Maharajganj (Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha constituency)

Maharajganj Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India.
There is a constituency by the same name in Bihar as well.

Maharajganj
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentPankaj Choudhary
Parliamentary PartyBJP
Elected Year2019 Election
Constituency Details
Established1952–present
StateUttar Pradesh
Most Successful PartyBharatiya Janata Party (6 times)
Assembly Constituencies

Assembly segments

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

Constituency number Name of Constituency Name of Member Party
315 Pharenda Bajrang Bahadur Singh BJP
316 Nautanwa Aman Mani Tripathi IND
317 Siswa Prem Sagar Patel BJP
318 Maharajganj Jai Mangal Kanojiya BJP
319 Paniyara Gyanendra Singh BJP

Members of Parliament


Year Winner Party
1952 Prof. Shibban Lal Saxena Independent
1957 Prof. Shibban Lal Saxena Independent
1962 Mahadeo Prasad Indian National Congress
1967 Mahadeo Prasad Indian National Congress
1971 Prof. Shibban Lal Saxena Independent
1977 Prof. Shibban Lal Saxena Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980 Ashfaq Husain Ansari Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Jitender Singh Indian National Congress
1989 Harsh Vardhan Janata Dal
1991 Pankaj Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party
1996 Pankaj Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party
1998 Pankaj Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 Akhilesh Kumar Singh Samajwadi Party
2004 Pankaj Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party
2009 Harsh Vardhan Indian National Congress
2014 Pankaj Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Pankaj Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results
2019 Indian general elections: Maharajganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Pankaj Chaudhary 7,26,349 59.20
SP Akhilesh Singh 3,85,925 31.45
INC Supriya Shrinate 72,516 5.91
NOTA None of the Above 10,478 0.85
Margin of victory 3,40,424 27.75
Turnout 12,27,224 64.07
BJP hold Swing
2014 Indian general elections: Maharajganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Pankaj Chaudhary 4,71,542 44.65
BSP Kashi Nath Shukla 2,31,084 21.88
SP Akhilesh Singh 2,13,974 20.26
INC Harsh Vardhan 57,193 5.42
Margin of victory 2,40,458 22.77
Turnout 10,60,241 60.82
INC hold Swing

See also

Notes
  1. "Information and Statistics-Parliamentary Constituencies-63-Maharajanj". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh website.

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