Beni Prasad Verma represented the seat in Lok Sabha for four consecutive terms - 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004.
The SP-BSP alliance fielded Chandradev Ram Yadav who was contesting on a BSP ticket while Vinay Kumar Pandey was contesting a Congress candidate against sitting BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Shivpal Yadav's Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) fielded Dhananjay Sharma.
The constituency went to polls in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections on May 6.
Election Results 2019: BJP's Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh wins against Chandradev Ram Yadav by 261601 votes to retain seat. Brijbhusan Sharan Singh (BJP) - 581358 (59.24%), Chandradev Ram Yadav (BSP) - 319757 (32.58%), Vinay Kumar Pandey 'Vinnu' Congress 37132 (3.78%)
Constituency profile
Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh won the seat in 2009 election on Samajwadi Party ticket and later in 2014 on a BJP ticket. While his victory margin in 2009 was 73,000 against BSP's Surendra Nath Awasthi, it slightly increased to 78,000 against SP's Vinod Kumar alias Pandit Singh in 2014.
Singh, the President of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), has represented three Lok Sabha constituencies - Gonda, Balrampur and Kaiserganj.
Before Singh, SP's Beni Prasad Verma represented the seat in Lok Sabha for four consecutive terms - 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004.
The Lok Sabha constituency covers five Vidhan Sabha segments spread across two districts. While Payagpur and Kaiserganj are in Bahraich district, Katra Bazar, Colonelganj and Tarabganj are in Gonda 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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