Pilibhit (Lok Sabha constituency)
Pilibhit Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India.
Assembly segments
Pilibhit comprises five Vidhan Sabha segments. These are;In the first parliamentary election, the Praja Socialist Party won this seat thrice. Later, in the following elections, Indian National Congress and its participatory parties have won this seat four times. From 1989 onwards, Menaka Gandhi has kept this seat under her influence. She has won this seat by contesting on the tickets of different parties or independently. The Bharatiya Janata Party won Pilibhit parliamentary constituency in 1991 parliamentary elections defeating Janata Dal's Maneka Gandhi, in the Ayodhya wave aftermath; by 2004, Menaka Gandhi had joined BJP and she won this seat that year on BJP's ticket. She contested successfully from Aonla in 2009 but returned to Pilibhit in 2014. Pilibhit parliamentary constituency is one of a few constituencies in India, which have sent a woman to the Indian Parliament for more than five times.
2009 election
In the 2009 general election, BJP decided Varun Gandhi as its candidate from Pilibhit constituency instead of his mother Menaka Gandhi. Pilibhit constituency caught national and international attention due to highly dramatic political condition in the constituency. Total 13,08,959 voters used their rights out of total 13,42,590 voters in the election held on 13 May 2009. Varun Gandhi won this parliamentary seat by receiving 4,19,539 votes and defeating his closest opponent V.M. Singh by 2,81,501 votes. Thesecurity deposits of all other 15 candidates, including his uncle V.M. Singh of INC, and Bahujan Samaj Party nominee Ganga Charan Rajput was forfeited.
Members of Parliament
Year | Winner | Party |
1952 | Mukund Lal Agrawal | Indian National Congress |
1957 | Mohan Swarup | Praja Socialist Party |
1962 | Mohan Swarup | Praja Socialist Party |
1967 | Mohan Swarup | Praja Socialist Party |
1971 | Mohan Swarup | Indian National Congress |
1977 | Mohammad Shamsul Hasan Khan | Bharatiya Lok Dal |
1980 | Harish Kumar Gangawar | Indian National Congress |
1984 | Bhanu Pratap Singh | Indian National Congress |
1989 | Maneka Gandhi | Janata Dal |
1991 | Parshuram Gangwar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
1996 | Maneka Gandhi | Janata Dal |
1998 | Maneka Gandhi | Independent |
1999 | Maneka Gandhi | Independent |
2004 | Maneka Gandhi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
2009 | Varun Gandhi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
2014 | Maneka Gandhi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
2019 | Varun Gandhi | Bharatiya Janata Party |