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Phulpur Lok Sabha Elections

Phulpur is one of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh. Voting for Lok Sabha election in Uttar Pradesh is being held in all seven phases from 11 April to May 19. Voting in Phulpur Lok Sabha constituency is in the sixth phase on May 12 and counting is on May 23.

Phulpur parliamentary constituency comprises of five assembly segments namely Phaphamau, Soraon, Phulpur, Allahabad West and Allahabad North.

In 2014 Lok Sabha election, Bharatiya Janata Party's Keshav Prasad Maurya had won the Phulpur Lok Sabha constituency with a massive margin of 3,08,308 votes. Keshav Prasad Maurya had bagged 5,03,564 votes as against Samajwadi Party's Dharam Raj Singh Patel who secured 1,95,256 votes.

However, bypolls were necessitated as Phulpur seat fell vacant after Keshav Prasad Maurya was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council and became the Deputy Chief Minister in 2017.

In the bypolls in 2018, Bharatiya Janata Party could not retain the seat and Samajwadi Party's Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel won the seat. Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel bagged 3,42,922 votes while Bharatiya Janata Party's Kaushalendra Singh Patel secured 2,83,462 votes.

Earlier in 2009, Bahujan Samaj Party's Kapil Muni Karwariya had won the seat by securing 167542 votes. At the second spot was Samajwadi Party's Shyama Charan Gupta who bagged 152964 votes.

In the 2014 election in Phulpur, 78.16 per cent or 960419 voters had exercised their franchise. Of the 15 contestants who were in the fray, 12 had lost their deposits.

For the 2019 election, the Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Rashtriya Lok Dal have announced that they will fight the election in an alliance. While the SP is contesting on 37 seats, BSP on 38 seats, the RLD is contesting on three seats. The alliance has not fielded candidates from Rae Bareli and Amethi, the constituencies held by Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.

Pandhari is fighting the 2019 election on a Samajwadi Party ticket, Keshari Devi Patel is Bharatiya Janata Party candidate while Congress has named Pankaj Singh Chandel. Priya Singh Paul from Pragatishil Samajwadi Party (Lohia), Rashmi Ravat from Bharat Prabhat Party and Sanjeev Kumar from Yuva Vikas Party among others are also in the fray.

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Candidates	Party	Status	Votes
Keshari Devi Patel	BJP	Won	544701
Pandhari Yadav	SP	Lost	372733
Pankaj Patel	INC	Lost	32761
Nota	Nota	Lost	7882
Dr. Neeraj	IND	Lost	2972
Sanjeev Kumar Mishra	YVP	Lost	2858
Sunil Kumar Maurya	PSSP	Lost	2189
Ramnath Priydarshi Suman	RJMP	Lost	2058
Dr. Ramlakhan Chaurasiya	MAP	Lost	1966
Rishabh Pandey	IND	Lost	1945
Priya Singh Paul Alias Priyadarshini Gandhi	PSP(L)	Lost	1607
Atul Kumar Dwivedi	LGBP	Lost	1406
Srichandra Kesarwani (Advocate)	BLP	Lost	1262
Dakkhini Prasad Kushwaha	RGBP	Lost	975
Kamala Prasad	AMYP	Lost	921

Phulpur News

Viral Video: UP inspector caught stealing light bulb outside paan shop in Prayagraj - WATCH

The suspended cop argued that he had removed the bulb to put it in the place where he was stationed, "as it was dark there."

Oct 15, 2022, 15:15 PM IST

Two senior officials killed after gas leak at IFFCO plant in Phulpur; UP CM orders probe

At least two persons have died in a gas leakage at the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) plant in Phulpur.

Dec 23, 2020, 08:44 AM IST

Phulpur Lok Sabha constituency of Uttar Pradesh: Full list of candidates, polling dates

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Phulpur Lok Sabha Constituency of Uttar Pradesh.

Apr 30, 2019, 09:43 AM IST

Phulpur Lok Sabha constituency

In 2014 Lok Sabha election, Bharatiya Janata Party's Keshav Prasad Maurya had won the Phulpur Lok Sabha constituency with a massive margin of 3,08,308 votes.

Apr 24, 2019, 14:56 PM IST

Samajwadi Party names candidates for Phulpur, Allahabad parliamentary constituencies

SP has declared Pandhari Yadav as its candidate from Phulpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Apr 20, 2019, 17:16 PM IST

Message from UP bye-elections: It is time to think of 'governance vote banks'

Adityanath lost because he was not fully positioned either on community politics or governance politics.

Mar 15, 2018, 14:29 PM IST

Silent on Akhilesh, Shivpal Yadav congratulates SP workers for Lok Sabha bypoll victory in UP

Shivpal, who is SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav's younger brother and uncle of former UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, took to Twitter to congratulate his party workers.

Mar 15, 2018, 11:15 AM IST

Voters angry with BJP, showing it the door: Congress after bypoll results

The Congress on Wednesday said people across the country were "showing it the door", as was amply proved by the bypolls on Wednesday.

Mar 15, 2018, 00:26 AM IST

UP bypolls: Congress takes a dig at BS Yeddyurappa, asks him to 'stop bowing' before Yogi Adityanath

The BJP lost both Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha seats in UP.

Mar 15, 2018, 00:07 AM IST

After losses in UP bypolls, BJP now has 274 seats in Lok Sabha, 8 down from 282 in 2014

The saffron party on Wednesday lost bypolls to all three Lok Sabha seats it contested.

Mar 14, 2018, 23:05 PM IST

BJP loses Yogi's Gorakhpur and Maurya's Phulpur: 5 reasons why it's a big deal

The BJP lost its bastion Gorakhpur, previously held for five terms by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, and Phulpur.

Mar 14, 2018, 22:45 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh bypolls: Congress candidates lose deposits in Gorakhpur, Phulpur; party keen to rebuild in state, says Rahul Gandhi

In a stunning blow to the BJP, the party on Wednesday lost bypolls to all three Lok Sabha seats it contested, including its bastion Gorakhpur and Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh, besides Araria in Bihar.

Mar 14, 2018, 22:32 PM IST