Barabanki (Lok Sabha constituency)

Barabanki Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: बाराबंकी लोक सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) (formerly known as Bara Banki Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India.

An overview

The serial number of the constituency is 53. It is currently reserved for the Scheduled Caste candidates. According to the final electoral roll published on 22 January 2009, the number of eligible voters in this constituency is 1,435,692.:[1]

Assembly segments

Presently, Barabanki Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments.[1] These are:

  1. Kursi
  2. Ram Nagar
  3. Barabanki
  4. Zaidpur
  5. Haidergarh
  6. Fatehpur

Members of Parliament

Following is list of MPs from Barabanki:[2]

Election Results

Indian general elections, 2014: Barabanki
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Priyanka Singh Rawat 4,54,214 42.52
INC Panna Lal Punia 2,42,336 22.69
BSP Kamla Prasad Rawat 1,67,150 15.65
SP Raj Rani Rawat 1,59,284 14.91
PECP Rajesh Kumar Vidyarthi 7,980 0.75
NOTA None of the above 8,726 0.82
Margin of victory 2,11,878 19.83
Turnout 10,68,168 62.06
BJP gain from INC Swing

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Information and Statistics-Parliamentary Constituencies-53-Barabanki". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh website.
  2. मौर्य, चन्द्रकान्त (13 March 2014). "खानदान और ग्लैमर नहीं, सोच देखता है बाराबंकी". Nav Bharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 13 March 2014.

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