Basti Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update

Connection failed: Access denied for user 'elect_eleciondb'@'localhost' (using password: YES) In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.

In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.

In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.

Basti Lok Sabha Election Results 2019

Basti Lok Sabha Elections and Results 2014

The Parliamentary Constituency of Basti, formed prior to the 1957 elections, is one of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state of Uttar Pradesh and presently comprises of five Vidhan Sabha segments one of them being reserved for the SC category. According to Election Commission of India 2009 data the total electorates in the Basti Parliamentary constituency (constituency number 61) were 1,570,657 of which 703,721 are females and 866,936 are males. The administrative headquarters of Basti district is situated in the city of Basti. The district covers an area of 7,309 sq. km. and is located roughly in the north-eastern part of the state. Hindi is the official language of Basti with local dialects of Awadhi and Bhojpuri being widely spoken in different parts.

According to the census data of 2011, Basti has a total population of 114,651 of which 53% are males and 47% are females. It has a sex ratio of 907 females per 1000 males. 12% of the population is below the age of six. The city of Basti has an average literacy of 82.47% with male literacy at 88% and female literacy at 76%. The economy of this city is primarily dependent on the cotton textile industry and there are other small scale industries and cottage industries here as well. Basti has a promising number of notable schools and colleges, both government and private. National Highway NH-28 passes through Basti, connecting it to a number of other important cities.

List of winner/current and runner up MPs Basti Parliamentary Constituency.

The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Basti parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Basti constituency is Shri Harish Chandra Alias Harish Dwivedi of BSP.

Year	PC No.	PC Name	Category	Winner/Current MP	Gender	Party	Vote	Runner Up MP	Gender	Party	Vote
2014	61	Basti	GEN	Harish Chandra Alias Harish Dwivedi	M	BJP	357680	Brij Kishor Singh (Dimpal)	M	SP	324118
2009	61	Basti	GEN	Chaudhary,Shri Arvind Kumar	M	BSP	268666	Raj Kishor Singh	M	SP	163456
2004	30	Basti	(SC)	Lal Mani Prasad	M	BSP	155223	Sriram Chauhan	M	BJP	129849
1999	34	Basti	(SC)	Shriram Chauhan	M	BJP	174378	Lal Mani Prasad	M	BSP	172546
1998	34	Basti	(SC)	Shri Ram Chauhan	M	BJP	244233	Kalp Nath Sonkar	M	SP	174016
1996	34	Basti	(SC)	Sriram Chauhan	M	BJP	199941	Ramkaran Arya	M	SP	150103
1991	34	Basti	(SC)	Shyam Lal Kamal	M	BJP	160375	Ram Dularey Sonker	M	JD	88910
1989	34	Basti	(SC)	Kalpa Nath Sonakar	M	JD	179586	Ram Awadh Prasad	M	INC	146367
1984	34	Basti	(SC)	Ram Awadh Prasad	M	INC	227397	Ram Dulera Sonkar	M	LKD	72795
1980	34	Basti	(SC)	Kalpnath	M	INC(I)	107432	Girdhari Lal	M	JNP(S)	80542
1977	34	Basti	(SC)	Sheo Narain	M	BLD	216542	Anant Prasad Dhusia	M	INC	76165
1971	34	Basti	(SC)	Anant Prasad Dhusia	M	INC	105848	Sheo Narain	M	NCO	33739
1967	34	Basti	(SC)	S. Narain	M	INC	88637	R. Piarey	M	BJS	69847
1962	35	Basti	GEN	Keshava Deva Malaviya	M	INC	90735	K. K. K. Nayar	M	JS	71814
1957	52	Basti	(SC)	Malviya, Keshva Deva	M	INC	241186	Nayar, Krishna Karunakar	M	IND	183890
1957	52	Basti	(SC)	Ram Garib	M	IND	184549	Sheo Narain	M	INC	172573

*PC = Parliamentary Constituency

List of Assembly Constituencies in Basti Parliamentary Constituency

The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Basti parliamentary constituency.

Names of Assembly Constituencies
Harraiya	Kaptanganj	Rudhauli
Basti Sadar	Mahadewa (SC)