Mirzapur (Lok Sabha constituency)
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Mirzapur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha
(parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh
state in northern India
. This constituency covers the entire Mirzapur district
.
(legislative assembly) segments. These are:
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
(parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
state in northern India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. This constituency covers the entire Mirzapur district
Mirzapur District
Mirzapur district is one of the 70 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The district is bounded on the north by Sant Ravidas Nagar and Varanasi districts, on the east by Chandauli district, on the south by Sonbhadra district and on the norhwest by Allahabad district. The district...
.
Assembly segments
Presently, Mirzapur Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan SabhaVidhan Sabha
The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...
(legislative assembly) segments. These are:
Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC Dalit Dalit is a designation for a group of people traditionally regarded as Untouchable. Dalits are a mixed population, consisting of numerous castes from all over South Asia; they speak a variety of languages and practice a multitude of religions... /ST Adivasi Adivasi is an umbrella term for a heterogeneous set of ethnic and tribal groups claimed to be the aboriginal population of India. They comprise a substantial indigenous minority of the population of India... /None) |
District | Number of electorates (2009) |
---|---|---|---|---|
395 | Chhanbey | SC | Mirzapur | 264,314 |
396 | Mirzapur | None | Mirzapur | 294,806 |
397 | Majhawan | None | Mirzapur | 295,196 |
398 | Chunar | None | Mirzapur | 272,473 |
399 | Marihan | None | Mirzapur | 272,891 |
Total: | 1,399,680 |
Members of Parliament
Duration | Political Party | ||
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First 1st Lok Sabha The First Lok Sabha was constituted on 17 April 1952 after India's first general election. The 1st Lok Sabha lasted its full tenure of five years and was dissolved on 4 April 1957.- Important Members :- List of Members by state :... |
1952-57 | John N. Wilson | Indian National Congress Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian... |
Second 2nd Lok Sabha Membership of the Second Lok Sabha... |
1957-62 | John N. Wilson | Indian National Congress |
Third 3rd Lok Sabha List of Members of the 3rd Lok Sabha, elected February-March 1962. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.-Important members:* Speaker:... |
1962-67 | Shyam Dhar Mishra | Indian National Congress |
Fourth 4th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 4th Lok Sabha, elected February–March 1967. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.-Important members:* Speaker:**N... |
1967-71 | Bansh Narain Singh | Bharatiya Jana Sangh Bharatiya Jana Sangh The Bharatiya Jana Sangh existed from 1951 to 1980, whereupon it was succeeded by the Bharatiya Janata Party, one of India's largest political parties... |
Fifth 5th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 5th Lok Sabha, elected February-March 1971. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.- Important members :* Speaker:... |
1971-77 | Aziz Imam | Indian National Congress |
Sixth 6th Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India. The 6th Lok Sabha, which ran from 23 March 1977 - 22 August 1979 was elected in February and March 1977.-Important members:* Speaker:... |
1977-80 | Faqir Ali Ansari | Janata Party Janata Party The Janata Party was an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the state of emergency imposed by the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Indian National Congress... |
Seventh 7th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 7th Lok Sabha, elected December 1979-January 1980. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.- Important members :* Speaker:... |
1980-84 | Aziz Imam | Indian National Congress (I) |
Eighth 8th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 8th Lok Sabha, elected December 1984. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.- Important members :* Speaker:... |
1984-89 | Umakant Mishra | Indian National Congress |
Ninth 9th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 9th Lok Sabha, elected May-June 1989. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.- Important members :* Speaker:... |
1989-91 | Yusuf Beg | Janata Dal Janata Dal Janata Dal is an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Congress, and the Jan Morcha led by V. P... |
Tenth 10th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 10th Lok Sabha, elected during Indian general election, 1991 held during May-June 1991. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.-Important members:* Speaker:... |
1991-96 | Virendra Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament... |
Eleventh 11th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 11th Lok Sabha, elected during Indian general election, 1996 held during April-May 1996. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.-Important members:* Speaker:... |
1996-98 | Phoolan Devi Phoolan Devi Phoolan Devi , popularly known as the "Bandit Queen", was an Indian dacoit and later a politician. After being gang-raped by some upper-caste members of her gang, Phoolan Devi turned a bandit, and killed 22 upper-caste villagers in 1981. Following this, she became notorious across India as a bandit... |
Samajwadi Party Samajwadi Party Samajwadi Party is a political party in India. It is based in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It describes itself as a democratic socialist party... |
Twelfth 12th Lok Sabha List of Members of the 12th Lok Sabha, after Indian general election, 1998 held during February-March 1998. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.- Important members :* Speaker:... |
1998-99 | Virendra Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Thirteenth 13th Lok Sabha The 13th Lok Sabha is the thirteenth session of the Lok Sabha... |
1999–2001 | Phoolan Devi | Samajwadi Party |
2002–2004 | Ram Rati Bind | Samajwadi Party | |
Fourteenth 14th Lok Sabha The 14th Lok Sabha was convened after the Indian general election, 2004 held in four phases during 20 April – 10 May 2004, which led to the formation of First Manmohan Singh Cabinet... |
2004-09 | Narendra Kumar Kushwaha Narendra Kumar Kushwaha Narendra Kumar Kushwaha is an Indian politician with the Bahujan Samaj Party . He stood for the 2004 Lok Sabha elections on the BSP ticket and was a Member of Parliament from Mirzapur.-References:... |
Bahujan Samaj Party Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party is a centrist national political party in India with socialist leanings. It was formed to chiefly represent Bahujans , referring to people from the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Castes as well as Buddhists. The party claims to be inspired by the... |
Fifteenth 15th Lok Sabha Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected in 2009 during the General Elections in India.- Important members :* Speaker: Meira Kumar, Indian National Congress, Sasaram, Bihar... |
2009-Incumbent Incumbent The incumbent, in politics, is the existing holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent. For example, in the 2004 United States presidential election, George W... |
Bal Kumar Patel | Samajwadi Party |