Kaushambi (Lok Sabha constituency)

Kaushambi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. This constituency, spread over Kaushambi and Pratapgarh districts came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.

Assembly segments

Presently, Kaushambi Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:[1]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Number of electorates (2019)
245 Babaganj SC Pratapgarh 3,11,817
246 Kunda None Pratapgarh 3,49,704
251 Sirathu None Kaushambi 3,62,114
252 Manjhanpur SC Kaushambi 3,88,697
253 Chail None Kaushambi 3,74,788
Total: 17,87,120

Members of Parliament


Year Winner Party
2009 Shailendra Kumar Samajwadi Party
2014 Vinod Kumar Sonkar Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Vinod Kumar Sonkar Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2019 result
2019 Indian general elections: Kaushambi
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Vinod Sonkar 3,83,009 39.31 +2.88
SP Indrajeet Saroj 3,44,287 35.33 -18.55
Jansatta Dal (L) Shailendra Kumar 1,56,406 16.05 +16.05
Independent Shailendra Kumar 26,967 2.77
INC Girish Chandra Pasi 16,442 1.69
Independent Shailendra Kumar 8,011 0.82
PSP(L) Rajdev 4,986 0.51 +0.51
NOTA None of the Above 14,769 1.52 -0.15
Majority 38,722 3.98 -0.73
Turnout 9,75,037 54.56
BJP hold Swing

2014 result
2014 Indian general elections: Kaushambi
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Vinod Kumar Sonkar 3,31,724 36.43 +27.49#
SP Shailendra Kumar 2,88,824 31.72 -12.99
BSP Suresh Pasi 2,01,322 22.11 -12.48
INC Mahendra Kumar 31,905 3.50 -3.89
Independent Mohan Lal 9,182 1.01 N/A
BMP Shripal 7,341 0.81 N/A
RSMD Malti Devi 6,548 0.72 N/A
LKD Rajendra Sonkar 6,386 0.70 N/A
Independent Bina Rani 4,957 0.54 N/A
AAP Swarnalata Suman 3,692 0.41 N/A
Independent Chhedoo 3,340 0.37 N/A
NOTA None of the above 15,169 1.67 N/A
Majority 42,900 4.71 -5.41
Turnout 9,10,514 52.37 +12.74
Registered electors 16,72,976
BJP gain from SP Swing
  • #Swing based on addition of performance of BJP and Apna Dal in previous election

2009 result
2009 Indian general elections: Kaushambi
Party Candidate Votes % ±
SP Shailendra Kumar 2,46,501 44.71
BSP Girish Chandra Pasi 1,90,712 34.59
INC Ram Nihor Rakesh 40,765 7.39
BJP Gautam Chaudhary 30,475 5.53
AD Umesh Chandra Pasi 18,799 3.41
Independent Ram Saran 11,570 2.10
Independent Man Singh 3,973 0.72
Independent Jagdeo 3,973 0.72
IJP Gulab Sonkar 2,975 0.54
Independent Gulab Chandra 2,500 0.45
Majority 55,789 10.12
Turnout 5,51,311 39.63
Registered electors 13,91,312
SP win (new seat)

See also

References
  1. "Information and Statistics-Parliamentary Constituencies-50-Kaushambi". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh website.

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