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Phulpur (Lok Sabha constituency)

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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]

Phulpur
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentKeshari Devi Patel
Parliamentary PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1951-present
ReservationNone
StateUttar Pradesh
Assembly ConstituenciesPhaphamau
Soraon
Phulpur
Allahabad West
Allahabad North

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

Year Winner Party
1952 Jawahar Lal Nehru Indian National Congress
Masuriya Din (2 candidates elected from this seat in 1952
under official name : Allahbad East cum Jaunpur West Dist) [4]		 Indian National Congress
1957 Jawahar Lal Nehru Indian National Congress
Masuriya Din (2 candidates elected from Phulpur seat
    in 1957, too) [5]		 Indian National Congress
1962 Jawahar Lal Nehru (Died in 1964) Indian National Congress
1964^ Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Nehru's younger sister (bye-poll) Indian National Congress
1967 Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (Resigned in 1969) Indian National Congress
1969^ Janeshwar Mishra (bye-poll) Samyukta Socialist Party
1971 Vishwanath Pratap Singh Indian National Congress
1977 Kamala Bahuguna Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980 B. D. Singh Janata Party (Secular)
1984 Ram Pujan Patel Indian National Congress
1989 Ram Pujan Patel Janata Dal/Samajwadi Party
1991 Ram Pujan Patel Janata Dal/Samajwadi Party
1996 Jang Bahadur Singh Patel Samajwadi Party
1998 Jang Bahadur Singh Patel Samajwadi Party
1999 Dharmraj Patel Samajwadi Party
2004 Ateeq Ahmed Samajwadi Party
2009 Kapil Muni Karwariya Bahujan Samaj Party
2014 Keshav Prasad Maurya (Became Deputy CM and Member of Legislative Assembly in 2017) Bharatiya Janata Party
2018^ Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel (bye-poll) Samajwadi Party
2019 Keshari Devi Patel Bharatiya Janata Party

^ by poll

Election Results

General Election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Phulpur
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

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. 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

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

General Election 1962

1962 Indian general election: Phulpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Jawahar Lal Nehru 1,18,931 61.62
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (India)/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Socialist Party (India)|Template:Socialist Party (India)/meta/shortname]] 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.
1957 Indian general election: Phulpur
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

1952 Indian general election: Allahabad East-Jaunpur West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Jawahar Lal Nehru (Elected) 2,33,571 38.73
INC Masuriya Din (Elected) 1,81,700 30.13
style="background-color: Template:Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party|Template:Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party/meta/shortname]] 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
[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Template:Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/shortname]] 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. ↑ "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. ↑ "1951 India General (1st Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
  5. ↑ "1957 India General (2nd Lok Sabha) Elections Results".

External links

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1952-1964 		Succeeded by
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