Kaiserganj Lok Sabha constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the Indian parliament in Uttar Pradesh}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date= April 2019}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| type = LS

| name = Kaiserganj
{{Small|UP-57}}

| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Lok Sabha constituencies/2019/Uttar Pradesh/Kaiserganj.map}}

| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Kaiserganj Lok Sabha constituency

| established = 1952

| state = Uttar Pradesh

| assembly_cons = Payagpur
Kaiserganj
Katra Bazar
Colonelganj
Tarabganj

| reservation = None

| mp = Karan Bhushan Singh

| incumbent_image = Karan Bhushan Singh.jpg

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| latest_election_year = 2024

}}

Kaiserganj Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India.{{cite news |last1=Zee News |title=Kaiserganj Lok Sabha constituency |url=https://zeenews.india.com/lok-sabha-general-elections-2019/kaiserganj-lok-sabha-constituency-2197816.html |accessdate=18 September 2022 |date=2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918093051/https://zeenews.india.com/lok-sabha-general-elections-2019/kaiserganj-lok-sabha-constituency-2197816.html |archivedate=18 September 2022 |language=en}}

Assembly segments

Presently, after delimitation, Kaiserganj Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following five Vidhan Sabha segments:{{cite web|url=http://ceouttarpradesh.nic.in/057_PC_Statistics_English.aspx|title=Information and Statistics-Parliamentary Constituencies-57-Kaiserganj|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh website}}

class="wikitable sortable"

!No

!Name

!District

!Member

!colspan=2|Party

!colspan=2|2024 Lead

287

|Payagpur

|rowspan=2|Bahraich

|Subhash Tripathi

|{{Full party name with color|BJP}}

|{{Full party name with color|BJP}}

288

|Kaiserganj

|Anand Kumar Yadav

|{{party name with color|Samajwadi Party}}

|{{party name with color|Samajwadi Party}}

297

|Katra Bazar

| rowspan="3" |Gonda

|Bawan Singh

|{{Full party name with color|BJP}}

|{{Full party name with color|BJP}}

298

|Colonelganj

|Ajay Kumar Singh

|{{Full party name with color|BJP}}

|{{Full party name with color|BJP}}

299

|Tarabganj

|Prem Narayan Pandey

|{{Full party name with color|BJP}}

|{{Full party name with color|BJP}}

Members of Parliament

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Member{{Cite web |title=Kaiserganj (Uttar Pradesh) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 -Kaiserganj Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name |url=https://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/parliamentary-constituencies/kaiserganj.html |access-date= |website=www.elections.in}}

! colspan=2|Party

1952

|Shakuntala Nayar{{efn|named Gonda District seat in 1952}}

|{{Full party name with color|Hindu Mahasabha}}

1957

|Bhagwandin Misra

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1962

|Basant Kunwari

|{{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}

1967

|rowspan="2" |Shakuntala Nayar

| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh|rowspan=2}}

1971
1977

|Rudra Sen Chaudhary

|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

1980

|rowspan="2" |Rana Vir Singh

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}

1984

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1989

|Rudra Sen Chaudhary

| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}

1991

|Laxminarain Mani Tripathi

1996

|rowspan="4" | Beni Prasad Verma

| {{Full party name with color|Samajwadi Party|rowspan=5}}

1998
1999
2004
2009

|rowspan="3" | Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh

2014

| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=3}}

2019
2024

|Karan Bhushan Singh

Election results

=2024=

{{Election box begin | title=General Election, 2024: Kaiserganj}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Karan Bhushan Singh|votes=5,71,263|percentage=53.79|change={{decrease}}5.45}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Samajwadi Party|candidate=Ram Bhagat Mishra|votes=4,22,420|percentage=39.77|change={{increase}}39.77}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Narendra Pandey|votes=44,279|percentage=4.17|change={{decrease}}28.41}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=NOTA|candidate=None of the Above|votes=14,887|percentage=1.40|change={{increase}}0.06}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Arunima Pandey|votes=9,250|percentage=0.87|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority|votes=1,48,843|percentage=14.01|change={{decrease}}12.65}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=10,62,099|percentage=55.76|change={{increase}}1.37}}

{{Election box hold with party link

| winner = BJP

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2019=

{{Election box begin | title=2019 Indian general elections: Kaiserganj}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh|votes=5,81,358|percentage=59.24|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Chandradev Ram Yadav|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes=3,19,757|percentage=32.58|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Vinay Kumar Pandey|votes=37,132|percentage=3.78|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya)

|candidate = Dhananjay Sharma

|votes = 2,001

|percentage = 0.20

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the Above|votes=13,168|percentage=1.34|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=2,61,601|percentage=26.66|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=9,82,323|percentage=54.39|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|loser =

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2014=

{{Election box begin | title=2014 Indian general elections: Kaiserganj}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh

|votes = 3,81,500

|percentage = 40.44

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Samajwadi Party|candidate=Vinod Kumar Singh (Pandit Singh)|votes=3,03,282|percentage=32.15|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Krishna Kumar Ojha|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes=1,46,726|percentage=15.55|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Mukesh Srivastava|votes=57,401|percentage=6.08|change=}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = IND

|candidate = Rampher

|votes = 11,366

|percentage = 1.20

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the Above|votes=11,853|percentage=1.26|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=78,218|percentage=8.29|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=9,43,437|percentage=55.11|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|loser = Samajwadi Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2009=

{{Election box begin | title=2009 Indian general elections: Kaiserganj}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Samajwadi Party

|candidate = Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh

|votes = 1,96,063

|percentage = 34.66

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Surendra Nath Awasthi|votes=1,23,864|percentage=21.89|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Lalta Prasad Mishra|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=1,20,561|percentage=21.31|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Mohd Aleem|votes=73,140|percentage=12.93|change=}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = IND

|candidate = Jagdish Prasad

|votes = 7,408

|percentage = 1.30

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Peace Party of India|candidate=Ramender Dev Pathak|votes=6,272|percentage=1.10|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=72,199|percentage=12.77|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=5,65,641|percentage=41.01|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Samajwadi Party

|loser = Bahujan Samaj Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

Demographics

According to an The Indian Express article in 2024 Kaiserganj constituency has a population of about 30% Brahmins, 20% Thakurs, 15% Muslims, 10% Kurmis and 10% Dalits.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-08 |title=In east UP stronghold, ‘absent’ Brij Bhushan is ubiquitous as he steers son’s bid from shadows |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/up-kaiserganj-brij-bhushan-lok-sabha-polls-9315229/ |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}

See also

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