The Hathras Lok Sabha constituency, one of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh will go for polls on Thursday, April 18 in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections 2019. Rajesh Kumar Diwakar of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the current Member of Parliament of Hathras.
In 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the saffron party has denied ticket to Rajesh Diwakar, the incumbent MP and have instead put their trust on Rajveer Singh Balmiki who is the son of Kishan Lal a four-term MP from the constituency. Samajwadi Party leader Ramji Lal Suman is Mahagathbandhan’s candidate, while the Congress party has given ticket to Trilokiram Diwakar.
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, Aligarh, Fatehpur Sikri, Bulandshahr, Mathura, Agra.
Hathras Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments: Chharra, Iglas, Hathras, Sadabad and Sikandra Rao.
In the second phase of elections, 97 parliamentary constituencies across India would vote for the Lok Sabha elections 2019.
2014 Lok Sabha winner: Rajesh Kumar Diwakar, BJP
Runner up name, party: Manoj Kumar Soni, BSP
Number of voters polled in 2014: 10,49,273
Percentage of votes polled in 2014: 59.66
Key candidates for 2019 Lok Sabha elections
BJP Rajveer Singh Balmiki
SP Ramji Lal Suman
INC Trilokiram Diwakar
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.
