2009 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh explained

Election Name:Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh, 2009
Country:India
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh, 2004
Previous Year:2004
Next Election:Indian general election, 2014 (Uttar Pradesh)
Next Year:2014
Election Date:April–May 2009
Seats For Election:80 seats
Turnout:47.79%
Image1:File:Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Shri.Mulayam Singh Yadav, addressing at the National Development Council, New Delhi on December 9, 2006 (cropped).jpg
Leader1:Mulayam Singh Yadav
Party1:Samajwadi Party
Alliance1:Fourth Front
Leaders Seat1:Mainpuri
Seats1:23
Seat Change1:12
Percentage1:23.26%
Leader2:Sonia Gandhi
Leaders Seat2:Rae Bareli
Party2:INC
Seats2:21
Seat Change2:12
Percentage2:18.25%
Image3:File:Mayawati.jpg
Leader3:Mayawati
Leaders Seat3:Not contested
Party3:Bahujan Samaj Party
Alliance3:Third Front
Seats3:20
Seat Change3:1
Percentage3:27.42%
Image4:File:Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh.jpg
Leader4:Rajnath Singh
Leaders Seat4:Ghaziabad
Party4:Bharatiya Janata Party
Alliance4:National Democratic Alliance
Seats4:10
Percentage4:20.27%
Map Size:300px
Before Party:Samajwadi Party
After Party:Samajwadi Party
Alliance2:UPA

The 2009 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh were held for 80 seats with the state going to polls across all the five phases of the general elections. The major contenders in the state were the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Indian National Congress, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Fourth Front. NDA consisted of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Lok Dal whereas the fourth front was constituted of the Samajwadi Party (SP), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP).

After counting on 16 May 2009, to everyone's surprise, national parties, Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party, did extremely well, while regional parties, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party, did worse than expected. The results showed a split between SP, BSP and INC, leading each of them winning a fair share of seats in the state. The campaigning by Rahul Gandhi proved to be very effective and his decision for Indian National Congress, to go alone in Uttar Pradesh, worked in their favour, since they ended up picking up 21 seats.

After the election, the success of the Bharatiya Janata Party, according to UP BJP leader was, the split of the Muslim votes away from SP to Congress, due to Kalyan Singh supporting the SP and the division of Dalit votes between BSP and Congress, led to success for BJP and its ally Rashtriya Lok Dal. This split also benefited Congress, since they were able bag many seats, that are usually won by either SP or BSP.

Voting and results

Source: Election Commission of India[1]

Results by alliance

UPASEATSNDASEATSTF+SEATSFourth FrontSEATSOthersSEATS
INC21BJP10BSP20SP23IND1
RLD5
TOTAL (2009)21TOTAL (2009)15TOTAL (2009)20TOTAL (2009)23TOTAL (2009)1
TOTAL (2004)9TOTAL (2004)11TOTAL (2004)19*TOTAL (2004)35*TOTAL (2004)6

List of elected MPs

Note that almost all the constituencies here were seriously overhauled afterthe delimitation commission. Hence the results for 2009 reflect a differentdemographic distribution. The winner from 2004 has been reported if theconstituency name is the same, but this may reflect a completely differentbasket of districts.

Sources: Winner 2009 data (first 3 columns): ECI website; Winner 2004 data from 14th Lok Sabha page; sometimes these MPs may have been elected in a later by-election. Margin is from http://koyippally.blogspot.com/2009/05/election-2009-is-over.html.

No.ConstituencyTurnout %Winning CandidateParty Margin
1Saharanpur63.25Jagdish Singh RanaBahujan Samaj Party84,873
2Kairana56.59Tabassum BegumBahujan Samaj Party23,429
3Muzaffarnagar54.44Kadir RanaBahujan Samaj Party20,598
4Bijnor55.01Sanjay Singh ChauhanRashtriya Lok Dal18,142
5Nagina (SC)53.78Yashvir SinghSamajwadi Party46,585
6Moradabad54.82Mohammed AzharuddinIndian National Congress47,454
7Rampur52.50Jaya Prada NahataSamajwadi Party30,931
8Sambhal52.83Shafiqur Rahman BarqBahujan Samaj Party13,464
9Amroha60.20Devendra NagpalRashtriya Lok Dal92,083
10Meerut48.23Rajendra AgrawalBharatiya Janata Party26,877
11Baghpat47.93Rashtriya Lok Dal63,027
12Ghaziabad45.30Rajnath SinghBharatiya Janata Party90,681
13Gautam Buddh Nagar48.54Surendra Singh NagarBahujan Samaj Party20,330
14Bulandshahr (SC)45.08KamleshSamajwadi Party65,717
15Aligarh51.48Raj Kumari ChauhanBahujan Samaj Party9,145
16Hathras (SC)45.10Sarika SinghRashtriya Lok Dal36,833
17Mathura54.15Jayant ChaudharyRashtriya Lok Dal1,36,193
18Agra (SC)42.03Ram Shankar KatheriaBharatiya Janata Party17,270
19Fatehpur Sikri51.56Seema UpadhyayBahujan Samaj Party6,091
20Firozabad48.16Raj BabbarIndian National Congress67,301
21Mainpuri49.67Mulayam Singh YadavSamajwadi Party1,64,604
22Etah44.46Kalyan SinghIndependent1,28,268
23Badaun52.46Dharmendra YadavSamajwadi Party32,542
24Aonla53.78Menaka GandhiBharatiya Janata Party7,654
25Bareilly50.36Praveen Singh AronIndian National Congress9,338
26Pilibhit63.96Varun GandhiBharatiya Janata Party2,81,501
27Shahjahanpur (SC)48.68Mithlesh KumarSamajwadi Party70,579
28Kheri54.59Zafar Ali NaqviIndian National Congress8,777
29Dhaurahra59.83Kunwar Jitin PrasadIndian National Congress1,84,509
30Sitapur57.31Kaisar JahanBahujan Samaj Party19,632
31Hardoi40.55Usha VermaSamajwadi Party92,935
32Misrikh (SC)41.50Ashok Kumar RawatBahujan Samaj Party23,292
33Unnao49.73Annu TandonIndian National Congress3,02,076
34Mohanlalganj (SC)46.32Sushila SarojSamajwadi Party76,595
35Lucknow35.33Lalji TandonBharatiya Janata Party40,901
36Rae Bareli48.33Sonia GandhiIndian National Congress3,72,165
37Amethi45.16Rahul GandhiIndian National Congress3,31,910
38Sultanpur49.47Sanjay SinghIndian National Congress98,779
39Pratapgarh44.66Rajkumari Ratna SinghIndian National Congress17,619
40Farrukhabad46.78Salman KhursheedIndian National Congress16,347
41Etawah (SC)45.04Premdas KatheriaSamajwadi Party44,711
42Kannauj49.32Akhilesh YadavSamajwadi Party1,15,864
43Kanpur36.90Sriprakash JaiswalIndian National Congress18,906
44Akbarpur43.63Raja Ram PalIndian National Congress32,043
45Jalaun (SC)47.34Ghanshyam AnuragiSamajwadi Party3,607
46Jhansi55.17Pradeep Jain AdityaIndian National Congress47,670
47Hamirpur48.40Vijay Bahadur SinghBahujan Samaj Party25,893
48Banda44.71R. K. Singh PatelSamajwadi Party34,593
49Fatehpur45.19Rakesh SachanSamajwadi Party52,228
50Kaushambi (SC)39.63Shailendra KumarSamajwadi Party28,288
51Phulpur38.71Kapil Muni KarwariyaBahujan Samaj Party14,578
52Allahabad43.41Samajwadi Party34,920
53Barabanki (SC)52.28PL PuniaIndian National Congress1,67,913
54Faizabad49.94Nirmal KhatriIndian National Congress54,228
55Ambedkar Nagar54.29Rakesh PandeyBahujan Samaj Party10,124
56Bahraich (SC)41.12Indian National Congress38,953
57Kaiserganj41.10Brij Bhushan Sharan SinghSamajwadi Party45,974
58Shrawasti43.06Vinay Kumar PandeyIndian National Congress42,029
59Gonda45.18Beni Prasad VermaIndian National Congress23,675
60Domariyaganj49.21Jagdambika PalIndian National Congress46,871
61Basti49.26Arvind Kumar ChaudharyBahujan Samaj Party1,05,210
62Sant Kabir Nagar47.29Bahujan Samaj Party25,846
63Maharajganj55.63Harsh VardhanIndian National Congress1,23,628
64Gorakhpur44.27Yogi AdityanathBharatiya Janata Party1,42,433
65Kushi Nagar50.84Ratanjit Pratap Narain SinghIndian National Congress19,153
66Deoria45.40Gorakh Prasad JaiswalBahujan Samaj Party28,160
67Bansgaon (SC)39.07Kamlesh PaswanBharatiya Janata Party42,239
68Lalganj (SC)43.62Bali RamBahujan Samaj Party39,948
69Azamgarh44.64Ramakant YadavBharatiya Janata Party48,494
70Ghosi45.23Dara Singh ChauhanBahujan Samaj Party42,990
71Salempur39.28Ramashankar RajbharBahujan Samaj Party28,645
72Ballia40.37Neeraj ShekharSamajwadi Party72,429
73Jaunpur45.97Dhananjay SinghBahujan Samaj Party80,351
74Machhlishahr (SC)41.00Tufani SarojSamajwadi Party29,019
75Ghazipur50.43Radhey Mohan SinghSamajwadi Party69,260
76Chandauli46.41RamkishunSamajwadi Party2,387
77Varanasi42.61Murli Manohar JoshiBharatiya Janata Party17,211
78Bhadohi43.39Gorakh Nath PandeyBahujan Samaj Party12,963
79Mirzapur52.18Bal Kumar PatelSamajwadi Party21,504
80Robertsganj (SC)49.30Pakauri LalSamajwadi Party50,259

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Election Commission of India . 19 May 2009 . 21 May 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090521143146/http://eci.nic.in// . dead .