Phulpur
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
Assembly constituenciesPhaphamau
Soraon
Phulpur
Prayagraj West
Prayagraj North
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019

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

No Name District Member Party
254 Phaphamau Prayagraj Guruprasad Maurya Bharatiya Janata Party
255 Soraon (SC) Geeta Shastri Samajwadi Party
256 Phulpur Praveen Patel Bharatiya Janata Party
261 Prayagraj West Sidharth Nath Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
262 Prayagraj North Harshvardhan Bajpai Bharatiya Janata Party

Members of Parliament

Year Member[4] Party
1952 Jawaharlal Nehru[a] Indian National Congress
Masuriya Din[5]
1957 Jawaharlal Nehru[b]
Masuriya Din[6]
1962 Jawaharlal Nehru
1964^ Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
1967
1969^ Janeshwar Mishra Samyukta Socialist Party
1971 Vishwanath Pratap Singh Indian National Congress
1977 Kamala Bahuguna Janata Party
1980 B. D. Singh Janata Party (Secular)
1984 Ram Pujan Patel Indian National Congress
1989 Janata Dal
1991
1996 Jang Bahadur Patel Samajwadi Party
1998
1999 Dharmraj Patel
2004 Atique Ahmed
2009 Kapil Muni Karwariya Bahujan Samaj Party
2014 Keshav Prasad Maurya Bharatiya Janata Party
2018^ Nagendra Pratap Patel Samajwadi Party
2019 Keshari Devi Patel Bharatiya Janata Party

^ by poll

Election results

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Phulpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Keshari Devi Patel 544,701 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

2018 by-election

Bye-election, 2018: Phulpur
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. Atiq 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

2014 Indian general elections: Phulpur
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

2009 Indian general elections: Phulpur
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

1964 by-election

General election 1962

1962 Indian general election: Phulpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Jawaharlal 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

General elections 1957

1957 Indian general election: Phulpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Jawaharlal 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

1952 Indian general election: Allahabad East-Jaunpur West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Jawaharlal 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

Notes

  1. ^ 2 member constituency
  2. ^ 2 member constituency

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Phulpur bypoll: A Nehru constituency once, it is Patel versus Patel today". India Today. 14 March 2008. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  3. ^ "'Modi vs rest' in Phulpur, once Nehru's constituency". The Economic Times. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Phulpur (Uttar Pradesh) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 -Phulpur Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in.
  5. ^ "1951 India General (1st Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
  6. ^ "1957 India General (2nd Lok Sabha) Elections Results".

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