Basti (Lok Sabha constituency)
Basti Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: बस्ती लोक सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India
Members of Parliament
- 1957: Ramgarib, Independent
- 1962: Keshava Deva Malaiya, Indian National Congress
- 1967: Sheonarain, Indian National Congress
- 1971: A.P. Dhusia, Indian National Congress
- 1977: Sheonarain, Janata Party
- 1980: Kalpnath Sonkar, Indian National Congress (I)
- 1984: Ram Awadh Prasad, Indian National Congress
- 1989: Kalpnath Sonkar, Janata Dal
- 1991: Shyam Lal Kamal, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1996: Sriram Chauhan, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1998: Sriram Chauhan, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1999: Sriram Chauhan, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2004: Lal Mani Prasad, Bahujan Samaj Party
- 2009: Arvind Kumar Chaudhary, Bahujan Samaj Party
- 2014: Harish Chandra Alias Harish Dwivedi, Bharatiya Janata Party
General elections 2014
See also
- Basti district
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
| General Election, 2014: Basti | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| BJP | Harish Dwivedi | 357,680 | 34.45 | +19.29 | |
| SP | Brijkishor Singh | 324,118 | 31.21 | +10.09 | |
| BSP | Ram Prasad Chaudhary | 283,747 | 27.33 | -7.39 | |
| INC | Ambika Singh | 27,673 | 2.67 | -9.64 | |
| AAP | Anand Rajpal | 8,407 | 0.81 | +0.81 | |