Uttar Pradesh General (Lok Sabha) Elections 2019 Latest News & Live Updates

The state of Uttar Pradesh, like every other state and Union Territory of India, will shortly hit the crucial Lok Sabha polls to elect the sixteenth session of the parliamentary term.

Constitutionally, the incumbent Lok Sabha session of the Parliament will come to an end on 31 May 2014, giving way for a new session. Situated in the northern parts of the country, this state of Uttar Pradesh has a total of 80 Lok Sabha constituencies allotted to it. Uttar Pradesh holds a deciding position in the context of the vital general polls, being the largest Indian state in terms of number of seats. Therefore, it is with much interest that the nation watches the election mood of this state.

Opinion Polls

Three opinion polls were held in January 2014 to gauge the mood of the public for the 2014 General elections. The results of these polls are:

• Comparing the political parties on the Number Game: The survey conducted by CSDS in Delhi, in collaboration with CNN-IBN and Lokniti predicted the Congress to win 11 to 15 seats. A more recent survey conducted by India TV predicted a more cursed figure of merely 5 seats. In a survey organized by the ABP News and Nielsen, the Congress was estimated to bag not more than 12 constituencies in the state. These figures indicate a loss of more than double the seats for the Congress, compared with the incumbent session.
  
  In comparison, the BJP emerges victorious, bagging somewhere between 25 to 50 seats. The CSDS survey showed a whopping figure of 41-49 seats in favour of the BJP, followed closely by the ABP News-Nielsen opinion poll, which indicated a 35-seat mark. As a coalition, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was predicted to bag more seats than the majority, thus coming to power in the Centre. The Bahujan Samaj Party, in comparison to the Samajwadi Party, was predicted to perform better, winning between 10 to 30 seats, the range being the collective result of the three surveys. While the remaining two surveys show the BSP gaining on the SP, the Indian TV survey indicated that the Samajwadi Party would bag the maximum count of 25 seats alone.


• Choice of Prime Minister: In the choice of Prime Minister, all voices echoed the name of Narendra Modi. In comparison, only a handful of people wanted to see Rahul Gandhi as the Prime Minister of the country.


• Rural support of the Congress dwindling?: The Congress has traditionally been able to hold its sway specifically in the state of Uttar Pradesh, owing to its massive support among the masses in the rural areas of the state. What comes as a cause for deep introspection within the party is its rapid loss of support not only in the urban areas, but in the rural areas too. The CSDS survey, in particular, pointed out that the Congress got only 26% support in the rural areas, compared with 34% bagged by the BJP. The BJP would get 9% more support compared with last elections.


• Grim fate of the Congress in UP : According to opinion polls, the UPA regime, led by the Congress, stood a near-impossible chance of bagging the magic figure in the Lok Sabha. In the context of Uttar Pradesh, these depictions and opinion polls have been all the more decisive as this state is a popular vote-bank bastion of the Congress, spanning across decades in independent India. The Rae Bareili and Amethi Lok Sabha seats in the state are synonymous to their representatives - Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi, respectively. However, the opinion polls already indicated a rather grim reality looming large on the Congress.

Campaigning Strategies in UP

• Congress:  In addressing the masses in the state, Rahul Gandhi reiterated, time and again why the Congress should continue its rule not only the state but the politics of the nation as a whole. Priding itself on the RTI and the recently implemented Food Security Bill, Rahul Gandhi emphasised the Congress's attention to laws and governance in the state, which has in turn, positively affected millions of people, especially the poor of the country. Not only the Congress top rank, including Sonia and Rahul, but each Congress member in the state was of the opinion that the Congress rule has established a stable GDP and an increasing economic security, through one of its "largest social welfare schemes in the world", the MNREGA.


• BJP:The BJP, on the other hand, in its campaigning agendas, zeroed in on two vital aspects to critique the ruling government - firstly, its heightened corruption, including multiple scams involving Congress ministers and leaders who have been reported against in the last 10 years; and secondly, the most pressing issues of price rise, which as the BJP believes, and the country echoes, has led to making lives of Indians difficult. The most pertinent of such outrageous levels of price rise was the recent trend in onion prices which took the whole country by shock.


• SP and BSP: The SP and BSP forged a non-communal, non-Congress campaigning strategy in the state of Uttar Pradesh, catering to the minorities in specific. In fact, the SP supremo Mulayam Singh was garnering support to form a Third Front of all secular leaders in the country.

RLD:Rashtriya Lok Dal is a political party in Uttar Pradesh, India. The co-founder of this party is Chaudhary Ajit Singh. In 2019, RLD is aligning with BSP and SP in UP. The seats occupied by RLD are 3 (Baghpat, Mathura and Muzaffarnagar).

Major Political Parties in UP

The major political parties in the state of Uttar Pradesh are the Indian National Congress (INC), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), and the Samajwadi Party (SP). Other less prominent political parties contributing to the political ambience in the state are the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and the Communist Party of India (CPI).

Election Commission of Uttar Pradesh

Responsible for organising free and fair elections to all government bodies and government civic institutions like the municipalities, the zilla panchayats, the parishads and the corporations, the Election Commission of Uttar Pradesh is the highest body during the elections. The State Election Commission of Uttar Pradesh was constituted by the UP State Government in 1994. The role of the Election Commission of Uttar Pradesh is to maintain maximum transparency in the elections. The State Election Commission of UP is preparing for the upcoming polls by reaching out to the people of Uttar Pradesh to ensure better services in terms of Electoral Rolls, issuing valid Electors' Photo Identity Cards (EPIC), digitising maps to indicate areas of the polling stations and their respective distances, and ensuring thorough verification, scrutinisation and correction of the EPIC cards and list of electoral rolls (spelling mistakes, mistakes in birth date, etc.). Providing sufficient manpower and material resources on the day of the elections and enforcing a model code of conduct to be followed by all voters is an integral role of the EC during the elections.

Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of UP

According to the Representation of the People's Acts 1950 and 1951, the state of UP, like every other state of India, must be provided with a Chief Electoral Officer during the State Assembly elections as well as the general elections. A Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) functions under the supervision, control and overall guidance of the Election Commission of India. The present CEO of Uttar Pradesh is Umesh Sinha. Sinha replaced Anuj Kumar Bishnoi to the post in 2009. Sinha believes that elections are not an isolated event, but demand a holistic approach towards the successes of democracy. Sinha plays a significant role in supervising the work of the EC of the state, such that the rights of the voters as guaranteed under the Indian Constitution are maintained. An IAS from the batch of 1986, Sinha has been working to ensure that political parties are not able to influence the elections in the state of UP.

Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha History

Uttar Pradesh, which was reorganised from the United Provinces of colonial India, as per the Representation of the People Act of 1950, has a fairly complex electoral history, owing to the presence of varied religious and minority communities in the state.

n 15 parliamentary constituencies in the 9th Lok Sabha election held in 1989

Won 5 parliamentary constituencies in the 10th Lok Sabha election held in 1991

Won 5 parliamentary constituencies in the 11th Lok Sabha election held in 1996

Won no parliamentary constituencies in the 12th Lok Sabha election held in 1998

Won 10 parliamentary constituencies in the 13th Lok Sabha election held in 1999

Won 9 parliamentary constituencies in the 14th Lok Sabha election held in 2004

Won 21 parliamentary constituencies in the 15th Lok Sabha election held in 2009

Won 2 parliamentary constituencies in the 16th Lok Sabha election held in 2014

The number of parliamentary constituencies won by the BSP in the consecutive general elections in UP are as follows:

• Won 2 parliamentary constituencies in the 9th Lok Sabha election held in 1989
• Won 1 parliamentary constituency in the 10th Lok Sabha election held in 1991
• Won 6 parliamentary constituencies in the 11th Lok Sabha election held in 1996
• Won 4 parliamentary constituencies in the 12th Lok Sabha election held in 1998
• Won 14 parliamentary constituencies in the 13th Lok Sabha election held in 1999
• Won 19 parliamentary constituencies in the 14th Lok Sabha election held in 2004
• Won 20 parliamentary constituencies in the 15th Lok Sabha election held in 2009

The number of parliamentary constituencies won by the BJP in the consecutive general elections in UP are as follows:

• Won 8 parliamentary constituencies in the 9th Lok Sabha election held in 1989
• Won 51 parliamentary constituencies in the 10th Lok Sabha election held in 1991
• Won 52 parliamentary constituencies in the 11th Lok Sabha election held in 1996
• Won 57 parliamentary constituencies in the 12th Lok Sabha election held in 1998
• Won 29 parliamentary constituencies in the 13th Lok Sabha election held in 1999
• Won 10 parliamentary constituencies in the 14th Lok Sabha election held in 2004
• Won 10 parliamentary constituencies in the 15th Lok Sabha election held in 2009
• Won 71 parliamentary constituencies in the 16th Lok Sabha election held in 2014

The number of parliamentary constituencies won by the SP in the consecutive general elections in UP are as follows:

• Won 16 parliamentary constituencies in the 11th Lok Sabha election held in 1996
• Won 20 parliamentary constituencies in the 12th Lok Sabha election held in 1998
• Won 26 parliamentary constituencies in the 13th Lok Sabha election held in 1999
• Won 35 parliamentary constituencies in the 14th Lok Sabha election held in 2004
• Won 23 parliamentary constituencies in the 15th Lok Sabha election held in 2009
• Won 5 parliamentary constituencies in the 16th Lok Sabha election held in 2014

The number of parliamentary constituencies won by the Apna Dal (AD) in the consecutive general elections in UP are as follows:

• Won 2 parliamentary constituencies in the 16th Lok Sabha election held in 2014

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Election Highlights

Quick Facts	No. of PCs : 80 No. of Polling Days : 7 Polling Dates : 11 April, 2019 (Phase 1), 18 April, 2019 (Phase 2), 23 April, 2019(Phase 3), 29 April, 2019 (Phase 4), 06 May, 2019 (Phase 5), 12 May, 2019 (Phase 6), 19 May, 2019 (Phase 7) Poll Expenditure Limit per Candidate : Rs.70 lakhs

Uttar Pradesh Parliamentary Constituency Winners 2009

PC No.	PC Name	Category	Winning Candidate	Gender	Party	Total Votes
1	Saharanpur	GEN	Jagdish Singh Rana	M	BSP	354807
2	Kairana	GEN	Tabassum Begum	F	BSP	283259
3	Muzaffarnagar	GEN	Kadir Rana	M	BSP	275318
4	Bijnor	GEN	Sanjay Singh Chauhan	M	RLD	244587
5	Nagina	(SC)	Yashvir Singh	M	SP	234815
6	Moradabad	GEN	Mohammed Azharuddin	M	INC	301283
7	Rampur	GEN	Jaya Prada Nahata	F	SP	230724
8	Sambhal	GEN	Dr. Shafiqur Rahman Barq	M	BSP	207422
9	Amroha	GEN	Devendra Nagpal	M	RLD	283182
10	Meerut	GEN	Rajendra Agarwal	M	BJP	232137
11	Baghpat	GEN	Ajit Singh	M	RLD	238638
12	Ghaziabad	GEN	Rajnath Singh	M	BJP	359637
13	Gautam Buddha Nagar	GEN	Surendra Singh Nagar	M	BSP	245613
14	Bulandshahr	(SC)	Kamlesh	M	SP	236257
15	Aligarh	GEN	Raj Kumari Chauhan	F	BSP	193444
16	Hathras	(SC)	Sarika Singh	F	RLD	247927
17	Mathura	GEN	Jayant Chaudhary	M	RLD	379870
18	Agra	(SC)	Dr. Ramshankar	M	BJP	203697
19	Fatehpur Sikri	GEN	Seema Upadhyay	F	BSP	209466
20	Firozabad	GEN	Raj Babbar	M	INC	287011
21	Mainpuri	GEN	Mulayam Singh Yadav	M	SP	392308
22	Etah	GEN	Kalyan Singh R O Madholi	M	IND	275717
23	Badaun	GEN	Dharmendra Yadav	M	SP	233744
24	Aonla	GEN	Menka Gandhi	F	BJP	216503
25	Bareilly	GEN	Praveen Singh Aron	M	INC	220976
26	Pilibhit	GEN	Feroze Varun Gandhi	M	BJP	419539
27	Shahjahanpur	(SC)	Mithlesh Kumar	M	SP	257033
28	Kheri	GEN	Zafar Ali Naqvi	M	INC	184982
29	Dhaurahra	GEN	Kunwar Jitin Prasad	M	INC	391391
30	Sitapur	GEN	Kaisar Jahan	F	BSP	241106
31	Hardoi	(SC)	Usha Verma	F	SP	294030
32	Misrikh	(SC)	Ashok Kumar Rawat	M	BSP	207627
33	Unnao	GEN	Annu Tandon	F	INC	475476
34	Mohanlalganj	(SC)	Sushila Saroj	F	SP	256367
35	Lucknow	GEN	Lal Ji Tandon	M	BJP	204028
36	Rae Bareli	GEN	Sonia Gandhi	F	INC	481490
37	Amethi	GEN	Rahul Gandhi	M	INC	464195
38	Sultanpur	GEN	Dr.Sanjay Singh	M	INC	300411
39	Pratapgarh	GEN	Rajkumari Ratna Singh	F	INC	169137
40	Farrukhabad	GEN	Salman Khursheed	M	INC	169351
41	Etawah	(SC)	Premdas Katheria	M	SP	278776
42	Kannauj	GEN	Dimple Yadav	F	SP	337751
43	Kanpur	GEN	Prakash Jaiswal	M	INC	214988
44	Akbarpur	GEN	Rajaram Pal	M	INC	192549
45	Jalaun	(SC)	Ghansyam Anuragi	M	SP	283023
46	Jhansi	GEN	Pradeep Kumar Jain (Aditya)	M	INC	252712
47	Hamirpur	GEN	Vijay Bahadur Singh	M	BSP	199143
48	Banda	GEN	R. K. Singh Patel	M	SP	240948
49	Fatehpur	GEN	Rakesh Sachan	M	SP	218953
50	Kaushambi	(SC)	Shailendra Kumar	M	SP	246501
51	Phulpur	GEN	Kapil Muni Karwariya	M	BSP	167542
52	Allahabad	GEN	Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh	M	SP	209431
53	Barabanki	(SC)	P.L.Punia	M	INC	328418
54	Faizabad	GEN	Nirmal Khatri	M	INC	211543
55	Ambedkar Nagar	GEN	Rakesh Pandey	M	BSP	259487
56	Bahraich	(SC)	Kamal Kishor	M	INC	160005
57	Kaiserganj	GEN	Brijbhushan Sharan Singh	M	SP	196063
58	Shrawasti	GEN	Vinay Kumar Alias Vinnu	M	INC	201556
59	Gonda	GEN	Beni Prasad Verma	M	INC	155675
60	Domariyaganj	GEN	Jagdambika Pal	M	INC	229872
61	Basti	GEN	Arvind Kumar Chaudhary	M	BSP	268666
62	Sant Kabir Nagar	GEN	Bhisma Shankar Alias Kushal Tiwari	M	BSP	211043
63	Maharajganj	GEN	Harsh Vardhan	M	INC	305474
64	Gorakhpur	GEN	Yogi Adityanath	M	BJP	403156
65	Kushi Nagar	GEN	Ku. Ratanjeet Pratap Narayan Singh	M	INC	223954
66	Deoria	GEN	Gorakh Prasad Jaiswal	M	BSP	219889
67	Bansgaon	(SC)	Kamlesh Paswan	M	BJP	223011
68	Lalganj	(SC)	Dr. Baliram	M	BSP	207998
69	Azamgarh	GEN	Ramakant Yadav	M	BJP	247648
70	Ghosi	GEN	Dara Singh Chauhan	M	BSP	220695
71	Salempur	GEN	Ramashankar Rajbhar	M	BSP	175088
72	Ballia	GEN	Neeraj Shekhar	M	SP	276649
73	Jaunpur	GEN	Dhananjay Singh	M	BSP	302618
74	Machhlishahr	(SC)	Tufani Saroj	M	SP	223152
75	Ghazipur	GEN	Radhey Mohan Singh	M	SP	379233
76	Chandauli	GEN	Ramkishun	M	SP	180114
77	Varanasi	GEN	Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi	M	BJP	203122
78	Bhadohi	GEN	Gorakhnath	M	BSP	195808
79	Mirzapur	GEN	Bal Kumar Patel	M	SP	218898
80	Robertsganj	(SC)	Pakauri Lal	M	SP	216478

Parliamentary Constituencies in Uttar Pradesh

PC No.	PC Name	PC No.	PC Name
1	Saharanpur	41	Etawah
2	Kairana	42	Kannauj
3	Muzaffarnagar	43	Kanpur
4	Bijnor	44	Akbarpur
5	Nagina	45	Jalaun
6	Moradabad	46	Jhansi
7	Rampur	47	Hamirpur
8	Sambhal	48	Banda
9	Amroha	49	Fatehpur
10	Meerut	50	Kaushambi
11	Baghpat	51	Phulpur
12	Ghaziabad	52	Allahabad
13	Gautam Buddha Nagar	53	Barabanki
14	Bulandshahr	54	Faizabad
15	Aligarh	55	Ambedkar Nagar
16	Hathras	56	Bahraich
17	Mathura	57	Kaiserganj
18	Agra	58	Shrawasti
19	Fatehpur Sikri	59	Gonda
20	Firozabad	60	Domariyaganj
21	Mainpuri	61	Basti
22	Etah	62	Sant Kabir Nagar
23	Badaun	63	Maharajganj
24	Aonla	64	Gorakhpur
25	Bareilly	65	Kushi Nagar
26	Pilibhit	66	Deoria
27	Shahjahanpur	67	Bansgaon
28	Kheri	68	Lalganj
29	Dhaurahra	69	Azamgarh
30	Sitapur	70	Ghosi
31	Hardoi	71	Salempur
32	Misrikh	72	Ballia
33	Unnao	73	Jaunpur
34	Mohanlalganj	74	Machhlishahr
35	Lucknow	75	Ghazipur
36	Rae Bareli	76	Chandauli
37	Amethi	77	Varanasi
38	Sultanpur	78	Bhadohi
39	Pratapgarh	79	Mirzapur
40	Farrukhabad	80	Robertsganj

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