Pilibhit Lok Sabha constituency explained

Type:LS
Pilibhit
Incumbent Image:The Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas, Shri Jitin Prasada addressing the Valedictory Session of Petrotech 2010, in New Delhi on November 03, 2010.jpg
Established:1952-present
Electors:18,31,699 [1]
Reservation:None
Party: Bharatiya Janata Party
Mp:Jitin Prasada
Latest Election Year:2024
State:Uttar Pradesh
Assembly Cons:Baheri
Pilibhit
Barkhera
Puranpur
Bisalpur

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

Assembly segments

Pilibhit Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are;[2]

NoNameDistrictMemberParty
118BaheriBareillyAtaur RehmanSP
127PilibhitPilibhitSanjay Singh GangwarBJP
128BarkheraSwami PravaktanandBJP
129Puranpur (SC) Baburam PaswanBJP
130BisalpurVivek Kumar VermaBJP

Members of Parliament

In the first parliamentary election, the Praja Socialist Party (PSP) won this seat thrice. Later, in the following elections, Indian National Congress (INC) and its participatory parties have won this seat four times. From 1989 onwards, Menaka Gandhi (a member of Nehru-Gandhi family) has kept this seat under her influence. She has won this seat by contesting on the tickets of different parties or independently. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Pilibhit parliamentary constituency in 1991 parliamentary elections defeating Janata Dal's Maneka Gandhi, in the Ayodhya wave aftermath; by 2004, Menaka Gandhi had joined BJP and she won this seat that year on BJP's ticket. She contested successfully from Aonla in 2009 but returned to Pilibhit in 2014. Pilibhit parliamentary constituency is one of a few constituencies in India, which have sent a woman to the Indian Parliament for more than five times.[3]

YearMemberParty
1952Mukund Lal Agrawal
1957Mohan Swarup
1962
1967
1971
1977Md Shamsul Hasan Khan
1980Harish Kumar Gangawar
1984Bhanu Pratap Singh
1989Maneka Gandhi
1991Parshuram Gangwar
1996Maneka Gandhi
1998
1999
2004
2009Varun Gandhi
2014Maneka Gandhi
2019Varun Gandhi
2024Jitin Prasada

Election results

2024 Indian general election

(Source: Election Commission of India[4])

2009

In the 2009 Indian general election, the BJP decided Varun Gandhi as its candidate from Pilibhit constituency instead of his mother Menaka Gandhi. Pilibhit constituency caught national and international attention due to highly dramatic political condition in the constituency. Total 13,08,959 voters used their rights out of total 13,42,590 voters in the election held on 13 May 2009.[5] Varun Gandhi won this parliamentary seat by receiving 4,19,539 votes and defeating his closest opponent V.M. Singh by 2,81,501 votes.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] The security deposits of all other 15 candidates, including his uncle V.M. Singh of INC, and Bahujan Samaj Party nominee Ganga Charan Rajput was forfeited.[11]

1999 elections

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf
  2. News: Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008. Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh. 15 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20111113181505/http://ceouttarpradesh.nic.in/Instructions/delimitation_Old_New.pdf. 13 November 2011. dead.
  3. Web site: Election Commission India . 2008-12-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp . 18 December 2008 . dmy-all .
  4. Web site: Constituency wise detailed result, 2024. 2024-06-04.
  5. Web site: Yahoo Search - Web Search.
  6. Web site: Varun Gandhi wins from Pilibhit. 2009-05-16. The Indian Express.
  7. Web site: Varun Gandhi received large chank of votes in 2009 election. 2009-05-16. Dainik Jagran.
  8. Web site: Varun Gandhi defeated his opponents in 2009 election. 2009-05-16. Dainik Jagran.
  9. Web site: ECI declears Varun Gandhi as Winner from Pilibhit. 2009-05-16. Election Commission of India. 21 May 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090521000007/http://www.eciresults.nic.in/ListofWinningCandidated.pdf. dead.
  10. Web site: Pilibhit Message of 2009. 2009-05-19. Khaleej Times. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120918030139/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data%2Fopinion%2F2009%2FMay%2Fopinion_May95.xml&section=opinion&col=. 18 September 2012. dmy-all.
  11. News: Security deposits of all condidates in pilibhit forfeited. https://web.archive.org/web/20121023235330/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-24/india/28182006_1_security-deposits-bsp-nominee-congress-leader. dead. 2012-10-23. 2009-05-24. The Times of India. 2009-05-24.