Machhlishahr, Uttar Pradesh — Lok Sabha Election Results

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

Machhlishahr (Uttar Pradesh) was won by Bholanath (B.P. Saroj) (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 181 votes over Tribhuvan Ram (T.Ram). This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Machhlishahr, Uttar Pradesh, from 1962 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1962–2019

Election	Winner	Party	Votes	Vote Share	Runner-up	Margin
1962	Ganpat Ram	Indian National Congress	101,558	43.2%	Mahadeo (Jharkhand Party)	21,928 (9.3 pts)
1967	Mageshwar	Indian National Congress	111,377	46.4%	Y. D. Dubey (Bharatiya Jana Sangh)	30,875 (12.9 pts)
1971	Nageshwar Dwivedi	Indian National Congress	105,379	46.3%	Ram Das (BKD)	56,454 (24.8 pts)
1977	Raj Keshar Singh	Bharatiya Lok Dal	211,193	65.9%	Nageshwar Dwivedi (Indian National Congress)	127,056 (39.6 pts)
1980	Sheo Sharan Verma	Janata Party (Secular)	123,284	35.4%	Nageshwar Dwivedi (Congress (I))	11,220 (3.2 pts)
1984	Sripati	Indian National Congress	179,140	44.6%	Shiv Sharan Varma (LKD)	67,862 (16.9 pts)
1989	Shiv Sharan Verma	Janata Dal	201,163	47.1%	Shripati Mishra (Indian National Congress)	67,184 (15.7 pts)
1991	Sheo Saran Verma	Janata Dal	140,442	32.7%	Raj Keshar Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party)	32,539 (7.6 pts)
1996	Ram Vilas Veddanti	Bharatiya Janata Party	215,684	37.1%	Lal Bahadur Yadav S/O Shiv Govind (Janata Dal)	43,130 (7.4 pts)
1998	Chinmayanand	Bharatiya Janata Party	237,895	34.5%	Haribansh Singh (Samajwadi Party)	41,534 (6.0 pts)
1999	Chandra Nath Singh	Samajwadi Party	201,509	30.8%	Dr. Ram Vilas Vedanti (Bharatiya Janata Party)	21,159 (3.2 pts)
2004	Umakant Yadav	Bahujan Samaj Party	237,438	35.1%	Chandra Nath Singh (Samajwadi Party)	55,382 (8.2 pts)
2009	Tufani Saroj	Samajwadi Party	223,152	31.1%	Kamla Kant Gautam (K.K. Gautam) (Bahujan Samaj Party)	24,306 (3.4 pts)
2014	Ram Charitra Nishad	Bharatiya Janata Party	438,210	43.9%	Bholanath Alias B.P. Saroj (Bahujan Samaj Party)	172,155 (17.2 pts)
2019	Bholanath (B.P. Saroj)	Bharatiya Janata Party	488,397	47.7%	Tribhuvan Ram (T.Ram) (Bahujan Samaj Party)	181 (0.0 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1962

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Ganpat Ram	Indian National Congress	101,558	43.2%
Mahadeo	Jharkhand Party	79,630	33.9%
Shambhu Nath	Praja Socialist Party	54,044	23.0%

1967

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Mageshwar	Indian National Congress	111,377	46.4%
Y. D. Dubey	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	80,502	33.5%
R. Lakhan	Communist Party of India	27,283	11.4%
R. S. Tripathi	Praja Socialist Party	16,296	6.8%
S. Sunder	Independent	2,577	1.1%
D. Shanker	Independent	2,117	0.9%

1971

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Nageshwar Dwivedi	Indian National Congress	105,379	46.3%
Ram Das	BKD	48,925	21.5%
Ram Raj	Congress (O)	27,552	12.1%
Ram Deo	Samyukta Socialist Party	18,083	7.9%
Laxmi Narain	Independent	16,765	7.4%
Abhai Pratap Singh	Independent	7,173	3.2%
Kedar Nath Gwal Yadav	Independent	3,728	1.6%

1977

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Raj Keshar Singh	Bharatiya Lok Dal	211,193	65.9%
Nageshwar Dwivedi	Indian National Congress	84,137	26.3%
Jag Deo Prasad	Communist Party of India	10,147	3.2%
Dharm Raj Singh Gautam	Independent	7,023	2.2%
Sheo Shanker	Independent	4,726	1.5%
Sripal Dubey	SUC	3,201	1.0%

1980

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Sheo Sharan Verma	Janata Party (Secular)	123,284	35.4%
Nageshwar Dwivedi	Congress (I)	112,064	32.2%
Raj Keshar Singh	Janata Party	78,232	22.5%
Mehdi Zafri	Independent	16,468	4.7%
Dharam Raj Singh Gautam	RPK	7,722	2.2%
Amar Bahadur Singh	Independent	5,979	1.7%
Sripal	SUC	2,558	0.7%
Abhai Pratap Singh	Congress (U)	1,545	0.4%

1984

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Sripati	Indian National Congress	179,140	44.6%
Shiv Sharan Varma	LKD	111,278	27.7%
Gopal Mani	Communist Party of India	32,829	8.2%
Chanchal	Janata Party	19,295	4.8%
Ram Saran	Independent	13,427	3.3%
Jai Prakash	Independent	10,699	2.7%
Dalip Kumar	Independent	5,720	1.4%
Girja Shankar Yadav	Independent	5,025	1.3%
Raja Ram	Independent	4,478	1.1%
Subedar	Independent	4,303	1.1%
Ram Nath Saroj	Independent	4,251	1.1%
Sripal	Independent	4,215	1.0%
Rampal S/O Mata Charan	DDP	2,943	0.7%
Rampal S/0 Ram Jiyawan	Independent	1,191	0.3%
Hanuman Prasad Gupta	Independent	991	0.2%
Dharmraj Singh Gautam	Independent	845	0.2%
Hari Ram Bind	Independent	620	0.2%
Awadesh Kumar	Independent	430	0.1%

1989

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Shiv Sharan Verma	Janata Dal	201,163	47.1%
Shripati Mishra	Indian National Congress	133,979	31.4%
Ram Samujh	Bahujan Samaj Party	43,709	10.2%
Dharm Raj Singh Gautam	UPRP	27,116	6.3%
Kedar Nath Rai	LKD (B)	11,688	2.7%
Rishi Deo Srivastava	DDP	5,698	1.3%
Sripal Dubey	SUC	3,788	0.9%

1991

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Sheo Saran Verma	Janata Dal	140,442	32.7%
Raj Keshar Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	107,903	25.2%
Harish Chandra Patel	Bahujan Samaj Party	67,601	15.8%
Shyam Surat Upadhya	Indian National Congress	56,067	13.1%
Shed Prakash Mishra	Janata Party	24,918	5.8%
Dharmraj Singh Gautam	RPI	5,801	1.4%
Jagannath Verma	Independent	4,537	1.1%
Girija Shankar Yadava	Independent	3,795	0.9%
Rishideo Srivastava	DDP	2,568	0.6%
Shri Nivas Mishra	Independent	2,427	0.6%
Brij Bhushan	Shiv Sena	2,066	0.5%
Amarnath Yadava	Independent	1,955	0.5%
Krishna Kumar Tewari	Independent	1,871	0.4%
Raj Bhadur Yadava	Independent	1,708	0.4%
Raja Ram Shukla	Independent	1,623	0.4%
Ashutosh	Independent	1,539	0.4%
Sheshdhar Tripathi	Independent	1,186	0.3%
Basudeo Shastri Atul	RRP(S)	903	0.2%

1996

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Ram Vilas Veddanti	Bharatiya Janata Party	215,684	37.1%
Lal Bahadur Yadav S/O Shiv Govind	Janata Dal	172,554	29.7%
Dev Saran Maurya	Bahujan Samaj Party	121,284	20.9%
Shiv Saran Verma	Indian National Congress	18,032	3.1%
Vijay Chand Patel	AD	14,285	2.5%
Dinesh Kant Dubey	Independent	5,370	0.9%
Rakesh Mishra	AIIC(T)	4,294	0.7%
Sharda Prashad Pathak	Independent	3,344	0.6%
Lal Bahadur Yadav S/O Khilari	Independent	3,023	0.5%
Ramesh Singh	Independent	2,503	0.4%
Kuwar Bahadur Singh	Independent	1,758	0.3%
Rajmani Patel	Independent	1,539	0.3%
Samar Bahadur	Independent	1,475	0.3%
Gokulnath Tiwari	Independent	1,451	0.2%
Lalta	Independent	1,434	0.2%
Ramshiromani	Independent	1,349	0.2%
Sanjay Kumar	Independent	1,172	0.2%
Hargen Bindh	PMSP	1,119	0.2%
Brij Bhusan Tiwari	Independent	1,105	0.2%
Sri Prashad	Independent	916	0.2%
Narender	Independent	820	0.1%
Bhaskar	Independent	697	0.1%
Ram Manorath	Independent	695	0.1%
Lalji	Independent	649	0.1%
Umesh Chand Nishad	Independent	553	0.1%
Chhotai Lal Vidharthi	UPRP	499	0.1%
Triloki Nath Tiwari	Independent	472	0.1%
Janardan Singh	ABBP	409	0.1%
Daya Shanker Tiwari	Independent	394	0.1%
Sobh Nath	Independent	393	0.1%
Dinesh	Independent	380	0.1%
Hira Lal Maurya	Independent	365	0.1%
Shiv Shanker Patel	Independent	352	0.1%
Radhey Krishan	Independent	337	0.1%
Satish Chander	Independent	285	0.0%
Kamlesh Pandey	Independent	226	0.0%
Anil Kumar Dubey	Independent	217	0.0%
Hari Shanker	Independent	189	0.0%

1998

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Chinmayanand	Bharatiya Janata Party	237,895	34.5%
Haribansh Singh	Samajwadi Party	196,361	28.5%
Durbali Ram Bind	Bahujan Samaj Party	154,095	22.4%
Vijay Chand Patel	AD	38,118	5.5%
Lal Bahadur Yadav	Janata Dal	34,887	5.1%
Shiv Pratap Misra (Baba)	Indian National Congress	15,727	2.3%
Jagannath Verma (Advocate)	Independent	3,287	0.5%
Udai Pratap	Independent	1,998	0.3%
Dr. Murli Harijan	Independent	1,997	0.3%
Anant Kumar	Independent	1,708	0.2%
Sabhapati	Independent	1,340	0.2%
Amar Kishan	SLP(L)	1,321	0.2%

1999

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Chandra Nath Singh	Samajwadi Party	201,509	30.8%
Dr. Ram Vilas Vedanti	Bharatiya Janata Party	180,350	27.6%
Shiv Sharan Verma	Bahujan Samaj Party	137,357	21.0%
Shriram Verma Patel	AD	64,590	9.9%
Arun Kumar Singh (Munna)	Indian National Congress	50,449	7.7%
Muralidhar Nishad	NLP	3,524	0.5%
Arvind Mishra	Shiv Sena	2,877	0.4%
Vaidyaraj Alias Vaidyanaj	Independent	2,320	0.4%
Jagannath Verma Advocate	Independent	2,284	0.3%
Chhote Lal	Independent	2,131	0.3%
Deepchand Gautam	Independent	1,857	0.3%
Tarawati Patel	Independent	1,515	0.2%
Krishna Kumar	AJBP	1,384	0.2%
Ram Chandra	Independent	863	0.1%
Sadhuram	Independent	599	0.1%
Atmaram Tiwari	Independent	546	0.1%

2004

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Umakant Yadav	Bahujan Samaj Party	237,438	35.1%
Chandra Nath Singh	Samajwadi Party	182,056	26.9%
Keshari Nath Tripathi	Bharatiya Janata Party	170,939	25.3%
Safdar Raza Khan	AD	29,746	4.4%
Deovrat Mishra	Indian National Congress	18,087	2.7%
Vijay Kumar	Independent	11,492	1.7%
Sitaram Patel	Communist Party of India	6,681	1.0%
Anil Kumar Alias Awadheshanand	Independent	4,312	0.6%
Jagannath Verma (Patrakar)	Independent	3,401	0.5%
Mathura Prasad	Independent	3,202	0.5%
Rekha Gupta	SBSP	3,121	0.5%
Choudhari Ram Pravesh Nishad	PMSP	2,612	0.4%
Mujmmis Husen	NBNP	1,646	0.2%
Ashok Kumar	Independent	1,638	0.2%

2009

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Tufani Saroj	Samajwadi Party	223,152	31.1%
Kamla Kant Gautam (K.K. Gautam)	Bahujan Samaj Party	198,846	27.7%
Vidyasagar Sonker	Bharatiya Janata Party	146,031	20.3%
Ram Charitra	AD	56,064	7.8%
Raj Bahadur	Indian National Congress	33,280	4.6%
Ram Dawar Gautam	Independent	16,444	2.3%
Sohan	Independent	10,438	1.5%
Shyam Bihari Kannaujiya	Independent	8,113	1.1%
Sheomurat Ram	GGP	5,996	0.8%
Vijayee Ram	ASP	4,138	0.6%
Krishna Sewak Sonker	JPS	3,778	0.5%
Vinod Kumar	Independent	3,739	0.5%
Baljit	Independent	2,187	0.3%
Sukhraj Dinkar	RSBP	1,997	0.3%
Sushma	RAD	1,791	0.2%
Dinesh Kumar	Independent	1,767	0.2%

2014

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Ram Charitra Nishad	Bharatiya Janata Party	438,210	43.9%
Bholanath Alias B.P. Saroj	Bahujan Samaj Party	266,055	26.7%
Tufani	Samajwadi Party	191,387	19.2%
Tufani Nishad	Indian National Congress	36,275	3.6%
Subas Chandra	Communist Party of India	18,777	1.9%
Raj Alias Virendra Kumar Sonkar	Aam Aadmi Party	9,223	0.9%
None Of The Above	Independent	8,448	0.8%
Shravan Kumar Paswan	Independent	7,833	0.8%
Harinath	Independent	5,279	0.5%
Rajesh Sonkar	Independent	4,362	0.4%
Omprakash Alias Ambedkar	Independent	2,708	0.3%
Hari	SBSP	2,669	0.3%
Sikandar	BMP	2,114	0.2%
Rajesh	Janata Dal (United)	1,552	0.2%
Lalji	BSCP	1,543	0.2%
Suresh Gautam	ARVP	1,467	0.1%

2019

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Bholanath (B.P. Saroj)	Bharatiya Janata Party	488,397	47.7%
Tribhuvan Ram (T.Ram)	Bahujan Samaj Party	488,216	47.7%
Raj Nath	SBSP	11,223	1.1%
Dr. Amarnath Paswan	JAP	7,622	0.7%
Deepak Kumar "Nanhe"	Independent	5,019	0.5%
Ram Naresh	MAP	4,273	0.4%
Gangaram	Independent	3,168	0.3%
Deep Chand Ram Urf B.D.O Sahab	KBD	2,814	0.3%
Chanchal Kumar	Revolutionary Socialist Party	2,620	0.3%
Garib	MD	2,477	0.2%
Rajkeshar	Samyukta Socialist Party	2,041	0.2%
Brijesh Kumar	RPI	1,999	0.2%
Nandlal	BPP	1,491	0.1%
Jitendra	BMSP	1,425	0.1%
Dasharath	PJP	1,310	0.1%

Margin Over Time

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

Trend

Machhlishahr has been contested at 15 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1962. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Janata Party (Secular), Janata Dal, Bharatiya Janata Party, Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Machhlishahr in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Bholanath (B.P. Saroj) (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Machhlishahr, Uttar Pradesh, in 2019 with 488,397 votes (47.7%), a margin of 181 votes over Tribhuvan Ram (T.Ram).

Which parties have won Machhlishahr since 1962?

Since 1962, Machhlishahr has been won by: Bahujan Samaj Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Janata Party (Secular), Samajwadi Party.

What was the closest result in Machhlishahr?

The closest result on record for Machhlishahr was 2019, when Bharatiya Janata Party beat Bahujan Samaj Party by just 181 votes (0.0 percentage points).