Constituency
491. Ghazipur
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-GHAZIPUR
SP 49.2%won by 9.0%BSP 40.2%
What changed here
DerivedSamajwadi Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.1% to 9.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.5% of the vote between them, up from 69.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 8.4% to 50.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
15,27,723
Turnout
50.4%
Valid votes
7,70,434
Margin
69,309
9.00%
Candidates
15 contested · winner SP- 1RADHEY MOHAN SINGHSamajwadi Party · SP3,79,23349.2%
- 2AFZAL ANSARIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,09,92440.2%
- 3PRABHUNATHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP21,6792.8%
- 4ANILIndependent · IND10,0481.3%
- 5SHYAM NARAYANRASD · RASD9,8951.3%
- 6SURAJ RAM BAGICommunist Party of India · CPI8,0391.0%
- 7RAJESHIndependent · IND7,5661.0%
- 8SURENDRAJPS · JPS6,9990.9%
- 9ISHWARI PRASAD KUSHAWAHACpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL5,8520.8%
- 10ASHOK (DR.ASHOK KUMAR SRIVASTAVA)Independent · IND3,9670.5%
- 11BRAJENDRA NATH URF BIJENDRAIndependent · IND2,8120.4%
- 12DINESHRSMD · RSMD1,1860.2%
- 13SARAJULD · LD1,1370.1%
- 14SATISH SHANKAR JAISAWALNLHP · NLHP1,0690.1%
- 15NANDLALASP · ASP1,0280.1%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SP
- Winner now
- SP
- SP–BSP swing
- −17.5%
- SP share
- 47.8% → 49.2%
- BSP share
- 21.3% → 40.2%
- Turnout
- 58.9% → 50.4%