Allahabad (Lok Sabha constituency)

Allahabad (Hindi: इलाहाबाद लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh.

Assembly segments

Presently, Allahabad Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:^[1]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Number of electorates (2014)
259	Meja	None	Allahabad	3,04,312
260	Karachhana	None	Allahabad	3,33,795
263	Allahabad South	None	Allahabad	3,93,080
264	Bara	SC	Allahabad	3,14,455
265	Koraon	SC	Allahabad	3,20,927
Total:				16,66,569

Members of Parliament

Shyama Charan Gupta (Agrahari), Incumbent Member of Parliament from Allahabad

	Member	Party
1952	Sri Prakasa	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	H. N. Bahuguna	Indian National Congress
1973 (By Poll)	Janeshwar Mishra	Bharatiya Kranti Dal
1977	Janeshwar Mishra	Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980	V. P. Singh	Indian National Congress (Indira)
1980 (By Poll)	Krishna Prakash Tiwari	Indian National Congress (Indira)
1984	Amitabh Bachchan	Indian National Congress
1988 (By Poll)	V. P. Singh	Independent
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

Election Results

Indian general election, 2014: Allahabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shyama Charan Gupta	3,13,476	35.19	+24.08
	SP	Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh	2,51,723	28.24	-9.70
	BSP	Keshri Devi Patel	1,62,045	18.18	-13.46
	INC	Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi	1,02,385	11.49	+4.81
	Independent	Draupadi Devi	8,321	0.93
	AAP	Adarsh Shastri	6,439	0.72	+0.72
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,624	0.41	+0.41
Majority			61,753	6.94	+0.60
Turnout			8,91,586	53.50	+10.09
	BJP gain from SP		Swing	+24.08

Earlier elections

Indian general election, 2009: 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

Indian general election, 2004: 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

Indian general election, 1999: 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

Indian general election, 1998: Allahabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi	2,65,232
	SP	Shyama Charan Gupta	2,21,942
Majority			43,290
	BJP hold		Swing

Indian general election, 1996: Allahabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Murli Manohar Joshi	2,16,844	42.71
	Janata Dal	Saroj Dubey	1,13,321	22.32
Majority			1,03,523	20.39
Turnout			5,07,695	36.48
	BJP gain from Janata Dal		Swing

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

Indian general election, 1977: 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
	BLD gain from INC		Swing

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

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

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 Institute 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 Khariboli Urdu

Transport	National Highway 2 Grand Trunk Road Howrah–Delhi main line Allahabad Monorail 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

Coordinates: 25°26′N 81°52′E / 25.44°N 81.86°E / 25.44; 81.86

References

↑ "Information and Statistics-Parliamentary Constituencies-43-Kanpur". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh website.

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