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Basti, Uttar Pradesh — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Basti (Uttar Pradesh) was won by Harish Chandra Alias Harish Dwivedi (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 30,354 votes over Ram Prasad Chaudhary. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Basti, Uttar Pradesh, from 1957 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1957–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 Malviya, Keshva Deva Indian National Congress 241,186 30.8% Ram Garib (Independent) 56,637 (7.2 pts)
1962 Keshava Deva Malaviya Indian National Congress 90,735 44.6% K. K. K. Nayar (Jharkhand Party) 18,921 (9.3 pts)
1967 S. Narain Indian National Congress 88,637 38.9% R. Piarey (Bharatiya Jana Sangh) 18,790 (8.2 pts)
1971 Anant Prasad Dhusia Indian National Congress 105,848 58.4% Sheo Narain (Congress (O)) 72,109 (39.8 pts)
1977 Sheo Narain Bharatiya Lok Dal 216,542 69.5% Anant Prasad Dhusia (Indian National Congress) 140,377 (45.1 pts)
1980 Kalpnath Congress (I) 107,432 41.3% Girdhari Lal (Janata Party (Secular)) 26,890 (10.3 pts)
1984 Ram Awadh Prasad Indian National Congress 227,397 67.3% Ram Dulera Sonkar (LKD) 154,602 (45.8 pts)
1989 Kalpa Nath Sonakar Janata Dal 179,586 39.9% Ram Awadh Prasad (Indian National Congress) 33,219 (7.4 pts)
1991 Shyam Lal Kamal Bharatiya Janata Party 160,375 37.2% Ram Dularey Sonker (Janata Dal) 71,465 (16.6 pts)
1996 Sriram Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party 199,941 37.5% Ramkaran Arya (Samajwadi Party) 49,838 (9.3 pts)
1998 Shri Ram Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party 244,233 39.8% Kalp Nath Sonkar (Samajwadi Party) 70,217 (11.4 pts)
1999 Shriram Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party 174,378 29.8% Lal Mani Prasad (Bahujan Samaj Party) 1,832 (0.3 pts)
2004 Lal Mani Prasad Bahujan Samaj Party 155,223 26.9% Sriram Chauhan (Bharatiya Janata Party) 25,374 (4.4 pts)
2009 Arvind Kumar Chaudhary Bahujan Samaj Party 268,666 34.7% Raj Kishor Singh (Samajwadi Party) 105,210 (13.6 pts)
2014 Harish Chandra Alias Harish Dwivedi Bharatiya Janata Party 357,680 34.1% Brij Kishor Singh "Dimpal" (Samajwadi Party) 33,562 (3.2 pts)
2019 Harish Chandra Alias Harish Dwivedi Bharatiya Janata Party 471,162 45.1% Ram Prasad Chaudhary (Bahujan Samaj Party) 30,354 (2.9 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Malviya, Keshva Deva Indian National Congress 241,186 30.8%
Ram Garib Independent 184,549 23.6%
Nayar, Krishna Karunakar Independent 183,890 23.5%
Sheo Narain Indian National Congress 172,573 22.1%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Keshava Deva Malaviya Indian National Congress 90,735 44.6%
K. K. K. Nayar Jharkhand Party 71,814 35.3%
Sukhpal Praja Socialist Party 21,507 10.6%
Digvija Nath Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh 12,399 6.1%
Sita Ram Shukla Independent 7,078 3.5%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
S. Narain Indian National Congress 88,637 38.9%
R. Piarey Bharatiya Jana Sangh 69,847 30.6%
J. Prasad Swatantra Party 54,895 24.1%
A. Lal Independent 8,561 3.8%
S. Lal Independent 6,173 2.7%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Anant Prasad Dhusia Indian National Congress 105,848 58.4%
Sheo Narain Congress (O) 33,739 18.6%
Sukdeo Prasad Praja Socialist Party 15,424 8.5%
Dukhi Ram Rahi Independent 14,255 7.9%
Girdhari BKD 11,962 6.6%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sheo Narain Bharatiya Lok Dal 216,542 69.5%
Anant Prasad Dhusia Indian National Congress 76,165 24.5%
Jagar Narain Independent 18,742 6.0%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kalpnath Congress (I) 107,432 41.3%
Girdhari Lal Janata Party (Secular) 80,542 30.9%
Sheo Narain Janata Party 50,925 19.6%
Dukhi Ram Rahi Independent 7,949 3.1%
Rajai Independent 5,332 2.0%
Mohan Lal Independent 5,059 1.9%
Sant Ram Independent 3,074 1.2%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ram Awadh Prasad Indian National Congress 227,397 67.3%
Ram Dulera Sonkar LKD 72,795 21.6%
Ram Sumer DDP 18,968 5.6%
Parmatama Prasad Independent 7,713 2.3%
Dukkhi Ram Rahi Independent 6,842 2.0%
Ayodhya Independent 2,134 0.6%
Sheo Narain Independent 1,868 0.6%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kalpa Nath Sonakar Janata Dal 179,586 39.9%
Ram Awadh Prasad Indian National Congress 146,367 32.6%
Padarath Bahujan Samaj Party 67,188 14.9%
Dukhi Ram Rahi JNP (JP) 18,766 4.2%
Kumarey DDP 16,340 3.6%
Ram Achal LKD (B) 10,415 2.3%
Bhikhi Ram MUM 4,503 1.0%
Ram Milan Tyagi Independent 4,126 0.9%
Sangram Singh UPRP 2,338 0.5%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Shyam Lal Kamal Bharatiya Janata Party 160,375 37.2%
Ram Dularey Sonker Janata Dal 88,910 20.6%
Ram Avadh Prasad Independent 59,305 13.8%
Ram Padarath Bahujan Samaj Party 53,507 12.4%
Kalp Nath Sonkar Janata Party 49,551 11.5%
Indra Deo Independent 11,361 2.6%
Ram Kumarey DDP 6,575 1.5%
Shyamlal Independent 1,651 0.4%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sriram Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party 199,941 37.5%
Ramkaran Arya Samajwadi Party 150,103 28.2%
Lalmani Prasad Bahujan Samaj Party 132,460 24.9%
Ram Jiyavan Indian National Congress 16,040 3.0%
Ram Path Independent 12,736 2.4%
Raj Kumar S/O Hira AIIC(T) 4,507 0.8%
Ramahal Independent 3,640 0.7%
Ram Chander Gond AD 3,362 0.6%
Tilak Ram Independent 1,940 0.4%
Shiv Shankar Independent 1,874 0.4%
Ram Paras Independent 1,309 0.2%
Shyam Dulare Independent 1,042 0.2%
Avadh Raj Independent 985 0.2%
Raj Kumar S/O Bhagwan Das Independent 835 0.2%
Indra Dev SSD 755 0.1%
Ram Bujharat Independent 716 0.1%
Ram Tirath Independent 655 0.1%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Shri Ram Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party 244,233 39.8%
Kalp Nath Sonkar Samajwadi Party 174,016 28.4%
Lal Mani Prasad Bahujan Samaj Party 143,040 23.3%
Ram Jiyawan Indian National Congress 39,156 6.4%
Indra Jeet NLP 6,296 1.0%
Ram Lagan Kannaujia AD 4,778 0.8%
Bhagwan Das Independent 1,101 0.2%
Hari Ram Independent 973 0.2%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Shriram Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party 174,378 29.8%
Lal Mani Prasad Bahujan Samaj Party 172,546 29.5%
Kalpnath Sonkar Samajwadi Party 144,222 24.6%
Ram Jiyawan Indian National Congress 78,618 13.4%
Chandra Bali Kanaujia AD 8,882 1.5%
Sita Ram Independent 2,551 0.4%
Pawan Kumar Independent 1,621 0.3%
Arun Baboo Ram Bharti Shiv Sena 1,353 0.2%
Ram Laut Independent 1,188 0.2%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lal Mani Prasad Bahujan Samaj Party 155,223 26.9%
Sriram Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party 129,849 22.5%
Ratnakar Dhusiya Samajwadi Party 127,749 22.2%
Umed Singh Indian National Congress 102,336 17.8%
Ram Nawal BKD 24,205 4.2%
Hari Pal Independent 11,669 2.0%
Ram Milan Gond AD 6,513 1.1%
Ram Das Independent 3,797 0.7%
Gaura Independent 3,661 0.6%
Nand Kumar Nag Independent 3,587 0.6%
Ramesh MNVP 3,258 0.6%
Vijay ABHM 2,761 0.5%
Ram Dularey Sonkar Rashtriya Janata Dal 1,796 0.3%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Arvind Kumar Chaudhary Bahujan Samaj Party 268,666 34.7%
Raj Kishor Singh Samajwadi Party 163,456 21.1%
Dr. Y. D. Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 117,259 15.2%
Basant Chaudhary Indian National Congress 95,235 12.3%
Dayashankar Patwa PECP 67,987 8.8%
Vinod Kumar Rajbhar SBSP 12,775 1.7%
Satish Chandra Sharma Independent 11,430 1.5%
Dalbag Singh BSP(K) 10,718 1.4%
Satyadev Ojha Independent 6,017 0.8%
Ram Nayan Patel AD 3,478 0.4%
Shiv Poojan Arya Independent 3,383 0.4%
Sanjeev Kumar Nishad BUM 3,123 0.4%
Om Prakash VAJP 3,091 0.4%
Ram Lalan Yadav Independent 2,925 0.4%
Sitaram Nishad JPS 2,313 0.3%
Shivdas SSD 1,923 0.2%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Harish Chandra Alias Harish Dwivedi Bharatiya Janata Party 357,680 34.1%
Brij Kishor Singh "Dimpal" Samajwadi Party 324,118 30.9%
Ram Prasad Chaudhary Bahujan Samaj Party 283,747 27.1%
Ambika Singh Indian National Congress 27,673 2.6%
None Of The Above Independent 10,168 1.0%
Anand Rajpal Aam Aadmi Party 8,407 0.8%
Purushottam Pandey PP 8,172 0.8%
Shivpoojan Rajbhar SBSP 7,063 0.7%
Krishna Kumar Upadhyay Advocate Independent 4,823 0.5%
Ram Shankar Gupta Independent 4,521 0.4%
Arun Kumar Independent 3,587 0.3%
Bhagwandas BSP(K) 3,532 0.3%
Ram Karan Alias R.K. Gautam BMP 2,803 0.3%
Sita Ram JP(S) 2,240 0.2%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Harish Chandra Alias Harish Dwivedi Bharatiya Janata Party 471,162 45.1%
Ram Prasad Chaudhary Bahujan Samaj Party 440,808 42.2%
Raj Kishor Singh Indian National Congress 86,920 8.3%
Vinod Kumar Rajbhar SBSP 11,971 1.1%
Rangi Lal Yadav Independent 7,639 0.7%
Pankaj Dubey LGP 7,345 0.7%
Bhagwandas Independent 5,590 0.5%
Ram Prasad Chaurasiya JKP 3,737 0.4%
Rohit Kumar Pathak HND 3,182 0.3%
Chandra Mani Pandey Independent 3,170 0.3%
Pramod Shukla RPI 2,680 0.3%

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 7.2 pts 1962: Indian National Congress margin 9.3 pts 1967: Indian National Congress margin 8.2 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 39.8 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 45.1 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 10.3 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 45.8 pts 1989: Janata Dal margin 7.4 pts 1991: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 16.6 pts 1996: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 9.3 pts 1998: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 11.4 pts 1999: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 0.3 pts 2004: Bahujan Samaj Party margin 4.4 pts 2009: Bahujan Samaj Party margin 13.6 pts 2014: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 3.2 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 2.9 pts 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Basti 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, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Janata Dal, Bharatiya Janata Party, Bahujan Samaj Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Basti in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Harish Chandra Alias Harish Dwivedi (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Basti, Uttar Pradesh, in 2019 with 471,162 votes (45.1%), a margin of 30,354 votes over Ram Prasad Chaudhary.

Which parties have won Basti since 1957?

Since 1957, Basti has been won by: Bahujan Samaj Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Indian National Congress, Janata Dal.

What was the closest result in Basti?

The closest result on record for Basti was 1999, when Bharatiya Janata Party beat Bahujan Samaj Party by just 1,832 votes (0.3 percentage points).

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