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Bahraich Lok Sabha Constituency, Uttar Pradesh: Current MP, Candidates, Polling Date and Election Results

Bahraich Lok Sabha constituency comprises of following Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments: Balha, Nanpara, Matera, Mahasi, Bahraich.

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Bahraich is one of the fourteen constituencies in Uttar Pradesh to go for polls in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2019 on Monday, May 6. In the 2019 General elections, Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded Akshaibar Lal, while Congress has entrusted sitting MP Savitri Bai Phule who switched to the party from BJP recently, Shabbir Ahmad Balmiki of the Bahujan Samajwadi Party is the Mahagathandhan’s candidate.

Bahraich Lok Sabha constituency comprises of following Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments: Balha, Nanpara, Matera, Mahasi, Bahraich.

Sitting MP, party: Savitri Bai Phule, BJP

Winning margin in 2014: 95,645

Runner up name, party: Shabbir Ahmad Balmiki, SP

Number of voters in 2014: 934,263

Percentage of votes polled in 2014: 57.01%

Number of polling booths in 2014: 1,606

Key candidates for 2019 Lok Sabha elections

Shabbir Ahmad Balmiki (BSP)

Akshaibar Lal (BJP)

Savitri Bai Phule (Congress)

Important dates to remember for Phase V

Notification to be issued on April 10
Last date for filing nomination April 18
Scrutiny of nomination April 20
Last date for withdrawal of nomination April 22
Date of elections for Phase V May 6
Date of Result May 23

 

Uttar Pradesh has a total of 80 seats and is the state which sends most number of MPs to the Lok Sabha.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party had sealed a remarkable 71 seats out of 80 with then ruling party in the state Samajwadi Party getting just 5 seats. After the coming together of Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party, a tough contest expected in India’s most populous state.

The turnout in the last general election in 2014 was more than 66%, up from 45% in 1951 when the first election was held.

In a first, candidates with criminal antecedents will have to publish information in this regard in newspapers and through TV channels on three occasions during the campaign period. The Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and postal ballot papers would for the first time carry the photograph of all the candidates to help voters identify the political leaders in the fray.

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