Baghpat (Lok Sabha constituency)

Baghpat Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (lower house of parliament) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in India. This constituency covers the entire Baghpat district and parts of Meerut, Ghaziabad districts and Shamli district. Satyapal Singh, former Commissioner of Police, Bombay, represents the constituency in Lok Sabha.

Assembly segments

Before reorganisation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008, Baghpat Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments[1]

  1. Siwalkhas
  2. Modinagar
  3. Baghpat
  4. Baraut
  5. Chhaprauli

Presently, after reorganisation, this Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following five Vidhan Sabha segments:[2][3]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Number of electorates (2014)
43 Siwalkhas None Meerut 3,10,569
50 Chhaprauli None Baghpat 3,08,745
51 Baraut None Baghpat 2,76,989
52 Baghpat None Baghpat 2,86,732
57 Modi Nagar None Ghaziabad 3,22,140
Total: 15,05,175

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha Duration Name of the Member Party Affiliation
Fourth1967-71Raghuvir Singh ShastriBharatiya Jana Sangh
Fifth1971-77Ram Chandra VikalIndian National Congress
Sixth1977-80Chaudhary Charan SinghBharatiya Lok Dal
Seventh1980-84Chaudhary Charan SinghRashtriya lokdal
Eighth1984-89Chaudhary Charan SinghLok Dal
Ninth1989-1991Ajit SinghJanata Dal
Tenth1991-1996Ajit SinghJanata Dal
Eleventh1996-1998Ajit SinghBharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party
Twelfth1998-99Sompal Singh ShastriBharatiya Janata Party
Thirteenth1999–2004Ajit SinghRashtriya Lok Dal
Fourteenth2004-09Ajit SinghRashtriya Lok Dal
Fifteenth2009-2014Ajit SinghRashtriya Lok Dal
Sixteenth2014-IncumbentSatyapal SinghBharatiya Janata Party

Election results

General elections 2014

Indian general elections, 2014: Baghpat
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Dr. Satya Pal Singh 4,23,475 42.15 +42.15
SP Ghulam Mohammed 2,13,609 21.26 +13.82
RLD Ajit Singh 1,99,516 19.86 -19.02
BSP Prashant Chaudhri 1,41,743 14.11 -14.50
AAP Somendar Dhaka 5,828 0.58 +0.58
NOTA None of the Above 3,911 0.39 +0.39
Margin of victory 2,09,866 20.89 +10.62
Turnout 10,04,263 66.72 +18.80
BJP gain from RLD Swing +3.27

General elections 2009

Indian general elections, 2009: Baghpat
Party Candidate Votes % ±
RLD Ajit Singh 2,38,638 38.88
BSP Mukesh Sharma 1,75,611 28.61
INC Sompal 1,36,964 22.32
SP Sahab Singh 45,644 7.44
Independent Vedpal 5,838 0.95
Margin of victory 63,027 10.27
Turnout 6,13,748 47.92
RLD hold Swing

General elections 2004

Indian general elections, 2004: Baghpat
Party Candidate Votes % ±
RLD Ajit Singh 3,53,181 53.76 +5.50
BSP Aulad Ali 1,32,543 20.18 +6.85
BJP Satya Pal Malik 1,02,317 15.58 -11.85
INC Jagveer 55,164 8.40 0
Independent Habib Ahmad 4,919 0.75 0
INLD Samar Pal 2,489 0.38 0
Independent Subhash 1,520 0.23 0
RPI Krishna Bhagwan Swami 994 0.15 0
Majority 2,20,638 33.58 +5.50
Turnout 6,56,900 41.83
RLD hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha, Vol. III" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. pp. 1078–9. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Information and Statistics-Parliamentary Constituencies-11-Baghpat". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh website.
  3. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 503.

Coordinates: 28°56′N 77°13′E / 28.94°N 77.22°E / 28.94; 77.22

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