In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.
In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.
Ghazipur Lok Sabha Election Results 2019
| Candidate | Party | EVM Votes | Migrant Votes | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % of Votes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afzal Ansari | Bahujan Samaj Party | 564144 | 0 | 1938 | 566082 | 51.2 | Winner |
| Manoj Sinha | Bharatiya Janata Party | 443188 | 0 | 3502 | 446690 | 40.4 | 1st Runner-up |
| Ramji | Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party | 33868 | 0 | 9 | 33877 | 3.06 | 2nd Runner-up |
| Ajit Pratap Kushawaha | Indian National Congress | 19656 | 0 | 178 | 19834 | 1.79 | 3rd Runner-up |
| Bhanu Prakash Pandey | Communist Party Of India | 7833 | 0 | 11 | 7844 | 0.71 | 4th Runner-up |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 6831 | 0 | 40 | 6871 | 0.62 | 5th Runner-up |
| Hridaya Narayan Singh | Independent | 6219 | 0 | 2 | 6221 | 0.56 | 6th Runner-up |
| Ishwari Prasad Kushwaha | Communist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) | 4935 | 0 | 11 | 4946 | 0.45 | 7th Runner-up |
| Rampravesh Sharma Alias Rinkoo | Moulik Adhikar Party | 3388 | 0 | 4 | 3392 | 0.31 | 8th Runner-up |
| Santosh Kumar Yadav | Pragatishil Samajwadi Party (Lohia) | 2429 | 0 | 19 | 2448 | 0.22 | 9th Runner-up |
| Ved Prakash | Nationalist Janshakti Party | 2396 | 0 | 4 | 2400 | 0.22 | 10th Runner-up |
| Rajesh Kumar Yadav | Pragatisheel Manav Samaj Party | 1813 | 0 | 9 | 1822 | 0.16 | 11th Runner-up |
| Dr. Rajesh Kumar Singh | Bhartiya Jan Nayak Party | 1226 | 0 | 6 | 1232 | 0.11 | 12th Runner-up |
| Brijendra Kumar Verma | Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Party | 1015 | 0 | 4 | 1019 | 0.09 | 13th Runner-up |
| Bharat | Janta Raj Party | 949 | 0 | 0 | 949 | 0.09 | 14th Runner-up |
Ghazipur Lok Sabha Elections and Results 2014
The Parliamentary Constituency of Ghazipur is one of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state of Uttar Pradesh formed prior to the 1952 elections. 1,527,723 is the total electorate count in the Ghazipur Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 75). Out of these 817,013 number of electorates are males and the remaining 710,710 are belong to the female category as the Election commission of India 2009 reports suggest. It presently comprises of five Vidhan Sabha segments, two of which are reserved for SC candidates. The administrative headquarters of Ghazipur district is situated in the city of Ghazipur. It is located in the eastern part of the state at an average elevation of 62 meters and covers an area of 20 sq. km. Hindi is the official language of Ghazipur.
According to the census data of 2011, Ghazipur has a total population of 110,698 of which 52.5% are males and 47.5% are females. It has a sex ratio of 951 females per 1000 males. 11.46% of the population is below the age of six. The city of Ghazipur has an average literacy of 85.46% with male literacy at 90.61% and female literacy at 79.79%. Hinduism is the predominant religion here with 75% of the population being Hindus. The economy of this city is primarily dependent on agriculture and the opium factory located here. Ghazipur has a promising number of notable schools and colleges, both government and private. National Highways NH 29, NH 19 and NH 97 pass through this city.
List of winner/current and runner up MPs Ghazipur Parliamentary Constituency.
The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Ghazipur parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Ghazipur constituency is Shri Manoj Sinha of BJP.| Year | PC No. | PC Name | Category | Winner/Current MP | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner Up MP | Gender | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 75 | Ghazipur | GEN | Manoj Sinha | M | BJP | 306929 | Smt Shivkanya Kushwaha | F | SP | 274477 |
| 2009 | 75 | Ghazipur | GEN | Singh,Shri Radhe Mohan | M | SP | 379233 | Afzal Ansari | M | BSP | 309924 |
| 2004 | 46 | Ghazipur | GEN | Afajal Ansari | M | SP | 415687 | Manoj | M | BJP | 188910 |
| 1999 | 50 | Ghazipur | GEN | Manoj | M | BJP | 240592 | Om Prakash | M | SP | 229559 |
| 1998 | 50 | Ghazipur | GEN | Om Prakash | M | SP | 265705 | Manoj | M | BJP | 248532 |
| 1996 | 50 | Ghazipur | GEN | Manoj | M | BJP | 275706 | Yunus | M | BSP | 170207 |
| 1991 | 50 | Ghazipur | GEN | Bishva Nath Shastri | M | CPI | 191339 | Manoj | M | BJP | 159045 |
| 1989 | 50 | Ghazipur | GEN | Jagdish | M | IND | 208361 | Zainul Basher | M | INC | 100219 |
| 1984 | 50 | Ghazipur | GEN | Zainul Basher | M | INC | 167194 | Jagdish | M | LKD | 96633 |
| 1980 | 50 | Ghazipur | GEN | Jainul Bashar | M | INC(I) | 125297 | Sarjoo Pandey | M | CPI | 120006 |
| 1977 | 50 | Ghazipur | GEN | Gauri Shanker Rai | M | BLD | 195258 | Zainul Bashar | M | INC | 100913 |
| 1971 | 50 | Ghazipur | (SC) | Sarjoo Pandey | M | CPI | 135703 | Shri Narain Singh | M | NCO | 70210 |
| 1967 | 50 | Ghazipur | GEN | S. Pandey | M | CPI | 94266 | V. S. Gahmari | M | INC | 91026 |
| 1957 | 42 | Ghazipur | GEN | Har Prasad Singh | M | INC | 61523 | Gahmari Vishwanath Singh | M | PSP | 41647 |
*PC = Parliamentary Constituency
List of Assembly Constituencies in Ghazipur Parliamentary Constituency
The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Ghazipur parliamentary constituency.| Names of Assembly Constituencies | ||
|---|---|---|
| Jakhanian (SC) | Saidpur (SC) | Ghazipur |
| Jangipur | Zamania | |
Last Updated on Sept 01, 2021