lucknow the blueblood didnt disappoint this time too as most of the royals fielded by different political parties posted victories the only notable exception perhaps being amita sinh who lost the prestigious amethi seat to samajwadi partys gayatri prasad political parties have always been more than generous in awarding tickets to the former royals in their respective fiefs in consideration of their hold over their subjects several of noble lineages were in the fray this time too and as in the past their loyal subjects remained well loyal sp fielded the highest number of royals many of who have represented their erstwhile principalities in the state assembly and even parliament for generations mahendra aridaman singh fielded from baah in agra by sp defeated bsps madhusudan sharma singh belongs to the bhadawar royal family and is following in the footsteps of his father mahendra ripudaman singh who contested and won raja anand singh whose forefathers ruled over mankapur estate of gonda won the gaura seat on a sp ticket this time he had drifted to the bsp from the sp just before the 2009 lok sabha polls which his son kirti vardhan singh also a twotime mp from gonda contested on a bsp ticket but lost to the congresss beni prasad verma raja and his son returned to the sp after this defeat kunwar shivendra singh a royal contested and won the siswa seat of maharajganj on a sp ticket defeating bjps ramapati ram tripathi by more than 16800 votes kumwar raghuraj pratap singh raja bhaiya won the kunda seat in pratapgarh by more than one lakh votes as an independent candidate he belongs to the royal bhadri family of kunda and has won this seat five times the other royals to post victories were bjps raja jai pratap singh from bansi of siddharthnagar who defeated lalji singh of bsp and kunwar bhartendra who won bijnor by defeating bsp candidate mahboob the royals who lost include congresss ajay pal singh from arkha utrikst maurya of the bsp from unchahar of the same district and bjps aditya vikram singh from rudaulielections 2012 newsuttar pradesh assembly elections 2012