Phulpur Lok Sabha constituency explained

Type:LS
Established:1951
Reservation:None
Mp:Praveen Patel
Phulpur
Assembly Cons:Phaphamau
Soraon
Phulpur
Allahabad West
Allahabad North

Phulpur Lok Sabha seat, also spelled 'Phoolpur', is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. It lies in Prayagraj district. Phulpur is a historic constituency and two Indian Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and V P Singh have been elected from this constituency.[1] The first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru died in office in 1964 while holding this seat. Hence it is also called "Nehru's constituency".[2] [3]

Vidhan Sabha segments

NoNameDistrictMemberParty
254PhaphamauPrayagrajGuruprasad Maurya
255Soraon (SC)Geeta Shastri (Pasi)
256Praveen Patel
261Allahabad WestSidharth Nath Singh
262Harshvardhan Bajpai

Members of Parliament

YearMember[4] Party
1952Jawaharlal Nehru
Masuriya Din[5]
1957Jawaharlal Nehru
Masuriya Din[6]
1962Jawaharlal Nehru
1964^Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
1967
1969^Janeshwar Mishra
1971Vishwanath Pratap Singh
1977Kamala Bahuguna
1980B. D. Singh
1984Ram Pujan Patel
1989
1991
1996Jang Bahadur Patel
1998
1999Dharmraj Patel
2004Atique Ahmed
2009Kapil Muni Karwariya
2014
2018^Nagendra Pratap Patel
2019Keshari Devi Patel
2024Praveen Patel
^ by poll

Election results

1964 by-election

General elections 1957

General election 1952

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Phulpur gave country 2 Prime Ministers, got only IFFCO as trophy . Hindustan Times . Kenneth John . 12 May 2019 . 14 June 2019.
  2. Web site: Phulpur bypoll: A Nehru constituency once, it is Patel versus Patel today . India Today . 14 March 2008 . 14 June 2019.
  3. News: 'Modi vs rest' in Phulpur, once Nehru's constituency . . 9 May 2019 . 14 June 2019.
  4. Web site: Phulpur (Uttar Pradesh) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 -Phulpur Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name . www.elections.in.
  5. Web site: 1951 India General (1st Lok Sabha) Elections Results .
  6. Web site: 1957 India General (2nd Lok Sabha) Elections Results .