Phulpur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Phulpur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India.

Its best-known MP is the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, who died in office in 1964 while holding this seat.

Assembly segments

Presently, Phulpur 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)
254	Phaphamau	None	Allahabad	3,47,004
255	Soraon	SC	Allahabad	3,53,630
256	Phulpur	None	Allahabad	3,72,093
261	Allahabad West	None	Allahabad	4,13,021
262	Allahabad North	None	Allahabad	4,27,527
Total:				19,13,275

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1952	Jawahar Lal Nehru	Indian National Congress
1957	Jawahar Lal Nehru	Indian National Congress
1962	Jawahar Lal Nehru	Indian National Congress
1964 (By Poll)	Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit	Indian National Congress
1967	Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit	Indian National Congress
1969 (By Poll)	Janeshwar Mishra	Samyukta Socialist Party
1971	V. P. Singh	Indian National Congress
1977	Kamala Bahuguna	Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980	B. D. Singh	Janata Party (Secular)
1984	Ram Pujan Patel	Indian National Congress
1989	Ram Pujan Patel	Janata Dal
1991	Ram Pujan Patel	Janata Dal
1996	Jang Bahadur Patel	Samajwadi Party
1998	Jang Bahadur Patel	Samajwadi Party
1999	Dharmraj Patel	Samajwadi Party
2004	Atique Ahmad	Samajwadi Party
2009	Kapil Muni Karwariya	Bahujan Samaj Party
2014	Keshav Prasad Maurya	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

General elections 2014

Indian general elections, 2014: Phulpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Keshav Prasad Maurya	5,03,564	52.43
	SP	Dharam Raj Singh Patel	1,95,256	20.33
	BSP	Kapil Muni Karwariya	1,63,710	17.05
	INC	Mohammad Kaif	58,127	6.05
	AAP	Shimala Shri	7,384	0.77
	NOTA	None of the Above	8,424	0.88
Margin of victory			3,08,308	32.10
Turnout			9,60,341	50.20
	BJP gain from BSP		Swing

General elections 1957

Indian general election, 1957: Phulpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jawahar Lal Nehru	2,27,448	36.87
	INC	Masuriya Din	1,98,430	32.17
Margin of victory			29,018	4.70
Turnout			6,16,862	77.24
	INC gain from INC		Swing

General elections 1962

Indian general election, 1962: Phulpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jawahar Lal Nehru	1,18,931	61.62
	Socialist	Ram Manohar Lohia	54,360	28.17
Margin of victory			64,571	33.45
Turnout			1,92,994	47.15
	INC hold		Swing

General elections 1952

Indian general election, 1952: Allahabad East-Jaunpur West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jawahar Lal Nehru	2,33,571	38.73
	INC	Masuriya Din	1,81,700	30.13
	KMPP	Banshi Lal	59,642	9.89
	Independent	Prabhu Datt Brahmchari	56,718	9.41
	Independent	K. K. Chatterjee	27,392	4.54
	ABHM	Thate Laxman Ganesh	25,870	4.29
	RSP	Badri Prasad	18,129	3.01
Margin of victory			61,871	8.60
Turnout			6,03,022	40.21
	INC win (new seat)

Notes

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

Lok Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh

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°33′N 82°05′E / 25.55°N 82.09°E / 25.55; 82.09

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