Phulpur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Phulpur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India.

Its best-known MP is the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, who died in office in 1964 while holding this seat.

Assembly segments

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

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Number of electorates (2014)
254	Phaphamau	None	Allahabad	3,47,004
255	Soraon	SC	Allahabad	3,53,630
256	Phulpur	None	Allahabad	3,72,093
261	Allahabad West	None	Allahabad	4,13,021
262	Allahabad North	None	Allahabad	4,27,527
Total:				19,13,275

Indian general elections, 2014: Phulpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Keshav Prasad Maurya	5,03,564	52.43	+44.31
	SP	Dharam Raj Singh Patel	1,95,256	20.33	-7.39
	BSP	Kapil Muni Karwariya	1,63,710	17.05	-13.31
	INC	Mohammad Kaif	58,127	6.05	-6.20
	AAP	Shimala Shri	7,384	0.77	+0.77
	NOTA	None of the Above	8,424	0.88	+0.88
Margin of victory			3,08,308	32.10	+29.46
Turnout			9,60,341	50.20	+11.51
	BJP gain from BSP		Swing	+22.07

Indian general elections, 2009: Phulpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BSP	Kapil Muni Karwariya	1,67,542	30.36
	SP	Shyama Charan Gupta	1,52,964	27.72
	Independent	Dr. Sone Lal Patel	76,699	13.90
	INC	Dharmaraj Singh Patel	67,623	12.25
	BJP	Karan Singh Patel	44,828	8.12
Majority			14,578	2.64
Turnout			5,51,917	38.69
	BSP gain from SP		Swing

Indian general election, 1962: Phulpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Jawahar Lal Nehru	1,18,931	61.62
	SP	Ram Manohar Lohia	54,360	28.17
Margin of victory			64,571	33.45
Turnout			1,92,994	47.15
	INC hold		Swing

Indian general election, 1957: Phulpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Jawahar Lal Nehru	2,27,448	36.87
	INC	Masuriya Din	1,98,430	32.17
Margin of victory			29,018	4.70
Turnout			6,16,862	77.24
	INC hold		Swing

Indian general election, 1952: Allahabad East-Jaunpur West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Jawahar Lal Nehru	2,33,571	38.73
	INC	Masuriya Din	1,81,700	30.13
	KMPP	Banshi Lal	59,642	9.89
	Independent	Prabhu Datt Brahmchari	56,718	9.41
	Independent	K. K. Chatterjee	27,392	4.54
	ABHM	Thate Laxman Ganesh	25,870	4.29
	RSP	Badri Prasad	18,129	3.01
Margin of victory			61,871	8.60
Turnout			6,03,022	40.21
	INC win (new seat)

Lok Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh

Allahabad division topics

General	Allahabad High Court University of Allahabad Doab Triveni Sangam Kumbh Mela 1954 Kumbh Mela stampede 2013 Kumbh Mela stampede The Leader (Allahabad newspaper) The Pioneer (newspaper) Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences

Mythology, history	History of Allahabad Nehru–Gandhi family Sam Higginbottom

Districts	Allahabad Fatehpur Kaushambi Pratapgarh

Rivers, dams, lakes	Ganges Yamuna

Languages, people	Standard Hindi Awadhi Hindustani Khariboli Urdu

Transport	National Highway 2 Grand Trunk Road Howrah–Delhi main line Allahabad Monorail Allahabad Bypass Expressway

Lok Sabha constituencies	Allahabad Phulpur Fatehpur Pratapgarh

See also	Cities and towns in Allahabd district Cities and towns in Fatehpur district Cities and towns in Kaushambi district Cities and towns in Pratapgarh district Villages in Allahabad district Villages in Fatehpur district Villages in Kaushambi district Villages in Pratapgarh district People from Allahabad Allahabad University alumni People from Fatehpur People from Kaushambi People from Pratapgarh

Other divisions	Agra Aligarh Azamgarh Bareilly Basti Chitrakoot Devipatan Faizabad Gorakhpur Jhansi Kanpur Lucknow Meerut Mirzapur Moradabad Saharanpur Varanasi

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