Ghazipur Lok Sabha Constituency of Uttar Pradesh: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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The Parliamentary Constituency of Ghazipur is one of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state of Uttar Pradesh. It was formed prior to the 1952 elections.

In UP, 56.84 per cent voting was recorded. The turnout in Varanasi was 58.05 per cent, while Gorakhpur recorded 57.38 per cent voting.

Ajit Pratap Kushawaha of Indian National Congress, Afzal Ansari of Bahujan Samaj Party, Bhanu Prakash Pandey of Communist Party of India and Manoj Sinha of Bharatiya Janata Party are some of the top candidates contesting the general elections 2019 from Ghazipur Lok Sabha Constituency of Uttar Pradesh.

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

Serial No.	Name Of Candidate	Party Affiliation
1	AJIT PRATAP KUSHAWAHA	Indian National Congress
2	AFZAL ANSARI	Bahujan Samaj Party
3	BHANU PRAKASH PANDEY	Communist Party of India
4	MANOJ SINHA	Bharatiya Janata Party
5	ISHWARI PRASAD KUSHWAHA	Communist Party of India (Marxist- Leninist) (Liberation)
6	BRIJENDRA KUMAR VERMA	Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Party
7	BHARAT	Janta Raj Party
8	RAJESH KUMAR YADAV	Pragatisheel Manav Samaj Party
9	Dr. RAJESH KUMAR SINGH	Bhartiya Jan Nayak Party
10	RAMJI	Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party
11	RAMPRAVESH SHARMA ALIAS RINKOO	Moulik Adhikar Party
12	VED PRAKASH	Nationalist Janshakti Party
13	SANTOSH KUMAR YADAV	Pragatishil Samajwadi Party (Lohia)
14	HRIDAYA NARAYAN SINGH	Independent

The Assembly Constituencies that fall in Ghazipur parliamentary constituency are Jakhanian (SC), Saidpur (SC), Ghazipur, Jangipur and Zamania.

The election in this constituency was held in the seventh phase of Lok Sabha election 2019 on May 19 and the results will be declared on May 23.

Manoj Sinha of BJP was elected Member of Parliament from this constituency in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. BJP candidate Sinha bagged 306929 votes and defeated Samajwadi Party candidate Shivkanya Kushwaha. The SP candidate got 274477 votes.