Phulpur (Lok Sabha constituency)
Phulpur | |
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Lok Sabha Constituency | |
Incumbent | Keshari Devi Patel |
Parliamentary Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Elected Year | 2019 |
Constituency Details | |
Established | 1951-present |
Reservation | None |
State | Uttar Pradesh |
Assembly Constituencies | Phaphamau Soraon Phulpur Allahabad West Allahabad North |
Phulpur Lok Sabha seat, also spelled 'Phoolpur', is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. It lies in Prayagraj district. Phulpur is a historic constituency and two Indian Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and V P Singh have been elected from this constituency.[1] The first Prime Minister of India of Jawaharlal Nehru died in office in 1964 while holding this seat. Hence it (फूलपुर) is also called "Nehru's constituency".[2][3]
Vidhan Sabha Segments[]
Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District | Number of electorates (2019) |
---|---|---|---|---|
254 | Phaphamau | None | Prayagraj | 3,62,406 |
255 | Soraon | SC | Prayagraj | 3,73,564 |
256 | Phulpur | None | Prayagraj | 3,94,018 |
261 | Allahabad West | None | Prayagraj | 4,49,224 |
262 | Allahabad North | None | Prayagraj | 4,27,016 |
Total: | 20,06,228 |
Members of Lok Sabha[]
^ by poll
Election Results[]
General Election 2019[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Keshari Devi Patel | 5,44,701 | 55.68 | +16.87 | |
SP | Pandhari Yadav | 3,72,733 | 38.10 | -8.85 | |
INC | Pankaj Patel | 32,761 | 3.35 | +0.70 | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 7,882 | 0.81 | +0.44 | |
Margin of victory | 1,71,968 | 17.58 | +9.44 | ||
Turnout | 9,79,077 | 48.70 | +11.55 | ||
BJP gain from SP | Swing | +8.73 |
Bye-election 2018[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SP | Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel | 3,42,922 | 46.95 | +26.62 | |
BJP | Kaushalendra Singh Patel | 2,83,462 | 38.81 | -13.63 | |
IND. | Ateeq Ahmed | 48,094 | 6.58 | N/A | |
INC | Manish Mishra | 19,353 | 2.65 | -3.40 | |
IND. | Dr. Neeraj | 4,276 | 0.59 | +0.36 | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 2,724 | 0.37 | -0.51 | |
Margin of victory | 59,460 | 8.14 | -23.97 | ||
Turnout | 7,30,612 | 37.15 | -13.05 | ||
SP gain from BJP | Swing | -5.49 |
General Election 2014[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Keshav Prasad Maurya | 5,03,564 | 52.44 | +44.32 | |
SP | Dharam Raj Singh Patel | 1,95,256 | 20.33 | -7.39 | |
BSP | Kapil Muni Karwariya | 1,63,710 | 17.05 | -13.31 | |
INC | Mohammad Kaif | 58,127 | 6.05 | -6.20 | |
AAP | Shimala Shri | 7,384 | 0.77 | +0.77 | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 8,424 | 0.88 | +0.88 | |
Margin of victory | 3,08,308 | 32.11 | +29.47 | ||
Turnout | 9,60,419 | 50.20 | +11.51 | ||
BJP gain from BSP | Swing | +22.08 |
General Election 2009[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BSP | Kapil Muni Karwariya | 1,67,542 | 30.36 | ||
SP | Shyama Charan Gupta | 1,52,964 | 27.72 | ||
Independent | Dr. Sone Lal Patel | 76,699 | 13.90 | ||
INC | Dharmaraj Singh Patel | 67,623 | 12.25 | ||
BJP | Karan Singh Patel | 44,828 | 8.12 | ||
Majority | 14,578 | 2.64 | |||
Turnout | 5,51,917 | 38.69 | |||
BSP gain from SP | Swing |
General Election 1962[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Jawahar Lal Nehru | 1,18,931 | 61.62 | ||
Socialist | Ram Manohar Lohia | 54,360 | 28.17 | ||
Margin of victory | 64,571 | 33.45 | |||
Turnout | 1,92,994 | 47.15 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
Bye-poll 1964[]
- Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (Congress) : 110549 votes
- S.JAISWAL (SSP) : 52,529
General elections 1957[]
- Two members were elected from this seat in 1957.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Jawahar Lal Nehru (Elected) | 2,27,447 | 36.87 | ||
INC | Masuriya Din (Elected) | 1,98,431 | 32.17 | ||
Margin of victory | 29,018 | 4.70 | |||
Turnout | 6,16,862 | 77.24 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
General Election 1952[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Jawahar Lal Nehru (Elected) | 2,33,571 | 38.73 | ||
INC | Masuriya Din (Elected) | 1,81,700 | 30.13 | ||
KMPP | Banshi Lal | 59,642 | 9.89 | ||
Independent | Prabhudutt Brahmachari | 56,718 | 9.41 | ||
Independent | K. K. Chatterjee | 27,392 | 4.54 | ||
ABHM | Thate Laxman Ganesh | 25,870 | 4.29 | ||
RSP | Badri Prasad | 18,129 | 3.01 | ||
Margin of victory | 61,871 | 8.60 | |||
Turnout | 6,03,022 | 40.21 | |||
INC win (new seat) |
See also[]
- Allahabad district
- Allahabad (Mayoral Constituency)
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
Notes[]
- ^ "Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Phulpur gave country 2 Prime Ministers, got only IFFCO as trophy". Kenneth John. Hindustan Times. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
- ^ "Phulpur bypoll: A Nehru constituency once, it is Patel versus Patel today". India Today. 14 March 2008. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
- ^ "'Modi vs rest' in Phulpur, once Nehru's constituency". The Economic Times. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
- ^ "1951 India General (1st Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
- ^ "1957 India General (2nd Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
External links[]
Categories:
- Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh
- Politics of Allahabad district