Sant Kabir Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Sant Kabir Nagar Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: संत कबीर नगर लोक सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. This constituency 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, Sant Kabir Nagar Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:

  1. Rajesultanpur
  2. Mehdawal
  3. Khalilabad
  4. Dhanghata
  5. Alapur
  6. Khajani [1]

Mehdawal and Khalilabad Vidhan Sabha segments were earlier part of the erstwhile Khalilabad Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of parliament

Vidhan Sabha Duration Name of the Member Party Affiliation
Fifteenth 2009-14 Bhismshankar Bahujan Samaj Party
Sixteenth 2014-Incumbent Sharad Tripathi Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

General Election, 2014: Sant Kabir Nagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Sharad Tripathi 3,48,892 34.47
BSP Bhism Shankar (Kushal Tiwari) 2,50,914 24.79
SP Bhal Chandra Yadav 2,40,169 23.73
PECP Rajaram 69,193 6.84
INC Rohit Kumar Pandey 22,029 2.18
NOTA None of the Above 4,747 0.47
Majority 97,978 9.68
Turnout 10,11,649 53.13
BJP gain from BSP Swing

See also

Notes

Coordinates: 26°44′N 83°01′E / 26.73°N 83.02°E / 26.73; 83.02

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