Phulpur Lok Sabha constituency
{{short description|Lok Sabha Constituency in Uttar Pradesh, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| type = LS
|established = 1951
|reservation = None
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|mp =Praveen Patel
|name = Phulpur
{{Small|UP-51}}
|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/Phulpur.map}}
|map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Phulpur Lok Sabha constituency
|latest_election_year = 2024
|state = Uttar Pradesh
|assembly_cons =Phaphamau
Soraon
Phulpur
Allahabad West
Allahabad North
}}
Phulpur Lok Sabha seat, also spelled 'Phoolpur', is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. It lies in Prayagraj district. Phulpur is a historic constituency and two Indian Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and V P Singh have been elected from this constituency.{{cite web | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019-phulpur-gave-country-2-prime-minsters-got-only-iffco-as-trophy/story-xmAqSSiqlgmbfaA7XhtY5J.html | title=Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Phulpur gave country 2 Prime Ministers, got only IFFCO as trophy | publisher=Hindustan Times | work=Kenneth John | date=12 May 2019 | access-date=14 June 2019}} The first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru died in office in 1964 while holding this seat. Hence it is also called "Nehru's constituency".{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/phulpur-bypoll-a-nehru-constituency-once-it-is-patel-versus-patel-today-1188933-2018-03-14 | title=Phulpur bypoll: A Nehru constituency once, it is Patel versus Patel today | publisher=India Today | date=14 March 2008 | access-date=14 June 2019}}{{cite news | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/uttar-pradesh/modi-vs-rest-in-phulpur-once-nehrus-constituency/articleshow/69249273.cms | title='Modi vs rest' in Phulpur, once Nehru's constituency | newspaper=The Economic Times | date=9 May 2019 | access-date=14 June 2019}}
Vidhan Sabha segments
| class="wikitable sortable"
!No !Name !District !Member ! colspan="2" |Party ! colspan="2" |2024 Lead |
| 254
| rowspan="5" |Prayagraj |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |{{Full party name with color|Samajwadi Party}} |
| 255
|Soraon (SC) |{{Full party name with color|Samajwadi Party}} |{{Full party name with color|Samajwadi Party}} |
| 256
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |{{Full party name with color|Samajwadi Party}} |
| 261
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |
| 262
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |
Members of Parliament
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year ! colspan="2" |Party |
| rowspan="2" |1952
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=7}} |
| Masuriya Din{{Cite web |title=1951 India General (1st Lok Sabha) Elections Results |url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1951-election-results.html}} |
| rowspan="2" |1957 |
| Masuriya Din{{Cite web |title=1957 India General (2nd Lok Sabha) Elections Results |url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1957-election-results.html}} |
| 1962 |
| 1964^
| rowspan="2" |Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit |
| 1967 |
| 1969^
|{{Full party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party}} |
| 1971
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1977
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}} |
| 1980
|B. D. Singh |{{Full party name with color|Janata Party (Secular)|dab=yes}} |
| 1984
| rowspan="3" |Ram Pujan Patel |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1989
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal|rowspan=2}} |
| 1991 |
| 1996
| rowspan="2" |Jang Bahadur Patel | {{Full party name with color|Samajwadi Party|rowspan=4}} |
| 1998 |
| 1999 |
| 2004 |
| 2009
|{{Full party name with color|Bahujan Samaj Party}} |
| 2014
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |
| 2018^
|{{Full party name with color|Samajwadi Party}} |
| 2019
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}} |
| 2024 |
^ by poll
Election results
=General election 2024=
{{Election box begin | title=2024 Indian general elections: Phulpur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Praveen Patel
|votes =4,52,600
|percentage = 44.60
|change ={{down}}11.08
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Samajwadi Party
|candidate =Amarnath Maurya
|votes =4,48,268
|percentage = 44.17
|change ={{up}}6.07
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate =Jagannath Pal
|votes =82,586
|percentage = 8.14
|change ={{up}}8.14
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = NOTA
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes =5,460
|percentage = 0.54
|change ={{up}}0.27
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes =4,332
|percentage =0.43
|change ={{down}}17.15
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =10,14,824
|percentage =49.10
|change ={{up}}0.40
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = BJP
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=General election 2019=
{{Election box begin | title=2019 Indian general elections: Phulpur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Keshari Devi Patel|votes=5,44,701|percentage=55.68|change=+16.87}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Samajwadi Party|candidate=Pandhari Yadav|votes=3,72,733|percentage=38.10|change=-8.85}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Pankaj Patel|votes=32,761|percentage=3.35|change=+0.70}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the Above|votes=7,882|percentage=0.81|change=+0.44}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 1,71,968
|percentage = 17.58
|change = +9.44
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=9,79,077|percentage=48.70|change=+11.55}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Samajwadi Party
|swing = +8.73
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2018 by-election=
{{Election box begin | title=Bye-election, 2018: Phulpur}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel
|votes = 3,42,922
|percentage = 46.95
|change = +26.62
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Kaushalendra Singh Patel
|votes = 2,83,462
|percentage = 38.81
|change = -13.63
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = IND.
|candidate = Atiq Ahmed
|votes = 48,094
|percentage = 6.58
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Manish Mishra
|votes = 19,353
|percentage = 2.65
|change = -3.40
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = IND.
|candidate = Dr. Neeraj
|votes = 4,276
|percentage = 0.59
|change = +0.36
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 2,724
|percentage = 0.37
|change = -0.51
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 59,460
|percentage = 8.14
|change = -23.97
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,30,612
|percentage = 37.15
|change = -13.05
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Samajwadi Party
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing = -5.49
}}
{{Election box end}}
=General election 2014=
{{Election box begin | title=2014 Indian general elections: Phulpur }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Keshav Prasad Maurya
|votes = 5,03,564
|percentage = 52.44
|change = +44.32
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Dharam Raj Singh Patel
|votes = 1,95,256
|percentage = 20.33
|change = -7.39
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Kapil Muni Karwariya
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 1,63,710
|percentage = 17.05
|change = -13.31
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Mohammad Kaif
|votes = 58,127
|percentage = 6.05
|change = -6.20
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Shimala Shri
|party = Aam Aadmi Party
|votes = 7,384
|percentage = 0.77
|change = +0.77
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 8,424
|percentage = 0.88
|change = +0.88
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 3,08,308
|percentage = 32.11
|change = +29.47
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,60,419
|percentage = 50.20
|change = +11.51
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Bahujan Samaj Party
|swing = +22.08
}}
{{Election box end}}
=General election 2009=
{{Election box begin | title=2009 Indian general elections: Phulpur}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Kapil Muni Karwariya
|votes = 1,67,542
|percentage = 30.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Shyama Charan Gupta
|votes = 1,52,964
|percentage = 27.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Dr. Sone Lal Patel
|votes = 76,699
|percentage = 13.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Dharmaraj Singh Patel
|votes = 67,623
|percentage = 12.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Karan Singh Patel
|votes = 44,828
|percentage = 8.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 14,578
|percentage = 2.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,51,917
|percentage = 38.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bahujan Samaj Party
|loser = Samajwadi Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=General election 2004=
{{Election box begin | title=2004 Indian general elections: Phulpur}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Atique Ahamad
|votes = 265432
|percentage = 35.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Keshari Devi Patel
|votes = 201085
|percentage = 26.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bhartiya Janata Party
|candidate = Beni Madhav Bind
|votes = 151509
|percentage = 20.06
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Apna Dal
|candidate = Sone Lal Patel
|votes = 80388
|percentage = 10.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Ram Pujan Patel
|votes = 11367
|percentage = 1.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 64347
|percentage = 8.52
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 755222
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Samajwadi Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=General election 1999=
{{Election box begin | title=1999 Indian general elections: Phulpur}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Dharmaraj Singh Patel
|votes = 183282
|percentage = 26.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Beni Madhav Bind
|votes = 163243
|percentage = 24.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Tulasi Ram Yadav
|votes = 150173
|percentage = 22.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Apna Dal
|candidate = Sone Lal Patel
|votes = 127780
|percentage = 18.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Ram Pujan Patel
|votes = 32376
|percentage = 4.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 20030
|percentage = 2.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 680072
|percentage = 58.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Samajwadi Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=General election 1998=
{{Election box begin | title=1998 Indian general election: Phulpur}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Jang Bahadur Singh Patel
|votes = 216124
|percentage = 32.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Beni Madhav Bind
|votes = 201604
|percentage = 30.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Ram Pujan Patel
|votes = 177556
|percentage = 26.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Apna Dal
|candidate = Sone Lal Patel
|votes = 42152
|percentage = 6.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Jagdish Narain Mishra
|votes = 19382
|percentage = 2.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 14520
|percentage = 2.16
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 671810
|percentage = 57.61
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Samajwadi Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=General election 1996=
{{Election box begin | title=1996 Indian general election: Phulpur}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Jang Bahadur Singh Patel
|votes = 162844
|percentage = 29.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Kanshi Ram
|votes = 146823
|percentage = 26.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = B.D.Singh
|votes = 119318
|percentage = 21.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Ram Pujan Patel
|votes = 67714
|percentage = 12.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)
|candidate = Shyam Surat Upadhyay
|votes = 15304
|percentage = 2.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 16021
|percentage = 2.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 553784
|percentage = 47.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Samajwadi Party
|loser = Janata Dal
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=General election 1991=
{{Election box begin | title=1991 Indian general election: Phulpur}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal
|candidate = Ram Pujan Patel
|votes = 150640
|percentage = 34.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Beni Madhav Bind
|votes = 91039
|percentage = 20.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Deoraj Singh
|votes = 84449
|percentage = 19.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Party
|candidate = Nisar Ahmed
|votes = 64484
|percentage = 15.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Roop Nath Singh Yadav
|votes = 27097
|percentage = 6.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 59601
|percentage = 13.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 442831
|percentage = 47.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Janata Dal
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=General election 1989=
{{Election box begin | title=1989 Indian general election: Phulpur}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal
|candidate = Ram Pujan Patel
|votes = 198266
|percentage = 39.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Chandrajit Yadav
|votes = 165765
|percentage = 33.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Beni Madhav Bind
|votes = 115521
|percentage = 23.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Tulsi Ram Saroj
|votes = 3756
|percentage = 0.75
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Doordarshi Party
|candidate = Sriram Jaiswal
|votes = 3066
|percentage = 0.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 32501
|percentage = 6.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 497607
|percentage = 54.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Janata Dal
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=1964 by-election=
- Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (Indian National Congress) : 1,10,549 votes
- S. Jaiswal (Samyukta Socialist Party) : 52,529 votes
=General elections 1957=
- Two members were elected from this seat in 1957.
{{Election box begin | title=1957 Indian general election: Phulpur }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Jawaharlal Nehru (Elected)
|votes = 2,27,447
|percentage = 36.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Masuriya Din (Elected)
|votes = 1,98,431
|percentage = 32.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 29,018
|percentage = 4.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,16,862
|percentage = 77.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=General election 1952=
{{Election box begin | title=1952 Indian general election: Allahabad East-Jaunpur West }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Jawaharlal Nehru (Elected)
|votes = 2,33,571
|percentage = 38.73
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Masuriya Din (Elected)
|votes = 1,81,700
|percentage = 30.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Banshi Lal
|party = Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
|votes = 59,642
|percentage = 9.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Prabhudutt Brahmachari
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 56,718
|percentage = 9.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = K. K. Chatterjee
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 27,392
|percentage = 4.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Thate Laxman Ganesh
|party = Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
|votes = 25,870
|percentage = 4.29
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Badri Prasad
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|votes = 18,129
|percentage = 3.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 51,871
|percentage = 8.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,03,022
|percentage = 40.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/uttar_pradesh/phulpur/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_results.html Phulpur lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details]
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