Shravasti Lok Sabha constituency

Shrawasti Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. This constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.

Shrawasti
Lok Sabha constituency
Bhuddha's statue in Shravasti
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
Assembly constituenciesBhinga
Shravasti
Tulsipur
Gainsari
Balrampur
Established2008- Present
Total electors1,787,985
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBahujan Samaj Party
Elected year2019
Preceded byDaddan Mishra

Assembly segments and serving MLAs edit

Shrawasti Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:[1]

No Name District Member Party
289 Bhinga Shravasti Indrani Devi Samajwadi Party
290 Shravasti Ram Feran Pandey Bharatiya Janata Party
291 Tulsipur Balrampur Kailash Nath Shukla Bharatiya Janata Party
292 Gainsari Vacant
294 Balrampur (SC) Paltu Ram Bharatiya Janata Party

Shravasti, Tulsipur, Gainsari and Balrampur assembly segments were earlier in erstwhile Shravasti Lok Sabha constituency.[2] Bhinga assembly segment was earlier in erstwhile Bahraich Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of Parliament edit

Year Member Party
1952-2009 : See Balrampur
2009 Vinay Kumar Pandey Indian National Congress
2014 Daddan Mishra Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Ram Shiromani Verma Bahujan Samaj Party

General election results edit

2019 edit

2019 Indian general elections: Shrawasti
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BSP Ram Shiromani Verma 441,771 44.31 +24.43
BJP Daddan Mishra 4,36,451 43.78 +8.58
INC Dhirendra Pratap Singh 58,042 5.82 +3.78
CPI Nabban Khan 12,662 1.27
NOTA None of the Above 17,108 1.72 +0.23
Majority 5,320 0.53 -8.24
Turnout 9,97,139 52.08
BSP gain from BJP Swing

General election 2014 edit

2014 Indian general elections: Shrawasti
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Daddan Mishra 3,45,964 35.30 +27.38
SP Ateeq Ahmed 2,60,051 26.53 +8.15
BSP Lal Ji Verma 1,94,890 19.88 -6.47
PECP Rizwan Zaheer 1,01,817 10.39 +8.35
INC Vinay Kumar Pandey 20,006 2.04 -31.25
Independent Arun Kumar 10,083 1.03
Independent Ram Adhar 6,278 0.64
Independent Vijay Kumar 5,542 0.56
Independent Prakash Chandra Mishra 4,489 0.45
Independent Arjun Yadav 3,730 0.38
Independent Tej Bahadur 3,474 0.35
Samyak Parivartan Party Saxsen 3,188 0.32
Independent Ram Sudhi 2,961 0.30
AAP Ratnesh 2,578 0.26
NOTA None of the Above 14,587 1.49
Majority 85,913 8.77
Turnout 9,80,196 54.82
BJP gain from INC Swing

General election 2009 edit

2009 Indian general elections: Shrawasti[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Vinay Kumar Pandey 2,01,556 33.29 14.34
BSP Rizwan Zaheer 1,59,527 26.35 11.35
SP Rubab Sayeda 1,11,247 18.38 7.91
BJP Satya Deo Singh 47,943 7.92 3.41
PECP Rajeshwar Mishra 44,691 7.38
IND. Vinod Kumar Pandey 14,002 2.31
Majority 42,029 6.94
Turnout 6,05,386 43.06
INC win (new seat)

See also edit

Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Information and Statistics-Parliamentary Constituencies-58-Shravasti". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh website.
  2. ^ Kalhans, Siddharth (24 January 2008). "With delimitation ahead of LS polls, leaders looking for safe seats". Indian Express. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
  3. ^ "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 169. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

External links edit

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