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

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Pratapgarh is one of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh. Voting in Pratapgarh Lok Sabha constituency in the sixth phase was on May 12 and counting is on May 23.

In the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh, 54 percent polling was reported in 14 constituencies.

Ashok Tripathi of Bahujan Samaj Party, Rajkumari Ratna Singh of Indian National Congress and Sangam Lal Gupta of Bharatiya Janata Party are a few prominent candidates contesting for general elections 2019 from Pratapgarh Lok Sabha Constituency of Uttar Pradesh.

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

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	ASHOK TRIPATHI	Bahujan Samaj Party
2	RAJKUMARI RATNA SINGH	Indian National Congress
3	SANGAM LAL GUPTA	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	AKSHAY PRATAP SINGH ALIAS GOPAL JI	Jansatta Dal Loktantrik
5	M. IRSHAD	Sarvodaya Bharat Party
6	RAM BAHADUR SHARMA	Moulik Adhikar Party
7	SHESHNATH TIWARI	SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)
8	DR. B. L. VERMA	Independent

Pratapgarh parliamentary constituency comprises of five assembly segments namely Raniganj, Rampur Khas, Vishwanathganj, Patti and Pratapgarh.

In 2014 Lok Sabha election, Apna Dal's Kuwar Harivansh Singh had won the Pratapgarh Lok Sabha constituency with a massive margin of 1,68,222 votes.

Kuwar Harivansh Singh had bagged 3,75,789 votes as against Bahujan Samaj Party's Asif Nizamuddin Siddique who secured 2,07,567 votes.