Ghazipur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Ghazipur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. This constituency covers part of Ghazipur district.

Assembly Segments

Presently, Ghazipur Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:[1][2]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Number of electorates (2014)
373 Jakhanian SC Ghazipur 3,98,852
374 Saidpur SC Ghazipur 3,51,226
375 Ghazipur Sadar None Ghazipur 3,29,110
376 Jangipur None Ghazipur 3,34,521
379 Zamania None Ghazipur 3,87,810
Total: 18,01,519

Members of Parliament


Year Winner Party
1952 Har Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
1957 Har Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
1962 V. S. Gahmari Indian National Congress
1967 Sarjoo Pandey Communist Party of India
1971 Sarjoo Pandey Communist Party of India
1977 Gauri Shankar Rai Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980 Zainul Basher Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Zainul Basher Indian National Congress
1989 Jagdish Kushwaha Independent
1991 Vishwanath Shastri Communist Party of India
1996 Manoj Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party
1998 Omprakash Singh Samajwadi Party
1999 Manoj Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party
2004 Afzal Ansari Samajwadi Party
2009 Radhe Mohan Singh Samajwadi Party
2014 Manoj Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Afzal Ansari Bahujan Samaj Party

Election results
2019 Indian general elections: Ghazipur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BSP Afzal Ansari 5,66,082 51.20 +26.71
BJP Manoj Sinha 4,46,690 40.40 +9.29
SBSP Ramji 33,877 3.06
INC Ajit Pratap Kushawaha 19,834 1.79
CPI Dr. Bhanu Prakash Pandey 7,844 0.71
NOTA None of the Above 6,871 0.62
Majority 1,20,112 10.85
Turnout 11,07,497 58.88
BSP gain from BJP Swing 17.42
2014 Indian general elections: Ghazipur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Manoj Sinha 3,06,929 31.11 +28.30
SP Shivkanya Kushwaha 2,74,477 27.82 -21.40
BSP Kailash Nath Singh Yadav 2,41,645 24.49 -15.74
RPD D. P. Yadav 59,510 6.03 +6.03
Independent Arun Kumar Singh 34,093 3.46 +3.46
INC Mohammad Maksud Khan 18,908 1.92 +1.92
NOTA None of the Above 5,611 0.57 +0.57
Majority 32,452 3.29 -5.70
Turnout 9,86,715 54.77 +4.34
BJP gain from SP Swing -18.11

See also

References
  1. "Information and Statistics-Parliamentary Constituencies-75-Ghazipur". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh website.
  2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 505.

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