Salempur 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.


Salempur Parliamentary Constituency is one of the 80 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh formed in 1957 and has five Vidhan Sabha segments of which two are reserved for the SC category. According to Election Commission of India 2009 data the total electorates in the Salempur Parliamentary constituency (constituency number 71) were 1,621,136 of which 748,335 are females and 872,801 are males. The town of Salempur is located towards the eastern side of the state and is a nagar panchayat of the Deoria District. It is 143 km from Varanasi and 206 km from Kathmandu.

As per 2001 India Census, the city of Salempur has a population of 16,906 of which male and female population of 52% and 48% respectively. 16% of the population is below the age of six and the sex ratio here is 1013 females per 1000 males. The city has an average literacy rate of 65% with male literacy rate of 74% and female literacy rate of 56%. There are several schools, both public and private, affiliated to both the state and central boards of education. A handful of colleges offering courses in various fields are located here. Economically, most of the people are involved in agriculture and the area also has several small scale industries. A vast network of roads and railways connect the city to the rest of the state.

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

The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Salempur 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 Salempur constituency is Shri Ravindra Kushawaha of BJP.

Year	PC No.	PC Name	Category	Winner/Current MP	Gender	Party	Vote	Runner Up MP	Gender	Party	Vote
2014	71	Salempur	GEN	Ravindra Kushawaha	M	BJP	392213	Ravi Shanker Singh (Pappu)	M	BSP	159871
2009	71	Salempur	GEN	Rajbhar,Shri Ramashankar	M	BSP	175088	Dr. Bhola Pandey	M	INC	156783
2004	38	Salempur	GEN	Harikeval Prasad	M	SP	195570	Bhola Pandey	M	INC	179317
1999	42	Salempur	GEN	Babban Rajbhar	M	BSP	170558	Hari Vansh Sahai	M	SP	161508
1998	42	Salempur	GEN	Hari Kewal Prasad	M	SAP	219450	Hari Bansh Sahai	M	SP	180429
1996	42	Salempur	GEN	Harivansh Sahay	M	SP	156427	Harikeval Prashad	M	SAP	120731
1991	42	Salempur	GEN	Harikewal	M	JD	139167	Rambelash	M	BJP	94600
1989	42	Salempur	GEN	Hari Kewal	M	JD	245235	Ram Nagina Misra	M	INC	110209
1984	42	Salempur	GEN	Ram Nagina Misra	M	INC	152231	Janeshwar Misra	M	LKD	91695
1980	42	Salempur	GEN	Ram Nagina Misra	M	INC(I)	121340	Ram Naresh Kushwaha	M	JNP(S)	105386
1977	42	Salempur	GEN	Ram Naresh Kushwaha	M	BLD	253659	Tarkeshwar Pandey	M	INC	72738
1971	42	Salempur	GEN	Tarkeshwar Panday	M	INC	168109	Ugrasen	M	SSP	65308
1967	42	Salempur	GEN	V. Pandey	M	INC	86702	R. Naresh	M	SSP	62401
1962	43	Salempur	GEN	Vishwanath Pandey	M	INC	66351	Raj Kumar	M	SOC	41868
1957	47	Salempur	GEN	Bishwanath Roy	M	INC	62771	Uma Shanker	M	IND	33192

*PC = Parliamentary Constituency

List of Assembly Constituencies in Salempur Parliamentary Constituency

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

Names of Assembly Constituencies
Bhatpar Rani	Salempur (SC)	Belthara Road (SC)
Sikanderpur	Bansdih