# Moradabad Lok Sabha constituency

Moradabad Lok Sabha constituency (constituency number 6; Hindi pronunciation:) is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in western Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. It is located in the northern part of the state at a distance of 167 km from the national capital, New Delhi. Formed before the 1952 elections, it represents Moradabad district in the lower house of Indian Parliament.
According to Election Commission of India 2024 data, the number of total electorates in the constituency is 2,056,539 of which 1,092,002 are males, 964,425 are females, and 87 are transgenders. This results in a gender ratio of 883 women per 1,000 men. There are 2,133 polling booths in the constituency, and its administrative headquarter is situated in the city of Moradabad. Hindi is the official language of Moradabad, though Urdu, Punjabi and English are also widely spoken and understood.

## Assembly segments

At present, after the implementation of the Presidential notification on delimitation on 19 February 2008, Moradabad Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. Kanth and Thakurdwara assembly segments before 2008 were in erstwhile Amroha and Rampur Lok Sabha constituencies respectively. These are:
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 lead |
| 19 | Barhapur | Bijnor | Kunwar Sushant Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | Samajwadi Party |
| 25 | Kanth | Moradabad | Kamal Akhtar | Samajwadi Party | Samajwadi Party |
| 26 | Thakurdwara | Moradabad | Nawab Jan | Samajwadi Party | Samajwadi Party |
| 27 | Moradabad Rural | Moradabad | Mohammed Nasir | Samajwadi Party | Samajwadi Party |
| 28 | Moradabad Nagar | Moradabad | Ritesh Kumar Gupta | Bharatiya Janata Party | Samajwadi Party |

## List of Members of Parliament

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1952 | Ram Saran | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Ram Saran | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Syed Muzaffar Hussain | Independent |
| 1967 | Om Prakash Tyagi | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| 1971 | Virendra Agarwal | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| 1977 | Ghulam Mohammad Khan | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Ghulam Mohammad Khan | Janata Party (Secular) |
| 1984 | Hafiz Mohd. Siddiq | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Ghulam Mohammad Khan | Janata Dal |
| 1991 | Ghulam Mohammad Khan | Janata Dal |
| 1996 | Shafiqur Rahman Barq | Samajwadi Party |
| 1998 | Shafiqur Rahman Barq | Samajwadi Party |
| 1999 | Chandra Vijay Singh | Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress |
| 2004 | Shafiqur Rahman Barq | Samajwadi Party |
| 2009 | Mohammad Azharuddin | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2019 | S. T. Hasan | Samajwadi Party |
| 2024 | Ruchi Vira | Samajwadi Party |

## Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates :
| 2024 | 2024 | 49.76% | 49.76% |
| 2019 | 2019 | 50.65% | 50.65% |
| 2014 | 2014 | 43.01% | 43.01% |
| 2009 | 2009 | 39.59% | 39.59% |
| 2004 | 2004 | 33.28% | 33.28% |
| 1999 | 1999 | 39.65% | 39.65% |
| 1998 | 1998 | 39.52% | 39.52% |
| 1996 | 1996 | 38.06% | 38.06% |
| 1991 | 1991 | 41.06% | 41.06% |
| 1989 | 1989 | 50.64% | 50.64% |
| 1984 | 1984 | 29.41% | 29.41% |
| 1980 | 1980 | 33.95% | 33.95% |
| 1977 | 1977 | 64.77% | 64.77% |
| 1971 | 1971 | 34.92% | 34.92% |
| 1967 | 1967 | 30.40% | 30.40% |
| 1962 | 1962 | 29.24% | 29.24% |
| 1957 | 1957 | 36.67% | 36.67% |
| 1951 | 1951 | 47.58% | 47.58% |

### 2024

2024 Indian general election: Moradabad :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SP | Ruchi Vira | 637,363 | 49.67 | 0.98 |
| | BJP | Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh | 531,601 | 41.43 | 1.58 |
| | BSP | Irfan Saifi | 92,313 | 7.19 | 7.19 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 5,824 | 0.45 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,05,762 | 8.24 | 0.60 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,283,185 | 62.30 | 3.16 |
| | SP hold | SP hold | Swing | 0.98 | |

### 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Moradabad :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SP | S. T. Hasan | 649,416 | 50.65 | 15.39 |
| | BJP | Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh | 551,538 | 43.01 | |
| | INC | Imran Pratapgarhi | 59,198 | 4.62 | 2.87 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 5,757 | 0.45 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 98,122 | 7.64 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,82,206 | 65.45 | 1.79 |
| | SP gain from BJP | SP gain from BJP | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Moradabad :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh | 485,224 | 43.01 | 9.87 |
| | SP | S. T. Hasan | 3,97,720 | 35.26 | 31.58 |
| | BSP | Haji Mohammad Yaqoob | 1,60,945 | 14.27 | 5.13 |
| | PECP | Engineer Mohammad Irfan | 25,840 | 2.29 | 2.29 |
| | INC | Begum Noor Bano | 19,732 | 1.75 | 37.84 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 5,207 | 0.46 | 0.46 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 87,504 | 7.75 | 1.30 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,27,965 | 63.66 | 8.86 |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | 3.42 | |

### 2009

2009 Indian general election: Moradabad :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Mohammad Azharuddin | 301,283 | 39.59 | 39.59 |
| | BJP | Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh | 2,52,176 | 33.14 | 5.33 |
| | BSP | Rajiv Channa | 1,47,594 | 19.40 | 3.59 |
| | SP | Mohammad Rizwan | 27,982 | 3.68 | 29.60 |
| | IND. | Hariom Balmiki | 5,675 | 0.75 | 0.75 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 49,107 | 6.45 | 0.98 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,60,944 | 54.80 | 6.39 |
| | INC gain from SP | INC gain from SP | Swing | 6.31 | |

### 2004

2004 Indian general election: Moradabad :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SP | Shafiqur Rahman Barq | 218,079 | 33.28 | 8.78 |
| | BJP | Chandra Vijay Singh | 1,82,239 | 27.81 | N/A |
| | BSP | Iftakar Mohammad Khan | 1,50,616 | 22.98 | 3.66 |
| | NLP | Dr. Masood Ahmad | 42,018 | 6.41 | 3.17 |
| | IND | Parmeshwar Lal | 38,170 | 5.82 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 35,840 | 5.47 | 9.59 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,55,175 | 48.41 | 7.64 |
| | SP gain from ABLTC | SP gain from ABLTC | Swing | 6.28 | |

### 1999

1999 Indian general election: Moradabad :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | ABLTC | Chandra Vijay Singh | 253,321 | 39.56 | N/A |
| | SP | Shafiqur Rahman Barq | 1,56,871 | 24.50 | 15.02 |
| | BSP | Mohammad Akil | 1,23,714 | 19.32 | 0.74 |
| | INC | Reena Kumari | 63762 | 9.96 | 5.11 |
| | NLP | Zahid Husain | 20729 | 3.24 | N/A |
| | IND | Sudhir Kumar Singh | 12,391 | 1.94 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 96,450 | 15.06 | 10.08 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,47,988 | 56.05 | 8.45 |
| | ABLTC gain from SP | ABLTC gain from SP | Swing | 0.04 | |

### 1998

1998 Indian general election: Moradabad :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SP | Shafiqur Rahman Barq | 289,484 | 39.52 | 1.46 |
| | BJP | Vijay Bansal | 2,53,003 | 34.54 | 3.23 |
| | BSP | Raja Ram Saini | 1,36,081 | 18.58 | 0.93 |
| | INC | Hafiz Moh. Siddiqi | 63762 | 4.85 | 1.76 |
| | RJD | Wajid Hussain | 10,132 | 1.38 | N/A |
| | IND | Mobin | 2,075 | 0.28 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 36,481 | 4.98 | 4.69 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,38,542 | 64.50 | 7.12 |
| | SP hold | SP hold | Swing | 1.46 | |

### 1996

1996 Indian general election: Moradabad :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SP | Shafiqur Rahman Barq | 242,030 | 38.06 | N/A |
| | BJP | Sandeep | 2,40,145 | 37.77 | 0.44 |
| | BSP | Akbar Husain | 1,12,254 | 17.65 | N/A |
| | INC | Indra Mohini | 19,643 | 3.09 | 6.56 |
| | IND | Haji Kamruddin | 3,380 | 0.53 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,885 | 0.29 | 2.56 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,44,081 | 57.38 | 4.26 |
| | SP gain from JD | SP gain from JD | Swing | 3.00 | |

### 1991

1991 Indian general election: Moradabad :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | JD | Ghulam Mohammad Khan | 201,739 | 41.06 | 9.58 |
| | BJP | V.P. Singhal | 1,87,761 | 38.21 | 35.84 |
| | INC | Onkar Saran Kothiwal | 47,408 | 9.65 | 24.11 |
| | JP | Shamim Ahmed Khan | 25,933 | 5.28 | N/A |
| | IND | Jiraj Singh | 9,193 | 1.87 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,978 | 2.85 | 14.03 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,07,415 | 53.12 | 0.01 |
| | JD hold | JD hold | Swing | 9.58 | |

### 1989

1989 Indian general election: Moradabad :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | JD | Ghulam Mohammad Khan | 245,760 | 50.64 | N/A |
| | INC | Indra Mohini | 1,63,843 | 33.76 | 4.35 |
| | IND | Dinesh Tyagi | 30,086 | 6.20 | N/A |
| | BSP | Ram Chandra Seni | 19.135 | 3.94 | N/A |
| | BJP | Laxman Prasad | 11,489 | 2.37 | 18.61 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 81,917 | 16.88 | 15.09 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,04,312 | 53.13 | 7.44 |
| | JD gain from INC | JD gain from INC | Swing | 21.23 | |

### 1984

1984 Indian general election: Moradabad :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Hafiz Siddiq | 116,942 | 29.41 | 1.10 |
| | INLD | Ghulam Mohammad Khan | 1,09,829 | 27.62 | N/A |
| | BJP | Dinesh Chandra | 83,440 | 20.98 | N/A |
| | IND | Chandra Vijay Singh | 44,410 | 11.17 | N/A |
| | IND | Mahendra Singh Yadav | 30,819 | 7.75 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,113 | 1.79 | 1.65 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,05,931 | 60.57 | 10.89 |
| | INC gain from JP(S) | INC gain from JP(S) | Swing | 4.54 | |

### 1980

1980 Indian general election: Moradabad :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | JP(S) | Ghulam Mohammad Khan | 103,291 | 33.95 | N/A |
| | INC(I) | Naubat Ram | 92,824 | 30.51 | 11.47 |
| | JP | Basir Ahmad | 59,747 | 19.64 | N/A |
| | INC(U) | Humuan Qadir | 24,050 | 7.90 | N/A |
| | IND | Santosh Kumar | 5,032 | 1.65 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,467 | 3.44 | 42.29 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,10,575 | 49.68 | 6.33 |
| | JP(S) gain from JP | JP(S) gain from JP | Swing | 30.82 | |

### 1977

1977 Indian general election: Moradabad :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BLD | Ghulam Mohammad Khan | 196,648 | 64.77 | |
| | INC | D.N.Sinha | 57,797 | 19.04 | |
| | IND | Karan Singh | 19,267 | 6.35 | |
| | IND | Riasat Hussain | 12,981 | 4.28 | |
| | IND | Shamim Ahmad Khan | 4,340 | 1.43 | |
| | IND | Krishan Kant Gupta | 3,120 | 1.03 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 138,851 | 45.73 | 36.72 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,09,125 | 56.01 | 9.37 |
| | JP gain from ABJS | JP gain from ABJS | Swing | 29.85 | |

### 1971

1971 Indian general election: Moradabad :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | ABJS | Virendra Agrawal | 83,077 | 34.92 | 4.52 |
| | IND | Shamim Ahmad Khan | 61,649 | 25.91 | N/A |
| | IND | D.N.Sinha | 25,731 | 10.81 | N/A |
| | BKD | Khamani Singh | 18,392 | 7.73 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 21,428 | 9.01 | 1.57 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,44,812 | 46.64 | 12.71 |
| | ABJS hold | ABJS hold | Swing | 4.52 | |

### 1967

1967 Indian general election: Moradabad :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | ABJS | Om Prakash Tyagi | 78,497 | 30.40 | 6.25 |
| | INC | M.S. Fakhri | 51,192 | 19.82 | 3.8 |
| | SWA | M. Husain | 42,473 | 16.45 | N/A |
| | IND | K.Singh | 28,203 | 10.92 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 27,305 | 10.58 | 5.49 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,77,516 | 59.35 | 1,68 |
| | ABJS gain from Independent | ABJS gain from Independent | Swing | 1.16 | |

### 1962

1962 Indian general election: Moradabad :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | RSP | Syed Muzaffar Hussain | 69,171 | 29.24 | N/A |
| | ABJS | Brij Bhushan Saran Bansal | 57,138 | 24.15 | 7.74 |
| | INC | Ram Saran | 55,874 | 23.62 | 13.05 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,033 | 5.09 | 2.02 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,50.736 | 61.03 | 10.78 |
| | RSP gain from INC | RSP gain from INC | Swing | 7.43 | |

### 1957

1957 Indian general election: Moradabad :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Ram Saran | 75,992 | 36.67 | 10.91 |
| | IND | Khaliq Ahmad | 69,636 | 33.60 | N/A |
| | ABJS | Brahma Swarup | 34,001 | 16.41 | 2.33 |
| | PSP | Ram Saran | 27,615 | 13.32 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,356 | 3.07 | 18.02 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,07,244 | 50.25 | 7.60 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 10.91 | |

### 1951

1951 Indian general election: Moradabad :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Ram Saran | 74,644 | 47.58 | |
| | Socialist | Om Prakash | 41,552 | 26.49 | |
| | ABJS | Kishan Chand | 22,088 | 14.08 | |
| | KMPP | Shanker Datt Sharma | 18,587 | 11.85 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 33,092 | 21.09 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,56,871 | 42.65 | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |