Basti (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Basti Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India.[1][2]

Basti
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentHarish Dwivedi
Parliamentary PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2019 Election
Constituency Details
Established1951–present
ReservationNone
StateUttar Pradesh
Most Successful Party
Assembly Constituencies
Harraiya
Kaptanganj
Rudhauli
Basti Sadar
Mahadewa

Assembly Segments[edit]

There are five assembly constituencies in Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:

Constituency number Name of Constituency Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Name of Member Party
307 Harraiya None Basti Ajay Kumar Singh BJP
308 Kaptanganj None Basti Kavindra Chaudhary SP
309 Rudhauli None Basti Rajendra Prasad Chaudhary SP
310 Basti Sadar None Basti Mahendra Nath Yadav SP
311 Mahadewa SC Basti Doodhram SBSP

Members of Parliament[edit]

Year Elected MP Party
1951 Uday Shankar Dubey Indian National Congress
1957 Ram Garib Independent
1957^ Keshav Dev Malviya Indian National Congress
1962
1967 Sheo Narain
1971 Anant Prasad Dhusia
1977 Sheo Narain Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980 Kalpnath Sonkar Indian National Congress (Indira)
1984 Ram Awadh Prasad Indian National Congress
1989 Kalpnath Sonkar Janata Dal
1991 Shyam Lal Kamal Bharatiya Janata Party
1996 Sriram Chauhan
1998
1999
2004 Lal Mani Prasad Bahujan Samaj Party
2009 Arvind Kumar Chaudhary
2014 Harish Chandra Dwivedi Bharatiya Janata Party
2019

^ by poll

Election results[edit]

17th Lok Sabha: 2019 General Election[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Basti
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Harish Dwivedi 4,71,163 44.68 +10.57
BSP Ram Prasad Chaudhary 4,40,808 41.8 +14.74
INC Raj Kishor Singh 86,920 8.24
[[Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party|Template:Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party/meta/shortname]] Vinod Kumar Rajbhar 11,971 1.14
HND Rohit Kumar Pathak 3,182 0.3
NOTA NOTA 10,298 0.98 + 0.01
Others Remaining Candidates 30,184 2.84 -0.66
Majority 30,354 2.88 -0.32
Turnout 10,55,201 57.19
BJP hold Swing

16th Lok Sabha: 2014 General Election[edit]

2014 Indian general elections: Basti
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Harish Dwivedi 3,57,680 34.11 +18.96
SP Brij Kishor Singh "Dimpal" 324,118 30.91 +9.79
BSP Ram Prasad Chaudhary 283,747 27.06 -7.66
INC Ambika Singh 27,673 2.64 -9.67
AAP Anand Rajpal 8,407 0.80 +0.80
NOTA None of the Above 10,168 0.97 +0.97
Remainder 8 candidates 36,741 3.50 N/A
Majority 33,562 3.20
Turnout 10,48,539 58.66
BJP gain from BSP Swing -4.46

15th Lok Sabha: 2009 General Election[edit]

2009 Indian general elections: Basti[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BSP Arvind Kumar Chaudhary 2,68,666 34.72
SP Raj Kishor Singh 1,63,456 21.12
BJP Dr. Y. D. Singh 1,17,259 15.15
INC Basant Chaudhary 95,235 12.31
PECP Daya Shankar Patwa 67,987 8.79
Remainder 11 candidates 36,741 3.50 N/A
Majority 1,05,210 13.60
Turnout 7,73,779 49.26
BSP hold Swing

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

Coordinates: 26°47′N 82°49′E / 26.79°N 82.82°E / 26.79; 82.82

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Basti Lok Sabha Elections and Results 2014". www.elections.in. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "2014 General Election Result" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "2009 General Election Result" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
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