Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh — Lok Sabha Election Results

Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh) was won by Akshaibar Lal (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 128,752 votes over Shabbir Balmiki. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, from 1957 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1957–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 Jogendra Singh Indian National Congress 74,975 51.5% Narsingh Dass (Independent) 28,779 (19.8 pts)
1962 Kunwar Ram Singh Swatantra Party 75,544 44.8% Jogendra Singh (Indian National Congress) 2,225 (1.3 pts)
1967 K. K. Nayar Bharatiya Jana Sangh 100,203 47.5% B. L. Agarwal (Indian National Congress) 46,632 (22.1 pts)
1971 Badlu Ram Indian National Congress 94,666 55.5% Om Prakash Tyagi (Bharatiya Jana Sangh) 25,495 (14.9 pts)
1977 Om Prakash Tyagi Bharatiya Lok Dal 186,946 61.4% Sardar Jogendra Singh ( Sardar Saheb ) (Indian National Congress) 101,419 (33.3 pts)
1980 Mulana Saiyad Muzaffar Hussain Congress (I) 112,358 44.3% Om Prakash Tyagi (Janata Party) 49,890 (19.7 pts)
1984 Arif Mohammad Khan Indian National Congress 178,621 50.6% Rudra Sen Chaudhari (Bharatiya Janata Party) 101,020 (28.6 pts)
1989 Arif Mohd. Khan Janata Dal 142,399 40.6% A.R.Kidwai (Indian National Congress) 21,639 (6.2 pts)
1991 Rudrasen Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 174,272 42.8% Arif Md. Khan (Independent) 63,209 (15.5 pts)
1996 Padam Sen Chaudhari Bharatiya Janata Party 162,165 34.4% Aarif Mohd Khan S/O Ashfaq Md. Khan (Independent) 65,968 (14.0 pts)
1998 Arif Mohammad Khan Bahujan Samaj Party 262,360 40.1% Padamsen Chaudhari (Bharatiya Janata Party) 38,376 (5.9 pts)
1999 Padamsen Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 223,768 37.6% Arif Mohammad Khan (Bahujan Samaj Party) 5,751 (1.0 pts)
2004 Rubab Sayeda Samajwadi Party 188,949 34.4% Bhagat Ram Mishra (Bahujan Samaj Party) 26,334 (4.8 pts)
2009 Kamal Kishor Indian National Congress 160,005 31.2% Lal Mani Prasad (Bahujan Samaj Party) 38,953 (7.6 pts)
2014 Sadhvi Savitri Bai Foole Bharatiya Janata Party 432,392 46.3% Shabbir Ahmad (Samajwadi Party) 95,645 (10.2 pts)
2019 Akshaibar Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 525,982 53.9% Shabbir Balmiki (Samajwadi Party) 128,752 (13.2 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jogendra Singh Indian National Congress 74,975 51.5%
Narsingh Dass Independent 46,196 31.7%
Murlidhar Bharatiya Jana Sangh 24,410 16.8%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kunwar Ram Singh Swatantra Party 75,544 44.8%
Jogendra Singh Indian National Congress 73,319 43.4%
Rameshwar Prasad Jharkhand Party 19,899 11.8%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
K. K. Nayar Bharatiya Jana Sangh 100,203 47.5%
B. L. Agarwal Indian National Congress 53,571 25.4%
B. Ram Praja Socialist Party 40,725 19.3%
R. R. Singh Swatantra Party 16,525 7.8%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Badlu Ram Indian National Congress 94,666 55.5%
Om Prakash Tyagi Bharatiya Jana Sangh 69,171 40.5%
Suraj Lal BKD 6,815 4.0%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Om Prakash Tyagi Bharatiya Lok Dal 186,946 61.4%
Sardar Jogendra Singh ( Sardar Saheb ) Indian National Congress 85,527 28.1%
Jagdish Narain Communist Party of India 23,604 7.7%
Safiullah Alias Juggan Independent 8,593 2.8%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mulana Saiyad Muzaffar Hussain Congress (I) 112,358 44.3%
Om Prakash Tyagi Janata Party 62,468 24.7%
Shyamta Prasad Chaudhari Janata Party (Secular) 38,059 15.0%
Bagish Dutt Mani RRP 7,660 3.0%
Brij Behari Das Independent 6,593 2.6%
Kanahaiya Lal Independent 6,277 2.5%
Ram Jas Independent 4,784 1.9%
Shafi Ulla Khan (Juggan) Congress (U) 4,519 1.8%
Salik Ram Independent 4,068 1.6%
Lallan Prasad Independent 3,631 1.4%
Naresh Kumar Independent 2,937 1.2%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Arif Mohammad Khan Indian National Congress 178,621 50.6%
Rudra Sen Chaudhari Bharatiya Janata Party 77,601 22.0%
Fuzlur Rahman Ansari Communist Party of India 40,262 11.4%
Prem Pal DDP 18,483 5.2%
Mohd. Mizamundin LKD 15,559 4.4%
Chitrajan Dass Janata Party 6,362 1.8%
Laxmi Kant Pandey Independent 3,915 1.1%
Tara Devi Independent 3,556 1.0%
Sunder Lal Verma Independent 2,617 0.7%
Lallan Prasad Independent 2,280 0.6%
Bal Krishna Independent 2,092 0.6%
Rustam Ali Independent 1,883 0.5%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Arif Mohd. Khan Janata Dal 142,399 40.6%
A.R.Kidwai Indian National Congress 120,760 34.4%
Ram Chandra Verma Independent 21,243 6.1%
Ram Achal Singh Independent 19,268 5.5%
Vijai Kumar Independent 16,289 4.6%
Achhariber Nath Independent 12,476 3.6%
Gulam Kiwaria Urf Soofi JNP (JP) 4,172 1.2%
Ali Sher Independent 3,643 1.0%
Chummun Independent 2,846 0.8%
Kandhai Lal Independent 2,598 0.7%
Chandra Shekhar Misra Independent 1,519 0.4%
Ravendra Pratap Singh Independent 1,387 0.4%
Dhananjai Vikarm Singh Independent 1,173 0.3%
Ram Raji Yadav Independent 1,130 0.3%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Rudrasen Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 174,272 42.8%
Arif Md. Khan Independent 111,063 27.3%
A.R. Kidwai Indian National Congress 49,459 12.1%
Dinanath Verma Janata Party 25,473 6.3%
Anash Urf Anish Siddiqui Bahujan Samaj Party 20,395 5.0%
Krishan Chander Independent 7,052 1.7%
Ram Krishan Independent 4,308 1.1%
Vijay Kumar Shukla DDP 3,806 0.9%
Asrafi Lal Independent 2,876 0.7%
Ali Sher Independent 2,274 0.6%
Ramesh Kumar Independent 1,550 0.4%
Hanuman Prasad Sharma Independent 1,538 0.4%
Gulam Kibaria Independent 1,388 0.3%
Uday Pratap Singh Vidrohi Independent 1,166 0.3%
Gangaram SOP(RP) 790 0.2%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Padam Sen Chaudhari Bharatiya Janata Party 162,165 34.4%
Aarif Mohd Khan S/O Ashfaq Md. Khan Independent 96,197 20.4%
M.S.Khan Bahujan Samaj Party 82,372 17.5%
Vakar Ahmed Shah Samajwadi Party 58,286 12.4%
Kamleshwar Nath Tiwari Independent 10,478 2.2%
Lalle Independent 10,288 2.2%
Ranbir Singh AIIC(T) 8,916 1.9%
Satish Singh Indian National Congress 6,995 1.5%
Fatai Rao UPRP 4,663 1.0%
Bhagawati Prasad Independent 3,438 0.7%
Putti Lal Nishad Independent 3,366 0.7%
Ali Ahmed Independent 3,179 0.7%
Ganga Ram NDPF 2,298 0.5%
Mustafa Independent 1,586 0.3%
Mohd Aarif Independent 1,524 0.3%
Dinesh Independent 1,319 0.3%
Akhlesh Kumar Independent 1,318 0.3%
Molvi Nazar Mohd Independent 1,310 0.3%
Jai Prakash Mishra Independent 1,187 0.3%
Chandra Prakash Independent 1,085 0.2%
Mohd Abdula Independent 1,061 0.2%
U.P. Singh Vidrohi Independent 1,034 0.2%
Mohd. Yunus Independent 1,017 0.2%
Islam Ali Independent 815 0.2%
Mohd Arif Independent 774 0.2%
Laddan Independent 685 0.1%
Indra Nath AD 678 0.1%
Rustam Ali ABLTP 492 0.1%
Abdul Aziz Khan Independent 436 0.1%
Ram Chandra Verma Independent 371 0.1%
Yogendra Independent 369 0.1%
Hari Narayan Independent 341 0.1%
Mohd Aquil Independent 311 0.1%
Krishna Madhav Shrivastav Independent 257 0.1%
Arun Kumar Singh Independent 246 0.1%
Raj Singh Independent 156 0.0%
Rakesh Independent 149 0.0%
Ram Fere Singh Independent 127 0.0%
Hanuman Independent 121 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Arif Mohammad Khan Bahujan Samaj Party 262,360 40.1%
Padamsen Chaudhari Bharatiya Janata Party 223,984 34.3%
Mohd. Ramjan Samajwadi Party 128,537 19.7%
Jai Prakash Verma BKKGP 10,361 1.6%
Deepak Pathak Indian National Congress 7,898 1.2%
Akhilesh Kumar Independent 7,558 1.2%
Keshav Ram Chauhan Independent 6,135 0.9%
Kishori Lal Jatava Independent 2,806 0.4%
Prahlad Kumar Patel AD 1,960 0.3%
Ram Bahadur Independent 915 0.1%
Ishwar Saran Gupta Independent 788 0.1%
Jai Pante Yadava Independent 615 0.1%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Padamsen Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 223,768 37.6%
Arif Mohammad Khan Bahujan Samaj Party 218,017 36.7%
Ruvab Sayeeda Samajwadi Party 96,801 16.3%
Gyanendra Pratap Singh Indian National Congress 26,880 4.5%
Mukesh Kumar Independent 11,772 2.0%
Akhilesh Kumar Independent 4,979 0.8%
Ram Bachcha Devi AD 3,844 0.6%
Santosh Kumar BRPP 2,912 0.5%
Bahadur Independent 2,411 0.4%
Jai Prakash Verma Janata Party 2,165 0.4%
Ram Bahadur Independent 1,039 0.2%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Rubab Sayeda Samajwadi Party 188,949 34.4%
Bhagat Ram Mishra Bahujan Samaj Party 162,615 29.6%
Padam Sen Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 143,780 26.2%
D.R. Abdul Rahman Khan Indian National Congress 22,087 4.0%
Ghanshyam Independent 10,055 1.8%
Kedar Chauhan SBSP 6,314 1.1%
Pramod Kumar Patel AD 5,034 0.9%
Ganga Ram Nationalist Congress Party 4,145 0.8%
Brijendra Kumar Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 3,432 0.6%
Akhilesh Kumar Independent 3,126 0.6%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kamal Kishor Indian National Congress 160,005 31.2%
Lal Mani Prasad Bahujan Samaj Party 121,052 23.6%
Shabbeer Ahmad Samajwadi Party 120,791 23.6%
Akshaybar Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 71,492 13.9%
Ram Saran Independent 12,064 2.4%
Gopal SBSP 5,893 1.1%
Manu Devi PECP 5,255 1.0%
Harendra Kumar JPS 3,943 0.8%
Maikoo Lal Independent 3,353 0.7%
Satya Narain RPI(A) 2,719 0.5%
Heera Lal ANC 2,717 0.5%
Ram Chhabeele Subhash BSRD 1,718 0.3%
Tulsi Ram RDMP 1,699 0.3%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sadhvi Savitri Bai Foole Bharatiya Janata Party 432,392 46.3%
Shabbir Ahmad Samajwadi Party 336,747 36.0%
Dr.Vijay Kumar Bahujan Samaj Party 96,904 10.4%
"Comando" Kamal Kishor Indian National Congress 24,421 2.6%
None Of The Above Independent 13,498 1.4%
Jagat Ram Aam Aadmi Party 8,319 0.9%
Ram Naresh Independent 5,826 0.6%
Ramashanker Gond JHSP 5,735 0.6%
Hira Lal Rao ANC 4,026 0.4%
Vinod Kumar BMP 3,719 0.4%
Madhav LD 2,676 0.3%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Akshaibar Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 525,982 53.9%
Shabbir Balmiki Samajwadi Party 397,230 40.7%
Savitri Bai Phule Indian National Congress 34,454 3.5%
Janardan Gond Independent 5,179 0.5%
Shivnandan Independent 3,524 0.4%
Jagdish Kumar Singh PSP(L) 2,489 0.3%
Rinku Sahani Shiv Sena 2,427 0.2%
Gur Prasad Independent 2,131 0.2%
Maujilal RJAP(U) 1,662 0.2%
Ram Sagar RKP 1,581 0.2%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1957: Indian National Congress margin 19.8 pts 1962: Swatantra Party margin 1.3 pts 1967: Bharatiya Jana Sangh margin 22.1 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 14.9 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 33.3 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 19.7 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 28.6 pts 1989: Janata Dal margin 6.2 pts 1991: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 15.5 pts 1996: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 14.0 pts 1998: Bahujan Samaj Party margin 5.9 pts 1999: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 1.0 pts 2004: Samajwadi Party margin 4.8 pts 2009: Indian National Congress margin 7.6 pts 2014: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 10.2 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 13.2 pts 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Bahraich has been contested at 16 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Swatantra Party, Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Janata Dal, Bharatiya Janata Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, Samajwadi Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Bahraich in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Akshaibar Lal (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, in 2019 with 525,982 votes (53.9%), a margin of 128,752 votes over Shabbir Balmiki.

Which parties have won Bahraich since 1957?

Since 1957, Bahraich has been won by: Bahujan Samaj Party, Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Samajwadi Party, Swatantra Party.

What was the closest result in Bahraich?

The closest result on record for Bahraich was 1999, when Bharatiya Janata Party beat Bahujan Samaj Party by just 5,751 votes (1.0 percentage points).

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