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Allahabad
Allahabad
Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Rita Bahuguna Joshi
Parliamentary Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1951–present
Reservation	None
State	Uttar Pradesh
Total Electors	1716160
Assembly Constituencies	Meja; Karachhana; Allahabad South; Bara; Koraon

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Allahabad is a Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Allahabad saw two MPs elected and became the prime minister. Lal Bahadur Shastri became the prime minister during 1964–1966. V. P. Singh was elected twice from this constituency and later went on to become the prime minister.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Vidhan Sabha Segments[edit | edit source]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Number of electorates (2019)
259	Meja	None	Allahabad	319,312
260	Karachhana	None	Allahabad	335,550
263	Allahabad South	None	Allahabad	399,776
264	Bara	SC	Allahabad	325,412
265	Koraon	SC	Allahabad	336,110
Total:				1,716,160

Members of Lok Sabha[edit | edit source]

Year	Elected MP
1952	Sri Prakasa (Appointed Governor in 1952) Official name of the seat : Allahabad Distt (West)	Indian National Congress
1952 ^	Purushottam Das Tandon (bye-poll, uncontested)^[5]	Indian National Congress
1957	Lal Bahadur Shastri	Indian National Congress
1962	Lal Bahadur Shastri	Indian National Congress
1967	Hari Krishna Shastri	Indian National Congress
1971	Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna (Became UP CM in 1973)	Indian National Congress
1973/74 ^	Bye-poll winner
1977	Janeshwar Mishra	Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980	Vishwanath Pratap Singh (Became UP CM in 1980)	Indian National Congress (Indira)
1981*	Krishna Prakash Tiwari (bye-poll)	Indian National Congress (Indira)
1984	Amitabh Bachchan (resigned mid-term)	Indian National Congress
1988*	Vishwanath Pratap Singh (bye-poll)	Independent politician
1989	Janeshwar Mishra	Janata Dal
1991	Saroj Dubey	Janata Dal
1996	Murli Manohar Joshi	Bharatiya Janata Party
1998	Murli Manohar Joshi	Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	Murli Manohar Joshi	Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Rewati Raman Singh	Samajwadi Party
2009	Rewati Raman Singh	Samajwadi Party
2014	Shyama Charan Gupta	Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Rita Bahuguna Joshi	Bharatiya Janata Party

* or ^ : Bye-poll

Election results[edit | edit source]

2019 elections[edit | edit source]

2019 Indian general elections: Allahabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rita Bahuguna Joshi	494,454	55.62	+20.43
	SP	Rajendra Singh Patel	3,10,179	34.89	−6.65
	INC	Yogesh Shukla	31,953	3.59	−7.90
	CPI	Giridhar Gopal Tripathi	10,403	1.17	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	7,625	0.86	+0.45
Majority			1,84,275	20.73	+13.78
Turnout			8,89,553	51.83	−1.67
	BJP hold		Swing	+20.43

2014 elections[edit | edit source]

2014 Indian general election: Allahabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shyama Charan Gupta	3,13,772	35.19	+24.08
	SP	Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh	2,51,763	28.24	−9.70
	BSP	Keshari Devi Patel	1,62,073	18.18	−13.46
	INC	Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi	1,02,453	11.49	+4.89
	IND.	Draupadi Devi	8,321	0.93	+0.93
	AAP	Adarsh Shastri	6,439	0.72	+0.72
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,624	0.41	+0.41
Majority			62,009	6.95	+0.61
Turnout			8,91,635	53.50	+10.09
	BJP gain from SP		Swing	+24.08

2009 elections[edit | edit source]

2009 Indian general election: Allahabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh	2,09,431	38.06	+2.42
	BSP	Ashok Kumar Bajpai	1,74,511	31.72	+14.72
	BJP	Yogesh Shukla	60,983	11.09	−20.23
	INC	Shyam Krishna Pandey	33,027	6.73	+0.55
	AD	Bihari Lal Sharma	22,086	4.01	+0.14
	Independent	Hira Lal	7,537	1.37
	Independent	Abhay Srivastava	5,976	1.09
	Independent	Kusum Kumari	4,236	0.77
	Independent	Akbal Mohammd	2,358	0.43
	Independent	Narendra Kumar Tiwari	2,340	0.43
	RMSP	Om Prakash	2,253	0.41
	NELU	Sarfuddin	2,062	0.37
Majority			34,920	6.34	+2.02
Turnout			5,50,197	43.41
	SP hold		Swing

2004 elections[edit | edit source]

2004 Indian general election: Allahabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SP	Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh	2,34,008	35.64
	BJP	Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi	2,05,625	31.32
	BSP	R. K. Singh Patel	1,11,576	17.00
	INC	Satya Prakash Malaviya	40,545	6.18
	AD	Raj Karan Bind	25,426	3.87
Majority			28,383	4.32
Turnout			6,56,498	42.13
	SP gain from BJP		Swing

1999 elections[edit | edit source]

1999 Indian general election: Allahabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi	2,19,114	33.79
	SP	Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh	1,48,783	22.94
	INC	Dr. Rita Bahuguna Joshi	1,33,428	20.57
	BSP	Ram Dular Singh Patel	1,09,383	16.87
	AD	Ram Prakash Singh Patel	15,231	2.35
	Independent	C. P. Srivastava	10,486	1.63
	Independent	Shiv Dutt Shukla	4,002	0.62
Majority			70,331	10.85
Turnout			6,48,551	45.98
	BJP hold		Swing

1998 elections[edit | edit source]

1998 Indian general election: Allahabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi	2,65,232	39.70
	SP	Shyama Charan Gupta	2,21,942	33.22
	BSP	Dr. K. P. Srivastava	1,14,179	17.09
	INC	Dal Bahadur Singh	29,092	4.35
	AD	Dr. Kailash Nath Singh Patel	22,210	3.32
Majority			43,290	6.48
Turnout			6,68,083	47.40
	BJP hold		Swing

1996 elections[edit | edit source]

1996 Indian general election: Allahabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Murli Manohar Joshi	2,16,844	42.71
	JD	Saroj Dubey	1,13,321	22.32
	BSP	Ram Sewak Singh	1,02,352	20.16
	INC	Jagdish Narayan Mishra	30,007	5.91
	Independent	Vijay Shankar	7,827	1.54
Majority			1,03,523	20.39
Turnout			5,07,695	36.48
	BJP gain from JD		Swing

1991 elections[edit | edit source]

1991 Indian general election: Allahabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD	Saroj Dubey	1,14,898	29.72
	BJP	Shyama Charan Gupta	1,09,702	28.38
	INC	Anil Shastri	61,488	15.91
	BSP	Jang Bahadur Singh Patel	56,279	14.56
	JP	Moti Lal Kushwaha	21,549	5.57
Majority			5,196	1.34
Turnout			3,86,549	39.27
	JD hold		Swing

1989 elections[edit | edit source]

1989 Indian general election: Allahabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD	Janeshwar Mishra	1,78,508	42.92
	INC	Kamala Bahuguna	1,39,568	33.56
	BSP	Jang Bahadur Singh Patel	79,004	19.00
	Independent	Rama Kant	2,690	0.65
	Independent	Shasharka Mishra	2,193	0.53
Majority			38,940	9.36
Turnout			4,15,896	43.26
	Independent gain from JD		Swing

1988 bye-poll elections[edit | edit source]

By Election, 1988: Allahabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	V. P. Singh	2,02,996	52.03
	INC	Sunil Shastri	92,245	23.64
	BSP	Kanshi Ram	69,517	17.82
	Independent	Hari Shankar	2,067	0.53
	Independent	L. Sharma	1,917	0.49
Majority			1,10,751	28.39
Turnout			3,90,091
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1984 elections[edit | edit source]

1984 Indian general election: Allahabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Amitabh Bachchan	2,97,461	68.21
	LKD	Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna	1,09,666	25.15
Majority			1,87,795	43.06
Turnout			4,36,120	56.08
	INC hold		Swing

1977 elections[edit | edit source]

1977 Indian general election: Allahabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BLD	Janeshwar Mishra	1,90,697	57.71
	INC	Vishwanath Pratap Singh	1,00,709	30.48
	ABHM	Om Prakash Nirala	14,761	4.47
	Independent	Kripal Singh	7,363	2.23
	Independent	Govind Mishra	4,297	1.30
Majority			89,988	27.23
Turnout			3,30,419	52.85
	Bharatiya Lok Dal gain from INC		Swing

1962 elections[edit | edit source]

1962 Indian general election: Allahabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Lal Bahadur Shastri	1,37,324	58.07
	ABJS	Ram Gopal Sand	68,791	29.09
Majority			68,533	28.98
Turnout			2,36,488	53.01
	INC hold		Swing

1957 elections[edit | edit source]

1957 Indian general election: Allahabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Lal Bahadur Shastri	1,24,896	58.41
	PSP	Radhey Shyam Pathak	68,864	32.21
Majority			56,032	26.20
Turnout			2,13,814	51.50
	INC hold		Swing

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
↑ "Allahabad Lok Sabha Constituency: Candidates for 2019 LS poll, past results, all updates". DNA India. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
↑ "A battle of turncoats in Phulpur, Allahabad Lok Sabha seats". The Indian Express. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
↑ "Key constituencies in Phase 6 of Lok Sabha polls". The Economic Times. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
↑ "1951 India General (1st Lok Sabha) Elections Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 22 January 2021.

Lok Sabha
Preceded by Sabarkantha	Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1964-1966	Succeeded by Sabarkantha

[turnout-1] "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

[2] "Allahabad Lok Sabha Constituency: Candidates for 2019 LS poll, past results, all updates". DNA India. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

[3] "A battle of turncoats in Phulpur, Allahabad Lok Sabha seats". The Indian Express. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

[4] "Key constituencies in Phase 6 of Lok Sabha polls". The Economic Times. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

[5] "1951 India General (1st Lok Sabha) Elections Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 22 January 2021.

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v t e Allahabad division topics
General	Allahabad High Court University of Allahabad Doab Triveni Sangam Kumbh Mela 1954 Kumbh Mela stampede 2013 Kumbh Mela stampede The Leader (Allahabad newspaper) The Pioneer (newspaper) Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences
Mythology, history	History of Allahabad Nehru–Gandhi family Sam Higginbottom
Districts	Allahabad Fatehpur Kaushambi Pratapgarh
Rivers, dams, lakes	Ganges Yamuna
Languages, people	Standard Hindi Awadhi Hindustani Urdu
Transport	National Highway 2 Grand Trunk Road Howrah–Delhi main line Allahabad Bypass Expressway
Lok Sabha constituencies	Allahabad Phulpur Fatehpur Pratapgarh
See also	Cities and towns in Allahabd district Cities and towns in Fatehpur district Cities and towns in Kaushambi district Cities and towns in Pratapgarh district Villages in Allahabad district Villages in Fatehpur district Villages in Kaushambi district Villages in Pratapgarh district People from Allahabad Allahabad University alumni People from Fatehpur People from Kaushambi People from Pratapgarh
Other divisions	Agra Aligarh Azamgarh Bareilly Basti Chitrakoot Devipatan Faizabad Gorakhpur Jhansi Kanpur Lucknow Meerut Mirzapur Moradabad Saharanpur Varanasi