Sant Kabir Nagar Lok Sabha constituency of Uttar Pradesh: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Sant Kabir Nagar is one of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh. Voting in Sant Kabir Nagar 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.

Praveen Kumar Nishad of Bharatiya Janata Party, Bhal Chandra Yadav of Indian National Congress and Bheeshma Shankar of Bahujan Samaj Party are a few prominent candidates contesting for general elections 2019 from Sant Kabir Nagar Lok Sabha Constituency of Uttar Pradesh.

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

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	PRAVEEN KUMAR NISHAD	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	BHAL CHANDRA YADAV	Indian National Congress
3	BHEESHMA SHANKAR	Bahujan Samaj Party
4	AKHILESH KUMAR	Moulik Adhikar Party
5	ANAND KUMAR GAUTAM	Bahujan Mukti Party
6	RAJENDRA YADAV	Independent
7	LOTAN PRASAD	Independent

Sant Kabir Nagar parliamentary constituency comprises of five assembly segments namely Alapur, Menhdawal, Khalilabad, Dhanghata and Khajani.

In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party's Sharad Tripathi had won the Sant Kabir Nagar Lok Sabha constituency with a margin of 97,978 votes.

Sharad Tripathi had bagged 348892 votes as against Bahujan Samaj Party's Bhism Shankar (Kushal Tiwari) who secured 2,50,914 votes.