Bijnor Lok Sabha constituency of Uttar Pradesh: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Bijnor is one of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh. Voting for Lok Sabha election in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases and Bijnor went to polls in the first phase on 11 April. Counting for the election will be held on May 23.

Bijnor registered 65.98 percent voter turnout in Lok Sabha Election 2019, a loss of 1.85 percent from 2014. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1659659 while 1094969 came out to exercise their franchise. While in 2014, the constituency registered 67.83 percent voter turnout. The total number of electors in the constituency was 1559872 while 1058085 voted.

Bijnor Lok Sabha constituency comprises of five assembly segments namely, Bijnor, Chandpur, Hastinapur from District Meerut, Meerapur from District Muzaffarnagar and Purqazi from District Muzaffarnagar.

The first phase of voting in 8 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh ended on April 11. The fate of 23 candidates will be decided on May 23 when counting of votes takes place and the result is declared. The total voter turnout recorded in UP was 64 percent.

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Bijnor Lok Sabha constituency of Uttar Pradesh.

1	SONU	Jansatta Party
2	RAJA BHARATENDRA SINGH	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	NASIMUDDIN SIDDIQUI	Indian National Congress
7	RAJIV CHOUDHARY	Bhartiya Kisan Party
9	MOHD. ZAHID	Independent
10	ILAM SINGH	Pragatishil Samajwadi Party (Lohia)
11	PARVEJ AQIL	All India Minorities Front
12	MUKESH KUMAR	All India Forward Bloc
13	ANSH CHAITANYA MAHARAJ	Hindusthan Nirman Dal
14	MALOOK NAGAR	Bahujan Samaj Party
18	BABLOO RAM	Bharatiya Sarvodaya Kranti Party
19	SARTAJ	Republican Party of India
20	MAHAK SINGH	Independent
21	MANGERAM	Peoples Party of India (Democratic)
22	FIROJ AALAM	United Democratic Front Secular
23	SHAMIM	Independent

In the 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Kunwar Bharatendra Singh defeated his closest rival Samajwadi Party's (SP) Shahnawaz Rana winning with a margin of 205774 votes.

In the 2009 election, Rashtriya Lok Dal's (RLD) Sanjay Singh Chauhan won the seat bagging 244587 votes. Chauhan got a tough fight from Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP) Shahid Siddiqui who secured 30.55 per cent or 216157 votes.