Union Minister Manoj Sinha had won from Ghazipur thrice - 1996, 1999 and 2014.
Union Minister Manoj Sinha was seeking re-election from Ghazipur and was pitted against Azfal Ansari, the brother of mafia-turned politician Mukhtar Ansari, who had been fielded by BSP and Congress' Ajit Pratap Kushwaha.
The constituency went to polls in the seventh phase of Lok Sabha elections on May 19.
Election Result 2019: BSP's Azfal Ansari defeats Union Minister Manoj Sinha by 1,19,392 votes.
AFZAL ANSARI (BSP) -566082 (51.2%), MANOJ SINHA (BJP) - 446690 (40.4%), AJIT PRATAP KUSHAWAHA (Congress) - 19834 (1.79%)
18:02 IST Thursday, 23 May 2019: MANOJ SINHA (BJP) - 329349 (40.87%), AFZAL ANSARI (BJP) - 408468 (50.69%)
Constituency profile
Sinha, currently the Minister of State (Independent Charge) in Ministry of Communications, has won from Ghazipur thrice 1996, 1999 and 2014. While Afzal Ansari won from here in 2004 on a Samajwadi Party (SP) ticket, Radhe Mohan Singh emerged victorious in 2009.
The Communist Party of India also had sizeable base in Ghaziapur having won from here thrice - 1967, 1971 and 1991.
This election, Sinha is pitted against Azfal Ansari, the brother of mafia-turned politician Mukhtar Ansari, who has been fielded by BSP. Congress' Ajit Pratap Kushwaha and CPI's Bhanu Prakash Pandey are also contesting.
While filing his nomination on April 25, Union minister Manoj Sinha had said developmental works, which the BJP has been doing, was necessary to end dynastic politics and casteism.
Ghazipur Lok Sabha constituency comprises five assembly segments: Jakhanian (SC), Saidpur (SC), Ghazipur, Jangipur and Zamania.
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: State Profile
In the last parliamentary elections in 2014, the BJP had won 71 seats in the state, securing 42.63 per cent of the votes. BJP ally Apna Dal bagged two more. The Samajwadi Party had won five seats with a vote share of 22.35 per cent. The BSP did not win any seat but secured 19.77 per cent votes. The Congress registered wins on two UP seats in 2014, bagging 7.53 per cent of the votes.
UP is facing a triangular battle between the BJP, the Congress and BSP-SP-RLD alliance. Under the alliance's seat-sharing formula, the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is contesting on 38 Lok Sabha seats of the total 80 seats, Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party on 37 seats and the Chaudhary Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) on three seats. The alliance has left two for Congress' Sonia Gandhi (Rae Bareli) and Rahul Gandhi (Amethi).
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