Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Election 2024: Key Constituencies, candidates, voting date, full schedule, total seats

NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh stands as the linchpin of Indian politics, boasting 80 parliamentarians in the Lok Sabha, making it the most pivotal state electorally. Political parties fervently target this vast electoral ground, recognizing its potential to tilt the scales in their favor. Uttar Pradesh holds significant sway over national politics, making it a focal point for parties to secure their foothold in the country's political landscape. Often dubbed as the gateway to Delhi, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh's capital, symbolizes the strategic significance of the state in national politics.The model code of conduct came into effect on 16th March.Total seats-In the upcoming elections, the BJP will be the primary contender within the NDA, contesting the majority of seats. The Congress, on the other hand, will nominate candidates for 17 constituencies. The remaining 63 seats will be divided among the Samajwadi Party led by Akhilesh Yadav and other members of the Opposition's INDIA bloc.Also read: Uttar Pradesh Election Schedule 2024Out of Uttar Pradesh's 80 Lok Sabha constituencies, 63 are open to candidates of any background, while the remaining 17 are reserved specifically for candidates from Scheduled Caste (SC) communities.The BJP had won 303 seats in the previous elections while the Congress remained the Opposition ranks with a mere 52 seats. It could not muster enough numbers to claim the position of Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. Main parties-The political arena of Uttar Pradesh is fiercely contested by major players like the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Indian National Congress (INC), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), and Samajwadi Party (SP), alongside other contributors like the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and Communist Party of India (CPI).In the 2019 general elections, the BJP emerged triumphant, securing 62 seats, supplemented by two seats clinched by its ally Apna Dal (S). Mayawati's BSP managed to secure 10 seats, while Akhilesh Yadav's SP garnered five. Conversely, the Congress party secured only one seat.With its vast expanse of 80 constituencies, Uttar Pradesh's electoral sway reverberates across the national political spectrum, underscoring its immense influence on the broader political landscape of India.Schedule: Date of voting-The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced the schedule for the Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha elections 2024. The elections will be conducted in seven phases, starting from April 19 and ending on June 1. Vote counting will take place on June 4.The voters of eight Lok Sabha constituencies in western Uttar Pradesh will vote in the first phase of the seven-phase parliamentary election beginning on April 19. Phase 1 voting: April 19Lok Sabha constituencies to vote: Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzzafarnagar, Bijnor, Nagina, Muradabad, Rampur, PilibhitPhase 2 voting: April 26Lok Sabha constituencies to vote: Amroha, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahr (SC), Aligarh, MathuraPhase 3 voting: May 7Lok Sabha constituencies to vote: Sambhal, Hathras, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etah, Badaun, Amla, BareillyPhase 4 voting: May 13Lok Sabha constituencies to vote: Shahjahanpur (SC), Lakhimpur Kheri, Dhaurahara, Sitapur, Hardoi, Misrikh, Unnao, Farrukhabad, Etawah, Kannauj, Kanpur, Akbarpur, BahraichPhase 5 voting: May 20Lok Sabha constituencies to vote: Mohanlalganj, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Amethi, Jalaun, Jhansi, Hamirpur, Banda, Fatehpur, Kaushambi, Barabanki, Faizabad, Kaiserganj, GondaPhase 6 voting: May 25Lok Sabha constituencies to vote: Sultanpur, Pratapgarh, Phulpur, Allahabad, Ambedkarnagar, Shravasti, Dumariyaganj, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Lalganj (SC), Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Machhilshahr, BhadohiPhase 7 voting: June 1Lok Sabha constituencies to vote: Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Deoria, Bansgaon (SC), Ghosi, Salempur, Ballia, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Robertsganj (SC)Key constituencies and candidates-Kannauj: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav is expected to contest from here due to its significant OBC and Muslim voter base.Mainpuri: Historically a stronghold of the Samajwadi Party, previously represented by Mulayam Singh Yadav and currently by Dimple Yadav.Raebareli: UP Congress leaders are keen on fielding Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in this family bastion, previously held by her mother Sonia Gandhi.Amethi: A noteworthy battleground where Union minister Smriti Irani clinched victory against Rahul Gandhi in 2019; Irani is contesting here again for the BJP.Gorakhpur: Considered Yogi Adityanath’s political stomping ground, having represented it in Parliament five times before becoming UP's chief minister.Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency, where he seeks re-election for the third term.Kaiserganj: The stronghold of BJP leader Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, despite facing allegations of sexual harassment.Faizabad: Gaining prominence with the inauguration of the Ram temple, Ayodhya being a part of this constituency, formerly known as Faizabad.Rampur: Once a stronghold of Azam Khan, now facing challenges, marking a shifting political landscape.Full list of candidates-Samajwadi Party (SP)Rajaram Pal – AkbarpurBrijendra Singh – AligarhLalji Verma – Ambedkar NagarNeeraj Maurya – AonlaDharmendra Yadav – AzamgarhShivpal Singh Yadav – BadaunManoj Chaudhary – BaghpatRamesh Gautam – BahraichShivshankar Singh Patel – BandaPraveen Singh Aron – BareillyRam Prasad Chaudhary – BastiYashvir Singh – BijnorVirendra Singh – ChandauliAnand Bhadoria – DhaurahraDevesh Shakya – EtahJitendra Dohare – EtawahAwadhesh Prasad – FaizabadDr Naval Kishore Shakya – FarrukhabadAkshay Yadav – FirozabadRahul Awana – Gautam Buddh NagarAfzal Ansari – GhazipurRajiv Rai – GhosiShreya Verma – GondaKajal Nishad – GorakhpurAjendra Singh Rajput – HamirpurUsha Verma – HardoiJasveer Balmiki – HathrasNarayan Das Ahirwar – JalaunIqra Hasan – KairanaUtkarsh Verma – KheriDaroga Saroj – LalganjRavidas Mehrotra – LucknowDimple Yadav – MainpuriBhanu Pratap Singh – MeerutRajendra S Bind – MirzapurManoj Kumar Rajvanshi – MisrikhR K Chaudhary – MohanlalganjHarendra Milak – MuzaffarnagarManoj Kumar – NaginaDr SP Singh Patel – PratapgarhShafiqur Rahman Barq – SambhalRajesh Kashyap – ShahjahanpurBhim Nishad – SultanpurAnnu Tandon – UnnaoSurendra Singh Patel – VaranasiBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)Devendra Singh Bhole – AkbarpurRitesh Pandey – Ambedkar NagarSmriti Irani – AmethiKanwar Singh Tanwar – AmrohaDharmendra Kashyap – AonlaDinesh Lal Yadav ‘Nirahua’ – AzamgarhR.K Singh Patel – BandaKamlesh Paswan – BansgaonUpendra Singh Rawat – BarabankiHarish Dwivedi – BastiDr. Bhola Singh – BulandshahrDr. Mahendra Nath Pandey – ChandauliRekha Verma – DhaurahraJagdambika Pal – DomariyaganjRajvir Singh (Raju Bhaiya) – EtahDr. Ram Shankar Katheria – EtawahLallu Singh – FaizabadMukesh Rajput – FarrukhabadSadhvi Niranjan Jyoti – FatehpurRaj Kumar Chahar – Fatehpur SikriDr. Mahesh Sharma – Gautam Buddh NagarKirti Vardhan Singh Alias Raja Bhaiya – GondaRavi Kishan – GorakhpurKunwar Pushpendra Singh Chandel – HamirpurJai Prakash Rawat – HardoiBhanu Pratap Singh Verma – JalaunKripashankar Singh – JaunpurAnurag Verma – JhansiPradeep Kumar – KairanaSubrat Pathak – KannaujAjay Mishra Teni – KheriVijay Kumar Dubey – Kushi NagarSmt. Neelam Sonkar – LalganjRajnath Singh – LucknowPankaj Choudhary – MaharajganjSmt. Hema Malini – MathuraAshok Kumar Rawat – MisrikhKaushal Kishore – MohanlalganjDr. Sanjiv Kumar Baliyan – MuzaffarnagarOm Kumar – NaginaSangam Lal Gupta – PratapgarhGhanshyam Lodhi – RampurRavindra Kushwaha – SalempurParmeshwar Lal Saini – SambhalPraveen Kumar Nishad – Sant Kabir NagarArjun Kumar Sagar – ShahjahanpurSaket Mishra – ShrawastiRajesh Verma – SitapurSakshi Maharaj – UnnaoNarendra Modi (Prime Minister) – VaranasiCongressRam Nath Sikarwar – AmrohaAjay Rai – VaranasiAkhilesh Pratap Singh – BarabankiSadan Prasad – DeoriaAlok Mishra – Fatehpur SikriTanuj Punia – JhansiPradeep Jain Aditya – KanpurDanish Ali – SaharanpurBahujan Samaj Party (BSP)Majid Ali – SaharanpurShripal Singh – KairanaDara Singh Prajapati – MuzaffarnagarVijendra Singh – BijnorSurendra Pal Singh – Nagina (SC)Mohammad Irfan Saidi – MoradabadZeeshan Khan – RampurShaukat Ali – SambhalAmroha – Mujahid HussainDevrit Tyagi – MeerutPraveen Bansal – BaghpatRajendra Singh Solanki – Gautam Buddha NagarGirish Chandra Jatav – Bulandshahr (SC)Abid Ali – AmlaAnees Ahmed Khan, alias Phoolbabu – PilibhitDodram Verma – Shahjahanpur (SC)2019 result recapPhase 1 - BJP won six out of eight seats - BSP secured two seats (Bijnore and Saharanpur). - RLD chief Ajit Singh lost in Muzaffarnagar, and his son Jayant Chaudhury lost in Baghpat.Phase 2 - BJP won six out of eight seats. - BSP won two seats (Saharanpur and Amroha).Phase 3 - BJP emerged victorious in six out of ten seats in western Uttar Pradesh and Rohailkhand. - SP won four parliamentary constituencies (Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, and Mainpuri). - Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law is presently an MP from Mainpuri.Phase 4 - BJP won all 13 seats from the Awadh and Bundelkhand regions. - SP supremo Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav lost to BJP's Subrat Pathak.Phase 5 - BJP won 13 out of 14 seats. - Congress secured one seat (Raebareli) but faced a setback as Rahul Gandhi lost in Amethi to BJP's Smriti Irani.Phase 6 - BJP won nine out of 14 seats in the Purvanchal region. - BSP secured four seats. - Samajwadi Party won one seat (Azamgarh, won by Akhilesh Yadav).Phase 7 - BJP won nine seats (including Prime Minister Narendra Modi retaining Varanasi by a record margin). - BJP ally Apna Dal (S) secured two seats (Mirzapur and Robertsganj). - BSP secured two seats.