The Fatehpur Sikri Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh. The parliamentary seat is currently held by Bharatiya Janata Party’s Choudhary Babulal, who has been snubbed this time around and the saffron party has given the ticket to Raj Kumar Chaher, Bahujan Samaj Party’ Shreebhagwan Sharma alias Guddu Pandit is also in the race. While the Congress party has fielded Raj Babbar.
This is one of the few seats where the Congress is expected to put a decent show in the state. UP Congress president Babbar, a two-term Lok Sabha MP from neighbouring Agra Lok Sabha, has made the contest on this Lok Sabha seat, as one to watch closely.
Recently, a case was lodged against Guddu Pandit, after he used abusive language against Raj Babbar.
In the second phase of Lok Sabha elections 2019, eight seats of Uttar Pradesh are set to undergo polling. The other seven constituencies from Uttar Pradesh which will vote on April 18 are Nagina, Amroha, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Hathras, Mathura, Agra.
Fatehpur Sikri Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments: Agra Rural, Fatehpur Sikri, Kheragarh, Fatehabad and Bah.
In the second phase of elections, 97 parliamentary constituencies across India would vote for the Lok Sabha elections 2019.
2014 Lok Sabha winner: Choudhary Babulal, BJP
Runner up name, party: Seema Upadhyay, BSP
Number of voters polled in 2014: 9,67,968
Percentage of votes polled in 2014: 61.24
Key candidates for 2019 Lok Sabha elections
BJP Raj Kumar Chahar
BSP Shribhagwan Sharma
INC Raj Babbar
Important dates to remember for Phase II
| Notification to be issued on | March 19 |
| Last date for filing nomination | March 26 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | March 27 |
| Last date for withdrawal of nomination | March 29 |
| Date of elections for Phase II | April 18 |
| Date of Result | May 23 |
Along with Lok Sabha Elections, voting will also take place for the second phase of Odisha Assembly Elections 2019. The turnout in the last general election in 2014 was more than 66%, up from 45% in 1951 when the first election was held.
