Jaunpur Lok Sabha constituency

Jaunpur Lok Sabha Constituency is a parliamentary constituency in Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh.^[1]

Jaunpur UP-62
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Jaunpur Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Assembly constituencies	Badlapur Shahganj Jaunpur Malhani Mungra Badshahpur
Established	1952- Present
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Babu Singh Kushwaha
Party	Samajwadi Party
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

The legislators on assembly segments of Jaunpur as of 2024 is:

No	Name	District	Member	Party
364	Badlapur	Jaunpur	Ramesh Chandra Mishra		BJP
365	Shahganj		Ramesh Singh		NP
366	Jaunpur		Girish Yadav		BJP
367	Malhani		Lucky Yadav		SP
368	Mungra Badshahpur		Pankaj Patel		SP

Members of Parliament

Year	Elected MP	Party
1952	Birbal Singh		Indian National Congress
1957
1962	Brahmjeet Singh		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1963^	Rajdeo Singh		Indian National Congress
1967
1971
1977	Yadavendra Dutt Dubey		Janata Party
1980	Azizullah Azmi		Janata Party
1984	Kamla Prasad Singh		Indian National Congress
1989	Yadavendra Dutt Dubey		Bharatiya Janata Party
1991	Arjun Singh Yadav		Janata Dal
1996	Raj Keshar Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
1998	Parasnath Yadav		Samajwadi Party
1999	Swami Chinmayanand[2]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Parasnath Yadav[3]		Samajwadi Party
2009	Dhananjay Singh		Bahujan Samaj Party
2014	Krishna Pratap Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Shyam Singh Yadav		Bahujan Samaj Party
2024	Babu Singh Kushwaha		Samajwadi Party

^ by poll

Demographics

As per various estimates, the constituency has a population of nearly 2.50- 3 lakh voters in this constituency are Brahmins, approximately 2.25 lakh voters are from Scheduled Castes, Forward caste voters mainly Thakur make up another 2.55 lakhs, approximately 1 lakhs voters are Kushwaha[Maurya] &Muslims around 2.15 lakhs and Non- Yadav Other Backward Class makes up a little over two lakhs. In 2019, there were nearly 10.4 lakh voters in Jaunpur.^[4]

Election results

General Election 2024

General Election, 2024: Jaunpur^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Babu Singh Kushwaha	509,130	46.21	46.21
	BJP	Kripashankar Singh	4,09,795	37.19	5.11
	BSP	Shyam Singh Yadav	1,57,137	14.26	35.82
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,329	0.57	0.34
Majority			99,335	9.02	1.24
Turnout			11,01,788	55.72	0.05
	SP gain from BSP		Swing

Detailed Results at: https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS2473.htm

General Election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Jaunpur^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BSP	Shyam Singh Yadav	500,543	50.08	+32.21
	BJP	Krishna Pratap Singh	4,40,192	42.30	+5.85
	INC	Deo Vrat Mishra	27,185	4.25	−1.64
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,441	0.23	−0.03
Margin of victory			80,936	7.78	−6.74
Turnout			10,41,833	55.77	+1.29
	BSP gain from BJP		Swing	+13.63

General Election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Jaunpur^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Krishna Pratap (K. P.)	3,67,149	36.45	+17.68
	BSP	Subhash Pandey	2,20,839	21.93	−17.68
	SP	Parasnath Yadav	1,80,003	17.87	−11.23
	IND.	Dhananjay Singh	64,137	6.37	New
	AAP	Dr. K. P. Yadav	43,471	4.32	New
	INC	Ravi Kishan	42,759	4.25	New
	IND.	Ravikant Yadav	20,832	2.07	New
	RUC	Shahabuddin	19,636	1.95	New
	IND.	Jogendra Prasad	7,281	0.72	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,595	0.26	New
Margin of victory			1,46,310	14.52	+4.01
Turnout			10,07,243	54.48	+8.52
	BJP gain from BSP		Swing	-3.16

See also

• Jaunpur district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha