Ghazipur Lok Sabha constituency

Ghazipur Lok Sabha constituency (sometimes spelt 'Gazipur') is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. This constituency covers part of Ghazipur district.

Ghazipur UP-61
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Ghazipur Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Assembly constituencies	Jakhanian Saidpur Ghazipur Sadar Jangipur Zamania
Established	1952–present
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Afzal Ansari
Party	Samajwadi Party
Elected year	2024

Vidhan Sabha Segments

Presently, Ghazipur Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:^[1][2]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
373	Jakhanian (SC)	Ghazipur	Triveni Ram		Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party		Samajwadi Party
374	Saidpur (SC)		Ankit Bharti		Samajwadi Party		Samajwadi Party
375	Ghazipur Sadar		Jai Kishan Sahu		Samajwadi Party		Samajwadi Party
376	Jangipur		Virendra Yadav		Samajwadi Party		Samajwadi Party
379	Zamania		Omprakash Singh		Samajwadi Party		Samajwadi Party

Members of Lok Sabha

Year	Member[3]	Party
1952	Har Prasad Singh		Indian National Congress
1957
1962	V. S. Gahmari
1967	Sarjoo Pandey		Communist Party of India
1971
1977	Gauri Shankar Rai		Janata Party
1980	Zainul Basher		Indian National Congress (I)
1984			Indian National Congress
1989	Jagdish Kushwaha		Independent
1991	Vishwanath Shastri		Communist Party of India
1996	Manoj Sinha		Bharatiya Janata Party
1998	Omprakash Singh		Samajwadi Party
1999	Manoj Sinha		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Afzal Ansari		Samajwadi Party
2009	Radhe Mohan Singh
2014	Manoj Sinha		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Afzal Ansari		Bahujan Samaj Party
2024			Samajwadi Party

Election results

General election, 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Ghazipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Afzal Ansari	539,912	46.82	46.82
	BJP	Paras Nath Rai	4,15,051	35.99	4.41
	BSP	Umesh Singh	1,64,964	14.31	36.89
	NOTA	None of the Above	9,065	0.79	0.17
Majority			1,24,861	10.83	0.03
Turnout			11,53,094	55.57	03.31
	SP gain from BSP		Swing

Detailed Results at: https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS2475.htm

General election, 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Ghazipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BSP	Afzal Ansari	567,082	51.20	+26.71
	BJP	Manoj Sinha	4,46,690	40.40	+9.29
	SBSP	Ramji	33,877	3.06
	INC	Ajit Pratap Kushawaha	19,834	1.79
	CPI	Dr. Bhanu Prakash Pandey	7,844	0.71
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,871	0.62
Majority			1,20,392	10.80
Turnout			11,07,497	58.88
	BSP gain from BJP		Swing	17.42

General election, 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Ghazipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manoj Sinha	306,929	31.11	+28.30
	SP	Shivkanya Kushwaha	2,74,477	27.82	−21.40
	BSP	Kailash Nath Singh Yadav	2,41,645	24.49	−15.74
	RPD	D. P. Yadav	59,510	6.03	+6.03
	Independent	Arun Kumar Singh	34,093	3.46	+3.46
	INC	Mohammad Maksud Khan	18,908	1.92	+1.92
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,611	0.57	+0.57
Majority			32,452	3.29	−5.70
Turnout			9,86,715	54.77	+4.34
	BJP gain from SP		Swing	-18.11

General election, 1971

• Sarjoo Pandey (CPI) : 135,703 votes
• Shri Narain Singh (NCO) : 70210
• Ram Surat Rai (SOC) : 34688
• Satya Narain (BKD) : 24293

General election, 1962

• V. S. Gahmari (INC) : 77,046 votes ^[4]
• Har Prasad (CPI) : 40,183

See also

• Ghazipur district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha