BJP nominated sitting MP Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti against Sukhdev Prasad Verma of the BSP and Rakesh Sachan of the Congress.
The seat was held by BJP's Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti who won the 2014 election by defeating Bahujan Samaj Party's Afzal Siddiqui by 1.87 lakh votes.
The constituency went to polls in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections on May 6.
Fatehpur Lok Sabha Election Result: BJP's Niranjan Jyoti defeats BSP's Sukhdev Verma by 1,98,205 votes. NIRANJAN JYOTI (BJP) - 566040 (54.24%), SUKHDEV PRASAD VERMA (BSP) - 367835 (35.24%), RAKESH SACHAN (Congress) - 66077 (6.33%)
17:09 IST Thursday, 23 May 2019: NIRANJAN JYOTI (BJP) - 550958 (54.15%), SUKHDEV PRASAD VERMA (BSP) - 359142 (35.3%), RAKESH SACHAN (Congress) - 64672 (6.36%)
Constituency profile
The Lok Sabha constituency covers the entire Fatehpur district. The constituency is known for sending Janata Dal leader VP Singh to parliament when he became the Prime Minister in 1989 and again in 1991. After him, Vishambhar Prasad Nishad of the BSP won from here in 1996 but lost to BJP's Ashok Kumar Patel in 1998. Patel again won from Fatehpur in 1999.
In 2004, the BSP won back the seat when Mahendra Prasad Nishad defeated Samajwadi Party's Achal Singh. Five years later in 2009, Rakesh Sachan scored first victory for the Samajwadi Party. However, Sachan lost in 2014 and was pushed back to third position with 1.79 lakh votes.
In 2009, Sachan has joined the Congress and is party's candidate from Fatehpur Lok Sabha seat. He is facing sitting BJP MP Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti and Sukhdev Prasad Verma of the BSP which is contesting in alliance with SP and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD).
The parliamentary constituency comprises six assembly segments: Jahanabad, Bindki, Fatehpur, Ayah Shah, Husainganj and Khaga (SC).
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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