The prestigious Lok Sabha constituency of Allahabad has been represented in the past by two prime ministers and a megastar.
The prestigious Allahabad Lok Sabha constituency was represented in the past by two prime ministers and a megastar. This election, Rita Bahuguna Joshi is facing SP's Rajendra Singh Patel and Yogesh Shukla of the Congress. As many as 14 candidates are testing their fortunes from the constituency.
The constituency went to polls in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections on May 12.
Election Results 2019
9:17 IST Friday, 24 May 2019: Rita Bahuguna Joshi (BJP) - 494454 (55.62%), Rajendra Singh Patel (SP) - 310179 (34.89%), Yogesh Shukla (Congress) - 31953 (3.59%)
13:18 IST Thursday, 23 May 2019: Rita Bahuguna Joshi (BJP)- 154681 (54.81%), Rajendra Singh Patel (SP)- 101803 (36.07%)
Constituency profile
The prestigious Lok Sabha constituency of Allahabad, represented in the past by two prime ministers and a megastar, is seeing a battle of political turncoats this election as majority of the main candidates are fighting polls after having switched party allegiance.
Lal Bahadur Shashtri, who served as the second prime minister from 1964-66, had won Allahabad seat in 1957 and 1962, while VP Singh had won it in 1980 and 1988. Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan won the seat in 1984 but resigned before completing his terms. Political heavyweights like Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, Janeshwar Mishra, Murli Manohar Joshi and Rewati Raman Singh have also represented the seat in Lok Sabha.
With sitting BJP MP Shyama Charan Gupta switching sides and fielded by the Samajwadi Party from Banda, the saffron party has nominated UP minister Rita Bahuguna Joshi from Allahabad. She is facing SP's Rajendra Singh Patel and Yogesh Shukla of the Congress.
While Joshi had unsuccessfully fought Lok Sabha elections in 1999, losing to BJP stalwart MM Joshi and finished third, Shukla was fielded by the BJP in 2009 but faced defeat at the hands of SP's Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh and managed to get only the third position.
Shukla had joined the Congress late April just ahead of filing his nomination.
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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