# Phulpur Lok Sabha constituency

Phulpur Lok Sabha seat, also spelled 'Phoolpur', is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. It lies in Prayagraj district. Phulpur is a historic constituency and two Indian Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and V P Singh have been elected from this constituency. The first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru died in office in 1964 while holding this seat. Hence it is also called "Nehru's constituency".

## Vidhan Sabha segments

| No | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead |
| 254 | Phaphamau | Prayagraj | Guru Prasad Maurya | Bharatiya Janata Party | Samajwadi Party |
| 255 | Soraon (SC) | Prayagraj | Geeta Shastri | Samajwadi Party | Samajwadi Party |
| 256 | Phulpur | Prayagraj | Deepak Patel | Bharatiya Janata Party | Samajwadi Party |
| 261 | Allahabad West | Prayagraj | Sidharth Nath Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 262 | Allahabad North | Prayagraj | Harshvardhan Bajpai | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Members of Parliament

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1952 | Jawaharlal Nehru | Indian National Congress |
| 1952 | Masuriya Din | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Jawaharlal Nehru | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Masuriya Din | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Jawaharlal Nehru | Indian National Congress |
| 1964^ | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit | Indian National Congress |
| 1969^ | Janeshwar Mishra | Samyukta Socialist Party |
| 1971 | Vishwanath Pratap Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Kamala Bahuguna | Janata Party |
| 1980 | B. D. Singh | Janata Party (Secular) |
| 1984 | Ram Pujan Patel | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Ram Pujan Patel | Janata Dal |
| 1991 | Ram Pujan Patel | Janata Dal |
| 1996 | Jang Bahadur Patel | Samajwadi Party |
| 1998 | Jang Bahadur Patel | Samajwadi Party |
| 1999 | Dharmraj Patel | Samajwadi Party |
| 2004 | Atique Ahmed | Samajwadi Party |
| 2009 | Kapil Muni Karwariya | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| 2014 | Keshav Prasad Maurya | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2018^ | Nagendra Pratap Patel | Samajwadi Party |
| 2019 | Keshari Devi Patel | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2024 | Praveen Patel | Bharatiya Janata Party |
^ by poll

## Election results
### General election 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Phulpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Praveen Patel | 452,600 | 44.60 | 11.08 |
| | SP | Amarnath Maurya | 4,48,268 | 44.17 | 6.07 |
| | BSP | Jagannath Pal | 82,586 | 8.14 | 8.14 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 5,460 | 0.54 | 0.27 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,332 | 0.43 | 17.15 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,14,824 | 49.10 | 0.40 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |

### General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Phulpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Keshari Devi Patel | 544,701 | 55.68 | +16.87 |
| | SP | Pandhari Yadav | 3,72,733 | 38.10 | −8.85 |
| | INC | Pankaj Patel | 32,761 | 3.35 | +0.70 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 7,882 | 0.81 | +0.44 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,71,968 | 17.58 | +9.44 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,79,077 | 48.70 | +11.55 |
| | BJP gain from SP | BJP gain from SP | Swing | +8.73 | |

### 2018 by-election

Bye-election, 2018: Phulpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SP | Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel | 3,42,922 | 46.95 | +26.62 |
| | BJP | Kaushalendra Singh Patel | 2,83,462 | 38.81 | −13.63 |
| | IND. | Atiq Ahmed | 48,094 | 6.58 | N/A |
| | INC | Manish Mishra | 19,353 | 2.65 | −3.40 |
| | IND. | Dr. Neeraj | 4,276 | 0.59 | +0.36 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 2,724 | 0.37 | −0.51 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 59,460 | 8.14 | −23.97 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,30,612 | 37.15 | −13.05 |
| | SP gain from BJP | SP gain from BJP | Swing | -5.49 | |

### General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Phulpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Keshav Prasad Maurya | 5,03,564 | 52.44 | +44.32 |
| | SP | Dharam Raj Singh Patel | 1,95,256 | 20.33 | −7.39 |
| | BSP | Kapil Muni Karwariya | 1,63,710 | 17.05 | −13.31 |
| | INC | Mohammad Kaif | 58,127 | 6.05 | −6.20 |
| | AAP | Shimala Shri | 7,384 | 0.77 | +0.77 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 8,424 | 0.88 | +0.88 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 3,08,308 | 32.11 | +29.47 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,60,419 | 50.20 | +11.51 |
| | BJP gain from BSP | BJP gain from BSP | Swing | +22.08 | |

### General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Phulpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BSP | Kapil Muni Karwariya | 1,67,542 | 30.36 |
| | SP | Shyama Charan Gupta | 1,52,964 | 27.72 |
| | Independent | Dr. Sone Lal Patel | 76,699 | 13.90 |
| | INC | Dharmaraj Singh Patel | 67,623 | 12.25 |
| | BJP | Karan Singh Patel | 44,828 | 8.12 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,578 | 2.64 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,51,917 | 38.69 |
| | BSP gain from SP | BSP gain from SP | Swing | |

### General election 2004

2004 Indian general elections: Phulpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SP | Atique Ahamad | 265432 | 35.13 |
| | BSP | Keshari Devi Patel | 201085 | 26.62 |
| | BJP | Beni Madhav Bind | 151509 | 20.06 |
| | AD | Sone Lal Patel | 80388 | 10.64 |
| | INC | Ram Pujan Patel | 11367 | 1.50 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 64347 | 8.52 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 755222 | |
| | SP hold | SP hold | Swing | |

### General election 1999

1999 Indian general elections: Phulpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SP | Dharmaraj Singh Patel | 183282 | 26.95 |
| | BJP | Beni Madhav Bind | 163243 | 24.01 |
| | BSP | Tulasi Ram Yadav | 150173 | 22.08 |
| | AD | Sone Lal Patel | 127780 | 18.79 |
| | INC | Ram Pujan Patel | 32376 | 4.76 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20030 | 2.94 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 680072 | 58.38 |
| | SP hold | SP hold | Swing | |

### General election 1998

1998 Indian general election: Phulpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SP | Jang Bahadur Singh Patel | 216124 | 32.17 |
| | BJP | Beni Madhav Bind | 201604 | 30.01 |
| | BSP | Ram Pujan Patel | 177556 | 26.43 |
| | AD | Sone Lal Patel | 42152 | 6.27 |
| | INC | Jagdish Narain Mishra | 19382 | 2.89 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14520 | 2.16 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 671810 | 57.61 |
| | SP hold | SP hold | Swing | |

### General election 1996

1996 Indian general election: Phulpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SP | Jang Bahadur Singh Patel | 162844 | 29.41 |
| | BSP | Kanshi Ram | 146823 | 26.51 |
| | BJP | B.D.Singh | 119318 | 21.55 |
| | INC | Ram Pujan Patel | 67714 | 12.23 |
| | AIIC(T) | Shyam Surat Upadhyay | 15304 | 2.76 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16021 | 2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 553784 | 47.9 |
| | SP gain from JD | SP gain from JD | Swing | |

### General election 1991

1991 Indian general election: Phulpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | JD | Ram Pujan Patel | 150640 | 34.02 |
| | BSP | Beni Madhav Bind | 91039 | 20.56 |
| | BJP | Deoraj Singh | 84449 | 19.08 |
| | JP | Nisar Ahmed | 64484 | 15.01 |
| | INC | Roop Nath Singh Yadav | 27097 | 6.12 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 59601 | 13.46 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 442831 | 47.8 |
| | JD hold | JD hold | Swing | |

### General election 1989

1989 Indian general election: Phulpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | JD | Ram Pujan Patel | 198266 | 39.84 |
| | INC | Chandrajit Yadav | 165765 | 33.31 |
| | BSP | Beni Madhav Bind | 115521 | 23.22 |
| | Independent | Tulsi Ram Saroj | 3756 | 0.75 |
| | Doordarshi Party | Sriram Jaiswal | 3066 | 0.62 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 32501 | 6.53 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 497607 | 54.39 |
| | JD gain from INC | JD gain from INC | Swing | |

### 1964 by-election

* Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (Indian National Congress) : 1,10,549 votes
* S. Jaiswal (Samyukta Socialist Party) : 52,529 votes

### General elections 1957

* Two members were elected from this seat in 1957.
1957 Indian general election: Phulpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Jawaharlal Nehru (Elected) | 2,27,447 | 36.87 |
| | INC | Masuriya Din (Elected) | 1,98,431 | 32.17 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 29,018 | 4.70 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,16,862 | 77.24 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### General election 1952

1952 Indian general election: Allahabad East-Jaunpur West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Jawaharlal Nehru (Elected) | 2,33,571 | 38.73 | |
| | INC | Masuriya Din (Elected) | 1,81,700 | 30.13 | |
| | KMPP | Banshi Lal | 59,642 | 9.89 | |
| | Independent | Prabhudutt Brahmachari | 56,718 | 9.41 | |
| | Independent | K. K. Chatterjee | 27,392 | 4.54 | |
| | ABHM | Thate Laxman Ganesh | 25,870 | 4.29 | |
| | RSP | Badri Prasad | 18,129 | 3.01 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 51,871 | 8.60 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,03,022 | 40.21 | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |