 229,559 votes. :contentReference[oaicite:7]{index=7}

Returned to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly from Dildarnagar in 2002, receiving 56,914 votes and defeating BSP candidate Aslam by 18,091 votes. :contentReference[oaicite:8]{index=8}

Joined the Mulayam Singh Yadav government as a Cabinet Minister and was assigned the Irrigation portfolio. :contentReference[oaicite:9]{index=9}

Contested the 2007 Assembly election from Dildarnagar but did not win; the seat was won by BSP candidate Raj Kumar Singh Gautam. :contentReference[oaicite:10]{index=10}

Won Zamania in the 2012 Assembly election with 83,407 votes and a 29,440-vote margin. He subsequently served as a Cabinet Minister in the Akhilesh Yadav government. :contentReference[oaicite:11]{index=11}

Served as a Cabinet Minister in the Akhilesh Yadav government, with Tourism among the portfolios recorded in biographical sources. :contentReference[oaicite:12]{index=12}

Contested Zamania in the 2017 Assembly election but lost; BJP candidate Sunita Singh won the constituency. Om Prakash Singh received 49,557 votes. :contentReference[oaicite:13]{index=13}

Returned to the Assembly from Zamania in 2022 with 94,695 votes, defeating BJP candidate Sunita Singh by 22,456 votes. The current UP Assembly listing identifies him as the SP member for 379-Zamania. :contentReference[oaicite:14]{index=14}