Kaiserganj Lok Sabha constituency

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Kaiserganj Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region North India
State Uttar Pradesh
Assembly constituencies Payagpur
Kaiserganj
Katra Bazar
Colonelganj
Tarabganj
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Karan Bhushan Singh.jpg
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year 2024

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

Contents

Assembly segments

Presently, after delimitation, Kaiserganj Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following five Vidhan Sabha segments: [2]

NoNameDistrictMemberParty2024 Lead
287 Payagpur Bahraich Subhash Tripathi BJP BJP
288 Kaiserganj Anand Kumar Yadav SP SP
297 Katra Bazar Gonda Bawan Singh BJP BJP
298 Colonelganj Ajay Kumar Singh BJP BJP
299 Tarabganj Prem Narayan Pandey BJP BJP

Members of Parliament

YearMember [3] Party
1952 Shakuntala Nayar [lower-alpha 1] Hindu Mahasabha
1957 Bhagwandin Misra Indian National Congress
1962 Basant Kunwari Swatantra Party
1967 Shakuntala Nayar Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1971
1977 Rudra Sen Chaudhary Janata Party
1980 Rana Vir Singh Indian National Congress
1984 Indian National Congress
1989 Rudra Sen Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party
1991 Laxminarain Mani Tripathi
1996 Beni Prasad Verma Samajwadi Party
1998
1999
2004
2009 Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh
2014 Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024 Karan Bhushan Singh

Election results

2024

General Election, 2024: Kaiserganj
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Karan Bhushan Singh 571,263 53.79 Decrease2.svg5.45
SP Ram Bhagat Mishra4,22,42039.77Increase2.svg39.77
BSP Narendra Pandey44,2794.17Decrease2.svg28.41
NOTA None of the Above14,8871.40Increase2.svg0.06
Independent Arunima Pandey9,2500.87N/A
Majority1,48,84314.01Decrease2.svg12.65
Turnout 10,62,09955.76Increase2.svg1.37
BJP hold Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Kaiserganj
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh 581,358 59.24
BSP Chandradev Ram Yadav3,19,75732.58
INC Vinay Kumar Pandey 37,1323.78
PSP(L) Dhananjay Sharma2,0010.20
NOTA None of the Above 13,1681.34
Majority2,61,60126.66
Turnout 9,82,32354.39
BJP hold Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Kaiserganj
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh 381,500 40.44
SP Vinod Kumar Singh (Pandit Singh) 3,03,28232.15
BSP Krishna Kumar Ojha1,46,72615.55
INC Mukesh Srivastava57,4016.08
IND Rampher11,3661.20
NOTA None of the Above 11,8531.26
Majority78,2188.29
Turnout 9,43,43755.11
BJP gain from SP Swing

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Kaiserganj
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh 196,063 34.66
BSP Surendra Nath Awasthi1,23,86421.89
BJP Lalta Prasad Mishra1,20,56121.31
INC Mohd Aleem73,14012.93
IND Jagdish Prasad7,4081.30
PECP Ramender Dev Pathak6,2721.10
Majority72,19912.77
Turnout 5,65,64141.01
SP hold Swing

Demographics

According to an The Indian Express article in 2024 Kaiserganj constituency has a population of about 30% Brahmins, 20% Thakurs, 15% Muslims, 10% Kurmis and 10% Dalits. [4]

See also

Notes

  1. named Gonda District seat in 1952

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References

  1. Zee News (2019). "Kaiserganj Lok Sabha constituency". Archived from the original on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  2. "Information and Statistics-Parliamentary Constituencies-57-Kaiserganj". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh website.
  3. "Kaiserganj (Uttar Pradesh) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 -Kaiserganj Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in.
  4. "In east UP stronghold, 'absent' Brij Bhushan is ubiquitous as he steers son's bid from shadows". The Indian Express. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

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