Pilibhit (Lok Sabha constituency)

Pilibhit Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India.

Assembly segments

Pilibhit (Lok Sabha constituency) comprises five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are;^[1]

In the first parliamentary election, the Praja Socialist Party (PSP) won this seat thrice. Later, in the following elections, Indian National Congress (INC) and its participatory parties have won this seat four times. From 1989 onwards, Menaka Gandhi (a member of Nehru-Gandhi family) has kept this seat under her influence. She has won this seat by contesting on the tickets of different parties or independently. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Pilibhit parliamentary constituency in 1991 parliamentary elections defeating Janata Dal's Maneka Gandhi, in the Ayodhya wave aftermath; by 2004, Menaka Gandhi had joined BJP and she won this seat that year on BJP's ticket. She contested successfully from Aonla in 2009 but returned to Pilibhit in 2014. Pilibhit parliamentary constituency is one of a few constituencies in India, which have sent a woman to the Indian Parliament for more than five times.^[2]

2009 election

In the 2009 general election, BJP decided Varun Gandhi as its candidate from Pilibhit constituency instead of his mother Menaka Gandhi.^[3] Pilibhit constituency caught national and international attention due to highly dramatic political condition in the constituency. Total 13,08,959 voters used their rights out of total 13,42,590 voters in the election held on 13 May 2009.^[4] Varun Gandhi won this parliamentary seat by receiving 4,19,539 votes and defeating his closest opponent V.M. Singh by 2,81,501 votes.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] The security deposits of all other 15 candidates, including his uncle V.M. Singh of INC, and Bahujan Samaj Party nominee Ganga Charan Rajput was forfeited.^[10]

Members of Parliament

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Mukund Lal Agrawal	Indian National Congress
1957	Mohan Swarup	Praja Socialist Party
1962	Mohan Swarup	Praja Socialist Party
1967	Mohan Swarup	Praja Socialist Party
1971	Mohan Swarup	Indian National Congress
1977	Mohammad Shamsul Hasan Khan	Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980	Harish Kumar Gangawar	Indian National Congress (I)
1984	Bhanu Pratap Singh	Indian National Congress
1989	Maneka Gandhi	Janata Dal
1991	Parshuram Gangwar	Bharatiya Janata Party
1996	Maneka Gandhi	Janata Dal
1998	Maneka Gandhi	Independent
1999	Maneka Gandhi	Independent
2004	Maneka Gandhi	Bharatiya Janata Party
2009	Varun Gandhi	Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Maneka Gandhi	Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Varun Gandhi	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

2019 elections

2019 Indian general elections: Pilibhit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Feroze Varun Gandhi	7,04,549	59.38	+7.32
	SP	Hemraj Verma	4,48,922	37.83	+15.00
	NOTA	None of the Above	9,973	0.84	-0.26
Majority			2,55,627	21.55	-7.68
Turnout			11,87,225	67.41	+4.55
	BJP hold		Swing	+7.32

2014 elections

2014 Indian general elections: Pilibhit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Maneka Sanjay Gandhi	5,46,934	52.06	+1.97
	SP	Budhsen Verma	2,39,882	22.83	+8.75
	BSP	Anis Ahmad Khan (Phool Babu)	1,96,294	18.68	+5.24
	INC	Sanjay Kapoor	29,169	2.78	-13.70
	IND.	Munesh Singh	6,151	0.59	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	11,521	1.10	N/A
Majority			3,07,052	29.23	-4.38
Turnout			10,50,568	62.86	-1.08
	BJP hold		Swing	+1.97

2009 elections

2009 Indian general elections: Pilibhit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Feroze Varun Gandhi	4,19,539	50.09	+12.34
	INC	V. M. Singh	1,38,038	16.48	+0.80
	SP	Riyaz Ahmad	1,17,903	14.08	–8.50
	BSP	Ganga Charan	1,12,576	13.44	−4.47
	Independent	Ram Narayan Singh	14,246	1.70	+1.70
	Independent	Viquarul Hasan Khan	10,777	1.29	+1.29
	NCP	Chotey Lal Gangwar	4,963	0.59	+0.59
	CPI(ML)L	Krishna Adhikari	3,563	0.43	–1.31
	AD	Indra Pal	3,541	0.42	–0.05
	Independent	Mahesh Saxena	2,912	0.35	+0.35
	Independent	Lalta Prasad	2,840	0.34	+0.34
	Independent	Mahavir Singh	1,913	0.23	–0.05
	Independent	Harish Kumar	1,605	0.19	+0.19
	Independent	Harpal Singh	1,147	0.14	+0.14
	Independent	Jamuna Devi	1,137	0.14	+0.14
	Independent	Ram Kumar Arya	877	0.10	–0.08
Majority			2,81,501	33.61	+18.44
Turnout			8,37,577	63.94	+11.28
	BJP hold		Swing	+12.34

2004 elections

2004 Indian general elections: Pilibhit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Maneka Gandhi	2,55,615	37.75
	SP	Satyapal Gangwar	1,52,895	22.58
	BSP	Anis Ahmed Khan	1,21,269	17.91
	INC	V. M. Singh	1,06,186	15.68
	CPI (M-L) Liberation	Krishna Adhikari	11,804	1.74
	Independent	Motiram Rajput	11,027	1.63
Majority			1,02,720	15.17
Turnout			6,77,107	52.66
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing

1999 elections

1999 Indian general election: Pilibhit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Maneka Gandhi	4,33,421	57.94
	BSP	Anis Ahmad Khan	1,93,566	25.88
	SP	Ram Saran Verma	58,792	7.86
	INC	Raj Rai Singh	50,086	6.70
	CPI (M-L) Liberation	Krishna Adhikari	6,273	0.84
Majority			2,39,855	32.06
Turnout			7,48,004	65.66
	Independent hold		Swing

References

^ "Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011. Retrieved Dec 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 December 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://www.bjp.org/Press/nov_2008/nov_1108_p.pdf
^ http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/news/local/uttarpradesh/4_1_5468768.html
^ "Varun Gandhi wins from Pilibhit". The Indian Express. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
^ "Varun Gandhi received large chank of votes in 2009 election". Dainik Jagran. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
^ "Varun Gandhi defeated his opponents in 2009 election". Dainik Jagran. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
^ "ECI declears Varun Gandhi as Winner from Pilibhit" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
^ "Pilibhit Message of 2009". Khaleej Times. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
^ "Security deposits of all condidates in pilibhit forfeited". The Times of India. 24 May 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2009.

External links

Pilibhit lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details

Coordinates: 28°38′N 79°48′E / 28.63°N 79.8°E / 28.63; 79.8

[Uttar_Pradesh_Delimitation_Old_&_New,_2008-1] "Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011. Retrieved Dec 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 December 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] ttp://www.bjp.org/Press/nov_2008/nov_1108_p.pdf

[4] ttp://in.jagran.yahoo.com/news/local/uttarpradesh/4_1_5468768.html

[Varungandhiwonfrompilibhit-5] "Varun Gandhi wins from Pilibhit". The Indian Express. Retrieved 16 May 2009.

[Varungandhireceivedlargechankofvote2009election-6] "Varun Gandhi received large chank of votes in 2009 election". Dainik Jagran. Retrieved 16 May 2009.

[Varungandhidefeatedhisopponentsin2009election-7] "Varun Gandhi defeated his opponents in 2009 election". Dainik Jagran. Retrieved 16 May 2009.

[ElectioncommissiondeclearsVarunGandhiasWinnerof2009generalelectioninPilibhit-8] "ECI declears Varun Gandhi as Winner from Pilibhit" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 May 2009.

[PilibhitMessageof2009-9] "Pilibhit Message of 2009". Khaleej Times. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2009.

[Securitydepositsofallcondidatesinpilibhitforfeited-10] "Security deposits of all condidates in pilibhit forfeited". The Times of India. 24 May 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2009.

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