Etah Lok Sabha constituency, one of the 80 in Uttar Pradesh, is currently held by the BJP’s Rajveer Singh alias Raju Bhaiya who won the seat for the first time in 2014 by defeating Samajwadi Party's Devendra Singh Yadav with a margin of over 2 lakh votes.
BJP has again fielded Rajveer Singh who will again face Yadav. The Congress has not fielded a candidate here and has left it to its ally Jan Adhikar Party (JAP) founded by former Uttar Pradesh minister Babu Singh Kushwaha.
Shivpal Singh Yadav's Pragateesheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) has fielded Rashmi Yadav.
The seat has traditionally been a BJP stronghold with the party enjoying the support of OBC voters who form a big chunk of electors here. Mahadeepak Singh Shakya of the BJP won from here for four consecutive terms - 1989, 1991, 1996 and 1998 - but lost to Devendra Singh Yadav of the Devendra Singh Yadav in 1999. He retained the set in 2004 Lok Sabha elections but lost to former UP Chief Minister Kalyan Singh in 2009 when he contested under the banner of his own party - Jan Kranti Party.
The Parliamentary constituency comprises five legislative assembly segments - Amanpur, Etah, Kasganj, Marhara and Patiyali.
UP is facing a three-pronged 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 (Raebareli) and Rahul Gandhi (Amethi).
The polling for the third phase is to be held on April 23 for ten Lok Sabha seats in the Rohilkhand region of Uttar Pradesh. The results of the Lok Sabha election 2019 will be declared on May 23.
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