Kheri is one of the thirteen constituencies in Uttar Pradesh to go on polls in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2019 on Monday, April 29. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Mahagathbandhan candidate is Purvi Verma of the Samajwadi Party, while the Bharatiya Janata Party has given the ticket to incumbent MP Ajay Kimar Mishra. Congress has fielded Zafar Ali Naqvi.
According to Election Commission of India 2009 reports, the total number of electorates in the constituency is 1,297,088 of these 701,928 are males and 595,160 are females.
The voting for Uttar Pradesh’s 80 parliamentary seats will take place across the seven phases of the 2019 General elections beginning April 11. The last phase will be held on May 19.
Kheri Lok Sabha constituency comprises of following Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments: Gola Gokrannath, Lakhimpur, Nighasan, Palia, Sri Nagar.
In Phase IV of the voting for the 17th Lok Sabha, elections will take place in 71 Lok Sabha constituencies across 9 states. Voting for this phase will take place on April 29. While, like all the other phases, counting will take place in May 23.
Sitting MP, party: Ajay Kumar, BJP
Winning margin in 2014: 110,274
Runner up name, party: Arvind Giri, BSP
Number of voters in 2014: 1,077,868
Percentage of votes polled in 2014: 64.18 %
Number of women voters in 2014: 774,603
Number of polling booths in 2014: 1,661
Key candidates for 2019 Lok Sabha elections
Purvi Verma (SP)
Ajay Kumar Mishra (BJP)
Zafar Ali Naqvi (Congress)
Important dates to remember for Phase IV
Notification to be issued on | April 2 |
Last date for filing nomination | April 9 |
Scrutiny of nomination | April 10 |
Last date for withdrawal of nomination | April 12 |
Date of elections for Phase IV | April 29 |
Date of Result | May 23 |
The turnout in the last general election in 2014 was more than 66%, up from 45% in 1951 when the first election was held.