Ghaziabad Lok Sabha seat
Lok Sabha election dates can be announced any time. All the political parties are vigorously engaged in Mission 2024 in the election campaign. The seats of Uttar Pradesh will play an important role in this elections also. In such a situation, here we are giving information about the high profile Ghaziabad seat of Uttar Pradesh. Ghaziabad Lok Sabha seat is adjacent to the capital Delhi, hence this seat has got VIP status. This is the reason why all parties put in their full strength to contest elections from this seat. Ghaziabad is also called the Gateway of UP, i.e. the door of UP. It was formed on 14 November 1976 by separating from Meerut. The name of the district is believed to be named after Ghazi-ud-din. Later its name became Ghaziabad.
Ghaziabad Lok Sabha seat is currently held by BJP. In the year 2014, BJP veteran General Vijay Kumar Singh had achieved a historic victory here by defeating Congress leader Raj Babbar, that year it was the second biggest victory of BJP in the country. VK Singh had defeated Congress candidate and actor Raj Babbar by more than 5.67 lakh votes.
The path is not easy here for Akhilesh-Jayant
Ghaziabad Lok Sabha seat is such a seat where caste mathematics is currently in favor of BJP. It is easy for BJP to win this seat because the support of Muslims and Dalits among the population here is not with any single party. BJP benefits from the support of Muslims and Dalits being divided among many parties. If caste data is to be believed then it is very difficult for Akhilesh Yadav and Jayant Chaudhary to win from here.
What is the number of voters?
There are 5 assembly constituencies under Ghaziabad Lok Sabha constituency, namely Loni, Muradnagar, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad and Dhaulana. 72 percent of the population here is Hindu and 25 percent is Muslim. In the 2014 elections, 2357553 voters took part, of which 43 percent were women.
Who won the 2009 elections?
Delimitation took place in 2009. Some part of Hapur came to Meerut Lok Sabha and some part to Ghaziabad. Ghaziabad Lok Sabha seat was formed by merging Loni assembly constituency. For the first time in 2009, elections were held for Ghaziabad Lok Sabha seat. At that time, the then national president of BJP Rajnath Singh contested elections from here. He became the first MP by defeating the then sitting MP, Surendra Prakash Goyal of Congress, by more than 90 thousand votes.
What were the results of the 2014 elections?
If we talk about the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, then Modi wave had come in the country. Rajnath Singh decided to change his seat and contest Lok Sabha elections from Lucknow. After this, BJP gave ticket to retired army general VK Singh. VK Singh defeated Congress candidate and actor Raj Babbar by more than 5.67 lakh votes.
What were the results of the 2019 elections?
There was an alliance of SP and BSP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. BJP once again expressed confidence in VK Singh and gave him the ticket. BJP’s VK Singh got 9 lakh 44 thousand 503 votes. Whereas alliance candidate Samajwadi Party Suresh Bansal got 4,43,003 votes. VK Singh had won by a margin of around Rs 5 lakh. Dolly Sharma of Congress was at the third position. 1,11,944 votes were received.
What is caste equation?
The population of Ghaziabad Lok Sabha constituency is more than 50 lakh. According to the caste equation, about 70 percent of the population here is Hindu while about 25 percent is Muslim. Dalits and Muslims have been quite decisive in Ghaziabad. There are also Brahmin, Vaishya, Gurjar, Thakur, Punjabi and Yadav voters in the district.
BJP won 62 out of 80 seats
In the Lok Sabha elections 2019, BJP had won 62 out of 80 seats in UP. Its ally Apna Dal Sonelal had won two seats. Apart from this, BJP had to face defeat on 16 seats. Of these, BSP is on 10 seats, Samajwadi Party is on five seats and Sonia Gandhi of Congress is MP from Rae Bareli. However, later BJP won the by-elections held on Rampur and Azamgarh Lok Sabha seats, after which now 14 seats are left on which there are non-BJP MPs.
When were the elections held in the year 2019?
The Election Commission had announced the dates for the Lok Sabha elections on March 10, 2019. The Election Commission had announced that the 2019 elections would be conducted in 7 phases. These elections ran from 11 April to 19 May. The counting of votes took place on 23 May.
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