Sitapur Lok Sabha 2024: Congress candidate Rakesh Rathor’s win
प्रकाशित
In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Congress’s Rakesh Rathor won Sitapur with 5,31,138 votes, or 48.20 percent, beating the BJP’s Rajesh Verma by 89,641. Verma polled 4,41,497. The BSP’s Mahendra Singh Yadav was third with 99,364. Turnout was 62.62 percent.
| Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|
| Rakesh Rathor (INC) | 5,31,138 | 48.20% |
| Rajesh Verma (BJP) | 4,41,497 | 40.06% |
| Mahendra Singh Yadav (BSP) | 99,364 | 9.02% |
Table: UP Election News. Data: Election Commission of India, via Wikipedia.
Compared with 2019
In 2019 Rajesh Verma won the seat with 5,14,528 votes, or 48.33 percent, with the BSP’s Nakul Dubey second on 4,13,695. In 2024 the BJP share fell by about 8 points and the BSP’s by about 30 points to 9.02 percent.
The SP and Congress were allies in 2024 and this seat was in Congress’s share.
Assembly segments
The Sitapur Lok Sabha seat has five assembly segments: Sitapur, Laharpur, Biswan, Sevata and Mahmoodabad. In 2022 the BJP won four and the SP won Laharpur. The Sitapur assembly seat was decided by only 1,253 votes in 2022.
| Assembly segment | 2022 winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Sitapur | BJP | 1,253 |
| Laharpur | Samajwadi Party | 13,155 |
| Biswan | BJP | 10,478 |
| Sevata | BJP | 20,281 |
| Mahmoodabad | BJP | 5,222 |
Table: UP Election News. Data: Election Commission of India.
Key points
- In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Congress’s Rakesh Rathor won Sitapur with 5,31,138 votes, or 48.
- In 2019 Rajesh Verma won the seat with 5,14,528 votes, or 48.
- The Sitapur Lok Sabha seat has five assembly segments: Sitapur, Laharpur, Biswan, Sevata and Mahmoodabad.
The structure of the House
The Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly has 403 seats. Of these, 84 are reserved for Scheduled Castes and 2 for Scheduled Tribes. The majority mark is 202. The state sends 80 members to the Lok Sabha and 31 to the Rajya Sabha. The legislative council is a separate House whose members come through different electorates and nomination.
Official 2022 figures for context
For context, the 2022 assembly election had 15,12,46,168 electors and 9,21,62,897 votes polled, with statewide turnout of 60.94 percent. The BJP won 255 seats on 41.29 percent and the Samajwadi Party 111 seats on 32.06 percent. Apna Dal (S) won 12, the RLD 8, the SBSP and NISHAD Party 6 each, Congress and the Jansatta Dal Loktantrik 2 each, and the BSP 1.
The 2017 baseline
The 2017 assembly election had 14,16,63,646 electors and turnout of 61.22 percent. The BJP won 312 seats on 39.67 percent. The Samajwadi Party won 47, the BSP 19, Apna Dal (S) 9, Congress 7 and the SBSP 4. Three independents also won. Between 2017 and 2022, 125 seats changed parties.
The 2024 Lok Sabha context
In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Uttar Pradesh’s 80 seats were won as follows: Samajwadi Party 37, BJP 33, Congress 6, RLD 2, Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) 1 and Apna Dal (S) 1. Lok Sabha and assembly elections turn on different issues and alliances, so the two results should not be added together to reach a conclusion.
Also read:
- Ghazipur district assembly results 2022
- Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha 2024 result
- Meerut district assembly results 2022
Source: Election Commission of India. Figures are from official statistical reports.
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