Allahabad (Lok Sabha constituency)

Allahabad is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh.

1 Members of Parliament
2 Election Results
- 2.1 Earlier elections
3 See also
4 References

Members of Parliament

Shyama Charan Gupta (Agrahari), Incumbent Member of Parliament from Allahabad

1952: Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru (East), Sri Prakasa (West), Indian National Congress
1957: Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian National Congress
1962: Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian National Congress
1967: Hari Krishna Shastri, Indian National Congress
1971: Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, Indian National Congress (Resigned to take over as UP Chief Minister)
1973: Janeshwar Mishra, Bharatiya Kranti Dal (By-election)
1977: Janeshwar Mishra, Bharatiya Lok Dal (defeating V. P. Singh)
1980: Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian National Congress (I) (Resigned to take over as UP Chief Minister)
1980: Krishna Prakash Tiwari, Indian National Congress (I) (By-election)
1984: Amitabh Bachchan, Indian National Congress (I) (defeating H. N. Bahuguna)
1988: Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Independent (By-election) (defeating Sunil Shastri)
1989: Janeshwar Mishra, Janata Dal
1991: Saroj Dubey, Janata Dal
1996: Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, Bharatiya Janata Party
1998: Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, Bharatiya Janata Party
1999: Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, Bharatiya Janata Party
2004: Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh, Samajwadi Party
2009: Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh, Samajwadi Party
2014: Shyama Charan Gupta, Bharatiya Janata Party^[1]

Election Results

Indian general election, 2014: Allahabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shyama Charan Gupta	3,13,476	35.19	+24.08
	SP	Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh	2,51,723	28.24	-9.70
	BSP	Keshri Devi Patel	1,62,045	18.18	-13.46
	INC	Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi	1,02,385	11.49	+4.81
	Independent	Draupadi Devi	8,321	0.93
	AAP	Adarsh Shastri	6,439	0.72	+0.72
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,624	0.41	+0.41
Majority			61,753	6.94	+0.60
Turnout			8,91,586	53.50	+10.09
	BJP gain from SP		Swing	+24.08

Earlier elections

Indian general election, 2009: Allahabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh	2,09,431	38.06	+2.42
	BSP	Ashok Kumar Bajpai	1,74,511	31.72	+14.72
	BJP	Yogesh Shukla	60,983	11.09	-20.23
	INC	Shyam Krishna Pandey	33,027	6.73	+0.55
	AD	Bihari Lal Sharma	22,086	4.01	+0.14
	Independent	Hira Lal	7,537	1.37
	Independent	Abhay Srivastava	5,976	1.09
	Independent	Kusum Kumari	4,236	0.77
	Independent	Akbal Mohammd	2,358	0.43
	Independent	Narendra Kumar Tiwari	2,340	0.43
	RMSP	Om Prakash	2,253	0.41
	NELU	Sarfuddin	2,062	0.37
Majority			34,920	6.34	+2.02
Turnout			5,50,197	43.41
	SP hold		Swing

Indian general election, 2004: Allahabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh	2,34,008	35.64
	BJP	Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi	2,05,625	31.32
	BSP	R. K. Singh Patel	1,11,576	17.00
	INC	Satya Prakash Malviya	40,545	6.18
	AD	Raj Karan Bind	25,426	3.87
Majority			28,383	4.32
Turnout			6,56,498	42.13
	SP gain from BJP		Swing

Indian general election, 1999: Allahabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi	2,19,114	33.79
	SP	Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh	1,48,783	22.94
	INC	Dr. Rita Bahuguna Joshi	1,33,428	20.57
	BSP	Ram Dular Singh Patel	1,09,383	16.87
	AD	Ram Prakash Singh Patel	15,231	2.35
	Independent	C. P. Srivastava	10,486	1.63
	Independent	Shiv Dutt Shukla	4,002	0.62
Majority			70,331	10.85
Turnout			6,48,551	45.98
	BJP hold		Swing

Indian general election, 1998: Allahabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi	2,65,232
	SP	Shyama Charan Gupta	2,21,942
Majority			43,290
	BJP hold		Swing

Indian general election, 1996: Allahabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Murli Manohar Joshi	2,16,844	42.71
	Janata Dal	Saroj Dubey	1,13,321	22.32
Majority			1,03,523	20.39
Turnout			5,07,695	36.48
	BJP gain from Janata Dal		Swing

Indian general election, 1984: Allahabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Amitabh Bachchan	2,97,461	68.21
	Lok Dal	Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna	1,09,666	25.15
Majority			1,87,795	43.06
Turnout			4,36,120	56.08
	INC(I) hold		Swing

Indian general election, 1977: Allahabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLD	Janeshwar Mishra	1,90,697	57.71
	INC	Vishwanath Pratap Singh	1,00,709	30.48
	ABHM	Om Prakash Nirala	14,761	4.47
	Independent	Kripal Singh	7,363	2.23
	Independent	Govind Mishra	4,297	1.30
Majority			89,988	27.23
Turnout			3,30,419	52.85
	BLD gain from INC		Swing

Indian general election, 1962: Allahabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Lal Bahadur Shastri	1,37,324	58.07
	BJS	Ram Gopal Sand	68,791	29.09
Majority			68,533	28.98
Turnout			2,36,488	53.01
	INC hold		Swing

Indian general election, 1957: Allahabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Lal Bahadur Shastri	1,24,896	58.41
	Praja Socialist Party	Radhey Shyam Pathak	68,864	32.21
Majority			56,032	26.20
Turnout			2,13,814	51.50
	INC hold		Swing

References

^ NDTV 2014 Election results 16 May 2014

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