Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh — Lok Sabha Election Results

Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh) was won by Feroze Varun Gandhi (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 255,627 votes over Hemraj Verma. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh, from 1957 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1957–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 Mohan Swaroop Praja Socialist Party 80,809 50.5% Mukand Lal Agarwal (Indian National Congress) 25,063 (15.7 pts)
1962 Mohan Swaroop Praja Socialist Party 59,624 29.6% Makund Lal (Indian National Congress) 4,432 (2.2 pts)
1967 M. Swaroop Praja Socialist Party 70,927 28.2% M. S. H. Khan (Indian National Congress) 4,104 (1.6 pts)
1971 Mohan Swaroop Indian National Congress 97,375 39.0% Mohammad Shamsul Hasan Khan (Congress (O)) 35,530 (14.2 pts)
1977 Mohd. Shamusul Hasan Khan Bharatiya Lok Dal 238,691 71.3% Mohan Swarup (Indian National Congress) 172,676 (51.6 pts)
1980 Harish Kumar Gangwar Congress (I) 120,916 40.4% Mohd. Shamshul Hasan Khan (Janata Party) 45,107 (15.1 pts)
1984 Bhanu Pratap Singh Indian National Congress 278,803 63.8% Mohd. Shamshul Hasan Khan (Independent) 176,670 (40.5 pts)
1989 Maneka Gandhi Janata Dal 269,044 57.3% Bhanu Partap Singh (Indian National Congress) 131,220 (28.0 pts)
1991 Parashuram Bharatiya Janata Party 146,633 30.9% Maneka Gandhi (W) (Janata Party) 6,923 (1.5 pts)
1996 Maneka Gandhi Janata Dal 395,827 59.8% Parashu Ram (Bharatiya Janata Party) 283,310 (42.8 pts)
1998 Maneka Gandhi Independent 390,381 56.0% Anis Khan (Bahujan Samaj Party) 211,876 (30.4 pts)
1999 Maneka Gandhi Independent 433,421 57.9% Anis Ahmad Khan Alias Phool Baboo (Bahujan Samaj Party) 239,855 (32.1 pts)
2004 Maneka Gandhi Bharatiya Janata Party 255,615 37.8% Satyapal Gangwar (Samajwadi Party) 102,720 (15.2 pts)
2009 Feroze Varun Gandhi Bharatiya Janata Party 419,539 50.1% V. M. Singh (Indian National Congress) 281,501 (33.6 pts)
2014 Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Bharatiya Janata Party 546,934 52.1% Budhsen Verma (Samajwadi Party) 307,052 (29.2 pts)
2019 Feroze Varun Gandhi Bharatiya Janata Party 704,549 59.9% Hemraj Verma (Samajwadi Party) 255,627 (21.7 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mohan Swaroop Praja Socialist Party 80,809 50.5%
Mukand Lal Agarwal Indian National Congress 55,746 34.9%
Shri Harsh Bharatiya Jana Sangh 23,340 14.6%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mohan Swaroop Praja Socialist Party 59,624 29.6%
Makund Lal Indian National Congress 55,192 27.4%
Shiv Swaroop Mishra Jharkhand Party 38,011 18.9%
Ishaq Sambhli Communist Party of India 36,482 18.1%
Munni Lal Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh 12,003 6.0%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
M. Swaroop Praja Socialist Party 70,927 28.2%
M. S. H. Khan Indian National Congress 66,823 26.6%
B. Saran Bharatiya Jana Sangh 60,941 24.3%
B. Singh Swatantra Party 14,883 5.9%
K. Sen Independent 13,706 5.5%
M. L. Patel Independent 10,493 4.2%
A. Khan Independent 6,916 2.8%
J. Ahmad Independent 6,480 2.6%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mohan Swaroop Indian National Congress 97,375 39.0%
Mohammad Shamsul Hasan Khan Congress (O) 61,845 24.7%
Shambhoo Nath Agnihotri Bharatiya Jana Sangh 47,736 19.1%
Om Prakash BKD 19,863 7.9%
Hira Lal Mauria Independent 7,512 3.0%
Zahoor Khan Independent 4,945 2.0%
Jalil Ahmed Independent 4,568 1.8%
Rafiq Ahmed Independent 3,340 1.3%
Rewti Prasad Independent 2,764 1.1%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mohd. Shamusul Hasan Khan Bharatiya Lok Dal 238,691 71.3%
Mohan Swarup Indian National Congress 66,015 19.7%
Narain Lal Independent 9,392 2.8%
Perma Nand Independent 7,424 2.2%
Zahoor Khan Independent 6,504 1.9%
Abdul Rahim Independent 2,964 0.9%
Jalil-Ul-Rahman Independent 2,466 0.7%
Satish Chandra Kashyap Independent 1,219 0.4%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Harish Kumar Gangwar Congress (I) 120,916 40.4%
Mohd. Shamshul Hasan Khan Janata Party 75,809 25.3%
Dammar Singh Janata Party (Secular) 63,866 21.4%
Ganga Das Independent 9,840 3.3%
Ram Saran Lal Verma Independent 9,402 3.1%
Bhagwat Saran Congress (U) 4,224 1.4%
Munni Lal Patel Independent 3,814 1.3%
Ram Swarup S/O Tula Ram Independent 2,592 0.9%
Indra Dev Independent 2,119 0.7%
Satya Kar Independent 2,114 0.7%
Krishan Chandra Sheria Independent 1,455 0.5%
Satish Chandra Kashyap Independent 1,109 0.4%
Ram Swarup S/O Gayadin Independent 965 0.3%
Ram Chandra Independent 906 0.3%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bhanu Pratap Singh Indian National Congress 278,803 63.8%
Mohd. Shamshul Hasan Khan Independent 102,133 23.4%
Braj Swaroop Mishra Bharatiya Janata Party 24,111 5.5%
Baboo Ram DDP 16,536 3.8%
Tauseef Raza LKD 4,094 0.9%
Ram Dutt Singh Independent 2,705 0.6%
Mohanlal Jatav Independent 2,556 0.6%
Chhotey Lal Independent 1,674 0.4%
Shanti Swaroop Independent 1,651 0.4%
Shamshul Hasain Independent 1,534 0.4%
Krishan Chandra Sheria Independent 897 0.2%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Maneka Gandhi Janata Dal 269,044 57.3%
Bhanu Partap Singh Indian National Congress 137,824 29.4%
Hazari Lal Independent 15,306 3.3%
Baboo Ram DDP 15,199 3.2%
Suresh Chandra Independent 9,489 2.0%
Harjindra Singh Independent 8,216 1.8%
Har Prasad Ganwar Independent 2,943 0.6%
Shiv Narain Lal Independent 1,542 0.3%
Ram Murti Lal Independent 1,540 0.3%
Sher Singh Independent 1,443 0.3%
Vivek Singh Chauhan Independent 1,221 0.3%
S. Mohan Singh Independent 1,202 0.3%
Lal Bahadur Independent 951 0.2%
Jai Lal Independent 893 0.2%
Kishan Chand Independent 836 0.2%
Hari Shankar Independent 730 0.2%
Arvind Kumar Nagaich Independent 566 0.1%
Kaka Joginder Singh Urf Dharti Pakar Independent 279 0.1%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Parashuram Bharatiya Janata Party 146,633 30.9%
Maneka Gandhi (W) Janata Party 139,710 29.4%
Manpal Singh Indian National Congress 76,654 16.1%
Mahendra Singh Janata Dal 52,253 11.0%
Hafiz Ahmad Bahujan Samaj Party 17,276 3.6%
Sushil Independent 5,145 1.1%
Babloo Independent 5,072 1.1%
Hari Om DDP 5,026 1.1%
Bhagwati Charan Independent 4,806 1.0%
Bhagwan Das Independent 3,073 0.6%
Mohd. Iqbal Independent 2,182 0.5%
Suresh Chandra Janata Party 2,180 0.5%
Chhail Bihari Independent 2,063 0.4%
Dori Lal Independent 1,944 0.4%
Punam Misra (W) Independent 1,716 0.4%
Pyarey Lal Independent 1,704 0.4%
Zakir Husain Khan Independent 1,506 0.3%
Chandra Mohan Independent 1,147 0.2%
Brijendra Singh Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh 1,022 0.2%
Kishan Chandra Independent 916 0.2%
Bhagwan Singh Independent 823 0.2%
Ram Bahadur Independent 787 0.2%
Abdul Mabood Chaudhari Independent 738 0.2%
Mohd. Hasan Urf Harun Independent 509 0.1%
Ajay Kumar Independent 298 0.1%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Maneka Gandhi Janata Dal 395,827 59.8%
Parashu Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 112,517 17.0%
Riaz Ahmed Bahujan Samaj Party 88,750 13.4%
Babu Tej Bahadur Indian National Congress 17,815 2.7%
Sunder Lal Independent 11,707 1.8%
Krishna Adhikari CPI (ML) Liberation 3,764 0.6%
Vikram Singh Independent 3,390 0.5%
Ramesh Kumar Independent 2,958 0.4%
Munne Khan Independent 2,753 0.4%
Prasadilal Independent 2,505 0.4%
Mahavir Singh Independent 1,906 0.3%
Munshi Lal Independent 1,885 0.3%
Ram Pratap Independent 1,823 0.3%
Vikarul Hasan Khan Independent 1,580 0.2%
Omdev Independent 1,086 0.2%
Rajiv Independent 947 0.1%
Uttam Pal Singh Independent 847 0.1%
Ram Krishna Singh AD 845 0.1%
Hafiz Ahmed Independent 805 0.1%
Laltaprasad Independent 799 0.1%
Ram Asarey Independent 792 0.1%
Lalaram Independent 630 0.1%
Umesh Chander Independent 538 0.1%
Rajesh Independent 537 0.1%
Hariswarup Independent 523 0.1%
Nathulal Independent 476 0.1%
Sukhdev Singh Independent 423 0.1%
Inamul Huk Independent 414 0.1%
Ram Chander Independent 401 0.1%
Satinder Independent 392 0.1%
Kishan Chand Independent 294 0.0%
Ram Pal Independent 287 0.0%
Ramgopal Independent 259 0.0%
Guruvir Singh Chhabra Independent 196 0.0%
Shri Pal Shrivastava EKD(UP) 195 0.0%
Abdul Mabood Chaudhary Independent 178 0.0%
Arjun Independent 169 0.0%
Abdul Rahman Independent 163 0.0%
Jakir Husain Independent 106 0.0%
Chander Mohan Mahajan Independent 83 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Maneka Gandhi Independent 390,381 56.0%
Anis Khan Bahujan Samaj Party 178,505 25.6%
Parshuram Samajwadi Party 91,177 13.1%
Roop Kishor Indian National Congress 10,922 1.6%
Riaz Ahmad Janata Dal 8,572 1.2%
Krishna Adhikari CPI (ML) Liberation 5,147 0.7%
Mahavir Singh Independent 3,457 0.5%
Anil Kumar Shiv Sena 2,562 0.4%
Rajeshwari Independent 2,412 0.3%
Hardwari Independent 2,010 0.3%
Shanti Swaroop Independent 1,123 0.2%
Gyanendra Kumar Independent 690 0.1%
Abdul Mabood Independent 245 0.0%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Maneka Gandhi Independent 433,421 57.9%
Anis Ahmad Khan Alias Phool Baboo Bahujan Samaj Party 193,566 25.9%
Ram Saran Verma Samajwadi Party 58,792 7.9%
Raj Rai Singh Indian National Congress 50,086 6.7%
Krishna Adhikari CPI (ML) Liberation 6,273 0.8%
Chhatra Pal Patel AD 2,680 0.4%
Umaruddin Khan Independent 1,474 0.2%
Ravi Shankar Independent 1,345 0.2%
Rajeshwari Independent 367 0.0%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Maneka Gandhi Bharatiya Janata Party 255,615 37.8%
Satyapal Gangwar Samajwadi Party 152,895 22.6%
Anis Ahmad Khan Alias Phool Babu Bahujan Samaj Party 121,269 17.9%
V.M Singh Indian National Congress 106,186 15.7%
Krishna Adhikari CPI (ML) Liberation 11,804 1.7%
Motiram Rajput Independent 11,027 1.6%
Mahendra Singh Independent 4,967 0.7%
Satyendra AD 3,194 0.5%
Babu Ram Independent 2,272 0.3%
Paramjeet Sharma Independent 2,203 0.3%
Kulbinder Singh Independent 2,030 0.3%
Puranlal RSBP 1,363 0.2%
Mahavir Singh ABRS 1,251 0.2%
Manohar Lal EKD(UP) 1,031 0.2%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Feroze Varun Gandhi Bharatiya Janata Party 419,539 50.1%
V. M. Singh Indian National Congress 138,038 16.5%
Riyaz Ahmad Samajwadi Party 117,903 14.1%
Ganga Charan Bahujan Samaj Party 112,576 13.4%
Ram Narayan Singh Independent 14,246 1.7%
Viquarul Hasan Khan Independent 10,777 1.3%
Master Chotey Lal Gangwar Nationalist Congress Party 4,963 0.6%
Krishna Adhikari CPI (ML) Liberation 3,563 0.4%
Indra Pal AD 3,541 0.4%
Mahesh Saxena Independent 2,912 0.3%
Lalta Prasad Independent 2,840 0.3%
Mahavir Singh Independent 1,913 0.2%
Harish Kumar BSRD 1,605 0.2%
Harpal Singh RCP 1,147 0.1%
Jamuna Davi RKSP 1,137 0.1%
Ram Kumar Arya ABRS 877 0.1%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Bharatiya Janata Party 546,934 52.1%
Budhsen Verma Samajwadi Party 239,882 22.8%
Anis Ahmad Khan Alias Phool Babu Bahujan Samaj Party 196,294 18.7%
Sanjay Kapoor Indian National Congress 29,169 2.8%
None Of The Above Independent 11,521 1.1%
Munesh Singh Independent 6,151 0.6%
Rajeev Agrawal Aam Aadmi Party 5,547 0.5%
Ram Autar CPI (ML) Liberation 3,187 0.3%
Ravindra Kumar Devnath Independent 3,145 0.3%
Nilima Sharma PP 2,670 0.3%
Mohd Naeem Ansari Independent 2,617 0.2%
Araman Khan Independent 2,170 0.2%
Sanjay Kumar NP 1,260 0.1%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Feroze Varun Gandhi Bharatiya Janata Party 704,549 59.9%
Hemraj Verma Samajwadi Party 448,922 38.2%
Varun Gandhi Independent 4,483 0.4%
Surendra Kumar Gupta Independent 4,442 0.4%
Anita Tripathi Shiv Sena 3,974 0.3%
Munesh Singh Independent 2,129 0.2%
Jafri Begum Independent 1,633 0.1%
Dr. Bharat Janata Dal (United) 1,624 0.1%
Md. Hanif PSP(L) 1,276 0.1%
Dr. Sita Ram Rajput SDU 1,098 0.1%
Kaif Raza Khan Independent 926 0.1%
Urvashi Singh Independent 864 0.1%
Sanjay Kumar Bharti NP 696 0.1%

Margin Over Time

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

1957: Praja Socialist Party margin 15.7 pts 1962: Praja Socialist Party margin 2.2 pts 1967: Praja Socialist Party margin 1.6 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 14.2 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 51.6 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 15.1 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 40.5 pts 1989: Janata Dal margin 28.0 pts 1991: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 1.5 pts 1996: Janata Dal margin 42.8 pts 1998: Independent margin 30.4 pts 1999: Independent margin 32.1 pts 2004: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 15.2 pts 2009: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 33.6 pts 2014: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 29.2 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 21.7 pts 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Pilibhit has been contested at 16 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Praja Socialist Party, Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Janata Dal, Bharatiya Janata Party, Independent.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Pilibhit in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Feroze Varun Gandhi (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh, in 2019 with 704,549 votes (59.9%), a margin of 255,627 votes over Hemraj Verma.

Which parties have won Pilibhit since 1957?

Since 1957, Pilibhit has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Independent, Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Praja Socialist Party.

What was the closest result in Pilibhit?

The closest result on record for Pilibhit was 1991, when Bharatiya Janata Party beat Janata Party by just 6,923 votes (1.5 percentage points).

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