Moradabad (Lok Sabha constituency)
| Member of Parliament From Moradabad | |
|---|---|
| Inaugural holder | Ram Saran |
| Formation | 15 August 1947 |
Moradabad Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: मुरादाबाद लोक सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in western Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Formed before the 1952 elections, according to Election Commission of India 2009 data the total electorates in the Moradabad Parliamentary constituency (constituency number 6) were 1,388,525 of which 634,547 are females and 753,978 are males. The administrative headquarters of Moradabad district is situated in the city of Moradabad. It is located in the northern part of the state at a distance of 167 km from the national capital, New Delhi. Situated on the banks of the river Ramganga, this town lies at an average elevation of 198 meters. Hindi is the official language of Moradabad, though Urdu, Punjabi and English are widely spoken.
According to the census data of 2011, Moradabad has a total population of 889,810 of which 53% are males and 47% are females. It has a sex ratio of 908 females per 1000 males. 12.4% of the population is below the age of six. The city of Moradabad has an average literacy of 70.65% with male literacy at 74.05% and female literacy at 66.90%. The economy of this city is primarily dependent on the Brass industry, the produces of which are exported worldwide. Moradabad has a promising number of notable universities, schools and colleges. The divisional headquarters of the Northern Railway of India is situated in this city. National Highway NH 24 passes through Moradabad.
Assembly segments
At present, after the implementation of the Presidential notification on delimitation on February 19, 2008, Moradabad Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments.Kanth and Thakurdwara assembly segments before 2008 were in erstwhile Amroha and Rampur Lok Sabha constituencies respectively.These are:[1]
| Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/General) | MLA and Ruling party | District | Number of electorates (2014)[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Barhapur | General | Mohammad Ghazi BSP | Bijnor | 3,14,641 |
| 25 | Kanth | General | Aneesurrehman PECP | Moradabad | 3,08,925 |
| 28 | Moradabad Nagar | General | Mohammad Yusuf Ansari SP | Moradabad | 3,99,194 |
| 27 | Moradabad Rural | General | Shameemul Haq SP | Moradabad | 3,08,950 |
| 26 | Thakurdwara | General | Nawab Jan SP | Moradabad | 3,13,876 |
| Total: | 16,45,586 | ||||
List of Members of Parliament from Moradabad
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| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Ram Saran | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Ram Saran | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Syed Muzaffar Hussain | Independent (politician) | |
| 1967 | O. P. T. Pursharthi | Bharatiya Jan Sangh | |
| 1971 | Virendra Agarwala | Bharatiya Jan Sangh | |
| 1977 | Ghulam Mohammad Khan | Bharatiya Lok Dal | |
| 1980 | Ghulam Mohammad Khan | Janata Party (Secular) | |
| 1984 | Hafiz Mohd. Siddiq | Indian National Congress | |
| 1989 | Ghulam Mohammad Khan | Janata Dal | |
| 1991 | Ghulam Mohammad Khan | Janata Dal | |
| 1996 | Shafiqur Rahman Barq | Samajwadi Party | |
| 1998 | Shafiqur Rahman Barq | Samajwadi Party | |
| 1999 | Chandra Vijay Singh (Baby Raja) | Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress | |
| 2004 | Shafiqur Rahman Barq | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2009 | Mohammad Azharuddin | Indian National Congress | |
| 2014 | Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
General elections 2014
| Indian general elections, 2014: Moradabad | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| BJP | Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh | 4,85,224 | 43.02 |  9.88 | |
| SP | Dr. S T Hasan | 3,97,720 | 35.26 | 31.5 | |
| BSP | Haji Mohd. Yaqoob | 1,60,945 | 14.27 |  5.13 | |
| PECP | Engineer Mohammad Irfan | 25,840 | 2.29 | 2.29 | |
| INC | Begum Noor Bano | 19,732 | 1.75 | 37.8 | |
| AITMC | Saurabh Pratap Singh | 5,647 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |
| Majority | 87,504 | 7.94 | 4.95 | ||
| Turnout | 11,27,965 | 65.56 | 10.76 | ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | 9.88 |
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See also
Notes
- ↑ "Information and Statistics-Parliamentary Constituencies-6-Moradabad". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh website.
- ↑ Parliamentary & Assembly Constituency-Wise Report of Electors in the Final Roll-2014
Coordinates: 28°50′N 78°46′E / 28.83°N 78.76°E