In 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP fielded sitting MP Hema Malini was facing Kuwar Narendra Singh of the RLD.
The constituency went to polls in the second phase of Lok Sabha election on April 18.
Election Results 2019: BJP's Hema Malini secures another term, defeats RLD's Narendra Singh by 2,93,471 votes.
HEMA MALINI (BJP) - 671293 (60.88%), KUNWAR NARENDRA SINGH (RLD) - 377822 (34.26%), MAHESH PATHAK (Congress) - 28084 (2.55%)
Constituency profile
The Mathura Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh. The parliamentary seat was won by actor-turned-politician Hema Malini on a BJP ticket in 2014. She defeated sitting RLD MP Jayant Chaudhary by 3.30 lakh votes. Pt. Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi of the BSP was on the third position with 1.73 lakh votes.
While it was won by Congress' Manvendra Singh in 2004, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held the Mathura seat from 1991-2004. In 2009, when Jayant Chaudhary won from here, his party RLD was contesting in an alliance with the BJP.
Famous for being the birthplace of Lord Krishna, the constituency is important for the BJP as it fits into its Hindutva narrative.
The Mathura Lok Sabha constituency is part of Mathura district in Uttar Pradesh, known as the birthplace of Lord Krishna and one of the holiest sites of Hindu religion. It comprises five Assembly constituencies - Chhata, Mant, Goverdhan, Mathura and Baldev.
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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