Shrawasti (Lok Sabha constituency)

Shrawasti
Bhuddha's statue in Shrawasti
Current MP	Daddan Mishra
Party	BJP
Elected Year	2014
State	Uttar Pradesh
Category	General
Assembly Constituencies	Bhinga, Shrawasti, Tulsipur , Gainsari and Balrampur

Shrawasti Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: श्रावस्ती लोक सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. This constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.

Assembly segments and Serving MLAs

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

Constituency number	Name	Current MLA	Party	Reserved for (SC/ ST/None)	District
289	Bhinga	Indrani Verma	SP	None	Shrawasti
290	Shrawasti	Muhammad Ramjan	SP	None	Shrawasti
291	Tulsipur	Abdul Mashhood Khan	SP	None	Balrampur
292	Gainsari	Alauddin	BSP	None	Balrampur
294	Balrampur	Jagram	SP	None	Balrampur

Shrawasti, Tulsipur, Gainsari and Balrampur assembly segments were earlier in erstwhile Shrawasti Lok Sabha constituency.^[2] Bhinga assembly segment was earlier in erstwhile Bahraich Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of Parliament

From Shrawasti constituency:

Lok Sabha	Duration	Member	Political Party
16th	2014-Incumbent	Daddan Mishra	Bharatiya Janata Party
15th	2009-2014	Vinay Kumar Pandey	Indian National Congress

Indian general election, 2014

Candidate Profile

The below table provides the key information about the candidates from the information declared by them through the affidavits submitted with their nomination.

Candidate	Party	Age	Educational Qualification	Declared Assets (INR) ^{[note 1]}	Number of Criminal Cases
Candidate	Party	Age	Educational Qualification	Declared Assets (INR) ^{[note 1]}	Charges Framed (2+ yrs Custody)	Cognizance by Court	Convicted (1+ yr Custody)
Lal Ji Verma	BSP	58	Post Graduate	7,12,07,500	Nil	Nil	Nil
Daddan Mishra	BJP	47	Post Graduate	2,00,65,527	Nil	Nil	Nil
Vinay Kumar Pandey 'Vinnu'	INC	49	Ph. D.	5,07,28,313	Nil	5	Nil
Rizwan Zaheer	Peace	51	Graduate	1,80,42,636	Nil	1	Nil
Atiq Ahmad	SP	51	Secondary (10th)	25,93,78,861	Yes	42	Yes

General Election Results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

UP Result of all 80 constituencies party wise.

General Election, 2014: Shrawasti-Balrampur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Daddan Mishra	3,45,964	35.30	+27.38
	SP	Atiq Ahmad	2,60,051	26.53	+8.15
	BSP	Lal Ji Verma	1,94,890	19.88	-6.47
	PECP	Rizwan Zaheer	1,01,817	10.39	+8.35
	INC	Vinay Kumar Pandey (Vinnu)	20,006	2.04	-31.25
	Independent	Arun Kumar	10,083	1.03
	Independent	Ram Adhar	6,278	0.64
	Independent	Vijay Kumar	5,542	0.56
	Independent	Prakash Chandra Mishra	4,489	0.45
	Independent	Arjun Yadav	3,730	0.38
	Independent	Tej Bahadur	3,474	0.35
	Samyak Parivartan Party	Saxsen	3,188	0.32
	Independent	Ram Sudhi	2,961	0.30
	AAP	Ratnesh	2,578	0.26
	NOTA	None of the Above	14,587	1.49
Majority			85,913	8.77
Turnout			9,79,638	54.79
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Uttar Pradesh Status Party wise of 2014 GE

Status For all 80 Constituencies

Party	Won
Apna Dal	02
Bharatiya Janata Party	71
Indian National Congress	02
Samajwadi Party	05
Total	80

General Election 2009

Indian general election, 2009: Shrawasti^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Vinay Kumar Pandey 'Vinnu'	2,01,556	33.29	14.34
	BSP	Rizvan Zaheer	1,59,527	26.35	11.35
	SP	Rubab Saida	1,11,247	18.38	7.91
	BJP	Satya Deo Singh	47,943	7.92	3.41
Turnout			6,05,386
	INC gain from BSP		Swing

Notes

↑ Includes declared assets of self, spouse and dependents

References

↑ "Information and Statistics-Parliamentary Constituencies-58-Shrawasti". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh website.
↑ Kalhans, Siddharth (January 24, 2008). "With delimitation ahead of LS polls, leaders looking for safe seats". Indian Express. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
↑ "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 169. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

Lok Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh

Devipatan division topics

General	Awadh Suhelva Sanctuary

Mythology, history	Kosala Kingdom Shravasti Jetavana Sambhavanath Aciravati Anathapindika Visakha Pasenadi Angulimala Jaunpur Sultanate

Districts	Gonda Bahraich Shravasti Balarampur

Rivers, dams, lakes	Ganges Ghaghara Rapti Sarayu Chittaura Jheel

Languages, people	Hindustani Khariboli Standard Hindi Urdu

Transport	NH 28C

Lok Sabha constituencies	Bahraich Kaiserganj Shrawasti Gonda

See also	Cities and towns in Bahraich district Cities and towns in Balrampur district Cities and towns in Gonda district Cities and towns in Shravasti district Villages in Balrampur district Villages in Gonda district People from Bahraich People from Balrampur People from Gonda People from Shravasti district

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

Coordinates: 27°42′N 81°50′E / 27.7°N 81.84°E / 27.7; 81.84

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