Machhlishahr (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Machhlishahr
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentB. P. Saroj
Parliamentary PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1962- Present
ReservationSC
StateUttar Pradesh
Assembly ConstituenciesMachhlishahr
Mariyahu
Zafrabad
Kerakat
Pindra

Machhlishahr is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Machhlishar Loksabha is combined of Jaunpur And Varanasi districts.

Assembly constituency[edit]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District
369 Machhlishahr SC Jaunpur
370 Mariyahu None Jaunpur
371 Zafrabad None Jaunpur
372 Kerakat SC Jaunpur
384 Pindra None Varanasi

Members of Parliament[edit]

Year Elected MP Party
1962 Ganapat Ram Indian National Congress
1967 Nageshwar Dwivedi Indian National Congress
1971 Nageshwar Dwivedi Indian National Congress
1977 Raj Keshar Singh Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980 Sheo Sharan Verma Janata Party (Secular)
1984 Sripati Mishra Indian National Congress
1989 Sheo Sharan Verma Janata Dal
1991 Sheo Sharan Verma Janata Dal
1996 Ram Vilas Vedanti Bharatiya Janata Party
1998 Swami Chinmayanand Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 Chandra Nath Singh Samajwadi Party
2004 Umakant Yadav Bahujan Samaj Party
2009 Tufani Saroj Samajwadi Party
2014 Ram Charitra Nishad Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Bholanath BP Saroj Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results[edit]

2019 Indian general election: Machhlishahr
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP B. P. Saroj 4,88,397 47.19
BSP Tribhuvan Ram 4,88,216 47.17
[[Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party|Template:Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party/meta/shortname]] Raj Nath 11,223 1.08
NOTA None of the Above 10,830 1.05
Majority 181 0.02
Turnout 10,34,925 55.99
BJP hold Swing
2014 Indian general election: Machhlishahr
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ram Charitra Nishad 4,38,210 43.91
BSP B. P. Saroj 2,66,055 26.66
SP Tufani Saroj 1,91,387 19.18
INC Tufani Nishad 36,275 3.64
CPI Subas Chandra 18,777 1.88
NOTA None of the Above 8,448 0.85
Majority 1,72,155 17.25
Turnout 9,97,902 52.75
BJP gain from SP Swing

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Coordinates: 25°41′N 82°25′E / 25.69°N 82.41°E / 25.69; 82.41