The constituency went to polls in the seventh phase of Lok Sabha elections on May 19.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) scored its first victory from Ghosi in 2014 when Harinarayan Rajbhar defeated sitting MP of BSP Dara Singh Chauhan by 1.46 lakh votes. BJP has renominated sitting MP Harinarayan Rajbhar who is facing Atul Rai of the BSP and Congress' Balkrishna Chouhan.
The constituency went to polls in the seventh phase of Lok Sabha elections on May 19.
Election Results 2019: BJP's Harinarayan Rajbhar loses to BSP's Atul Rai by 1.2 L votes. HARINARAYAN (BJP) - 451261 (39.56%), ATUL KUMAR (BSP), 573829 (50.3%), BALKRISHNA (Congress) - 23812 (2.09%)
18:06 IST Thursday, 23 May 2019: HARINARAYAN (BJP) - 445034 (39.62%), ATUL KUMAR (BSP), 564062 (50.21%), BALKRISHNA (Congress) - 23478 (2.09%)
Constituency profile
Before Dara Singh won the seat in 2009, the parliamentary constituency was represented by Chandradeo Prasad Rajbhar of the Samajwadi Party (SP). He had defeated sitting MP Bal Krishna Chauhan of the BSP who had won in 1999.
Before him, Kalpnath Rai won from Ghosi for four consecutive terms - 1989, 1991 (Congress), 1996 (Independent) and 1998 (Samata Party).
The constituency has a history of sending CPI candidates to Lok Sabha four times - 1962, 1967, 1971 and 1980. In 2019 election, the party has fielded Atul Kumar Anjaan from the Lok Sabha seat.
Ghosi Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments: Mau, Madhuban, Ghosi, Muhammadabad Gohna (SC) (Mau district); Rasara (Ballia district).
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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