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Lok Sabha constituency | |
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Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | North India |
State | Uttar Pradesh |
Assembly constituencies | Baheri Pilibhit Barkhera Puranpur Bisalpur |
Established | 1952-present |
Total electors | 18,31,699 [1] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Parliament | |
18th Lok Sabha | |
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Incumbent | |
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Elected year | 2024 |
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]
No | Name | District | Member | Party | |
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118 | Baheri | Bareilly | Ataur Rehman | SP | |
127 | Pilibhit | Pilibhit | Sanjay Singh Gangwar | BJP | |
128 | Barkhera | Swami Pravaktanand | BJP | ||
129 | Puranpur (SC) | Baburam Paswan | BJP | ||
130 | Bisalpur | Vivek Kumar Verma | BJP |
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]
Election results
2024 Indian general election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Jitin Prasada | 607,158 | 52.30 | ![]() | |
SP | Bhagwat Saran Gangwar | 442,223 | 38.09 | ![]() | |
BSP | Anis Ahmed Khan | 89,697 | 7.73 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 6,741 | 0.58 | ![]() | |
Bhartiya Krishak Dal | Rajeev Kumar Saxena | 3,809 | 0.33 | ![]() | |
Independent | Sushil Kumar Shukla | 2,727 | 0.23 | ![]() | |
Independent | Mohammad Shahid Husain | 1,846 | 0.16 | ![]() | |
Independent | Ashish Kumar | 1,850 | 0.16 | ![]() | |
Independent | Adarsh Pandey | 1,726 | 0.15 | ![]() | |
Rashtriya Samaj Dal | Sanjay Kumar Bharti | 1,631 | 0.14 | ![]() | |
Independent | Pramod Patel | 1,539 | 0.13 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,64,935 | 14.21 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,160,947 | 63.11 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 1,839,561 | ![]() | |||
BJP hold | Swing | ![]() |
(Source: Election Commission of India[4] )
2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Varun Gandhi | 704,549 | 59.38 | +7.32 | |
SP | Hemraj Verma | 4,48,922 | 37.83 | +15.00 | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 9,973 | 0.84 | −0.26 | |
Majority | 2,55,627 | 21.55 | −7.68 | ||
Turnout | 11,87,225 | 67.41 | +4.55 | ||
BJP hold | Swing | +7.32 |
2014 elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Maneka Sanjay Gandhi | 546,934 | 52.06 | +1.97 | |
SP | Budhsen Verma | 2,39,882 | 22.83 | +8.75 | |
BSP | Anis Ahmad Khan (Phool Babu) | 1,96,294 | 18.68 | +5.24 | |
INC | Sanjay Kapoor | 29,169 | 2.78 | −13.70 | |
IND. | Munesh Singh | 6,151 | 0.59 | N/A | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 11,521 | 1.10 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,07,052 | 29.23 | −4.38 | ||
Turnout | 10,50,568 | 62.86 | −1.08 | ||
BJP hold | Swing | +1.97 |
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]