Lok Sabha Election 2024, Lucknow Result 2024 Highlights: BJP candidate Rajnath Singh won from the Lucknow constituency in Uttar Pradesh by over 1.35 lakh votes defeating his nearest rival Ravidas Mehrotra of the Samajwadi Party. Singh polled 612709 votes, while Mehrotra got 477550 votes. The margin stood at 135159 votes. Counting of votes took place on June 4.
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Election 2024 Result highlights: BJP’s Rajnath Singh defeats SP candidate Ravidas Mehrotra.
BJP candidate Rajnath Singh won from the Lucknow constituency in Uttar Pradesh by over 1.35 lakh votes defeating his nearest rival Ravidas Mehrotra of the Samajwadi Party. Singh polled 612709 votes, while Mehrotra got 477550 votes. The margin stood at 135159 votes.
On Tuesday, a violent clash occurred between workers of the ruling BJP and the Samajwadi Party in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, resulting in several severe injuries, according to officials. The altercation took place outside the Rama Bai Ambedkar booth, where the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections is ongoing.
At 05:45 PM, Rajnath Singh of Bharatiya Janata Party is leading from Lucknow. Rajnath Singh has received 477848 votes.
After 9 hours of counting in Lucknow, the election landscape is clearer. Rajnath Singh of the BJP is leading, closely followed by Ravidas Mehrotra of the SP, with a current vote difference of 20,413. This margin may shift as more votes are tallied.
Akhilesh Yadav's stock rose dramatically on Tuesday with his Samajwadi Party cutting the ruling BJP down to size in Uttar Pradesh. As the trends came in, the SP was leading on 33 seats as against the BJP's 36 seats.
Rajnath Singh has a lead of 278873 votes over SP's Ravidas Mehrotra in Lucknow LS seat: EC
BJP’s Rajnath Singh is leading with 177674 votes from Lucknow constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Samajwadi Party candidate Ravidas Mehrotra is trailing with 147766 votes, according to Election Commission of India data.
His electoral debut occurred in 1977 under the Janata Party's banner, securing a seat in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. With a growing influence and recognition in the state, Singh joined the BJP as one of its founding members in 1980.
In 1988, he attained a seat in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (MLC) and later assumed the position of the state's education minister in 1991. Further solidifying his political career, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1994 and took on the role of the BJP's chief whip.
Rajnath Singh's association with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological parent of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), dates back to 1964. His journey within the political landscape began when he assumed the role of general secretary in the Mirzapur unit of the RSS in 1972. Transitioning into mainstream politics, he became the secretary of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1974.
Rajnath Singh, aged 72, retained his seat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections by defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Poonam Shatrughan Sinha, the wife of actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha.
The candidates contesting in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from this seat are: Ravidas Mehrotra from the Samajwadi Party (SP); Mohammad Sarwar Malik from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP); Raj Nath Singh from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP); Ishtiyaq Ali as an Independent (IND); Gaurav Verma from the Hindu Samaj Party (HISP); Mo Ahmad alias Rinku from the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI); Akhand Pratap Singh as an Independent (IND); Brijesh Kumar Yadav from the Kisan Vishwa Party (KVP); Sarvar Ali from the Sarvar Party (SARP); and Kapil Mohan Chowdhary from the Mera Adhikaar Rashtriya Dal (MARD).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav were leading from the Varanasi, Lucknow, Rae Bareli and Kannauj Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, respectively, according to the EC. Union ministers Smriti Irani (BJP) and Anupriya Patel (Apna Dal (S)), and senior BJP leader Maneka Gandhi were trailing in the Amethi, Mirzapur and the Sultanpur seats, respectively.
BJP’s Rajnath Singh is leading with 8826 votes from Lucknow constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Samajwadi Party candidate Ravidas Mehrotra is trailing with 8024 votes, according to Election Commission of India data.
BJP leader & former Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma says, "Counting of votes has begun. Rahul Gandhi was saying 'daga dag, data dag, daga dag', I think he has faced 'daga' (betrayal) this time. Enthusiasm for PM Modi has been seen in survey, I think the same is being seen here (in counting)...Everyone is confident that we will for the third time. After Nehru ji, Narendra Modi will become the Prime Minister for the third time. In the third tenure, big works that remain to be done will be done by him..."
Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak says, "Counting has begun, all polling agents have reached the counting centres...NDA alliance will win all 80 seats (of Uttar Pradesh)...Opposition is derailed and baseless. They speak irrelevant things. They have no policy and agenda, public has rejected them."
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BJP MP and candidate from Gorakhpur, Ravi Kishan says, “This is historic, Ram Rajya will continue. The biggest leader of the world is going to be the Prime Minister for the third time…People of the country have made the country win and placed their trust in PM Modi…”
Rajnath Singh is leading in Lucknow, as per TimesNow first lead.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, 10 candidates are contesting the Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency. This marks a decrease from previous elections, with 15 candidates in 2019, 29 candidates in 2014, and 41 candidates in 2009.
The 2014 elections saw a 53.02% voter turnout, with Rajnath Singh defeating Rita Bahuguna Joshi of Congress by a significant margin, alongside contenders from the BSP and SP.
According to the 2011 Census, Lucknow district had a population of 4,589,838, with 2,394,476 males and 2,195,362 females. The district's average literacy rate was 77.29%, and the sex ratio was 917 females per 1,000 males. Urban residents made up 66.2% of the population. The Scheduled Castes comprised 20.7% and Scheduled Tribes 0.2% of the population. The religious composition was 77.08% Hindu, 21.46% Muslim, with other religions making up the remainder.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been a dominant force in Lucknow since 1991 when former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee first won the seat. Although Vajpayee had contested earlier in 1955, 1957, and 1962 without winning, he secured consecutive victories in 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2004.
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In the 2019 elections, BJP's Rajnath Singh secured a decisive victory against Poonam Sinha of the Samajwadi Party and Acharya Pramod Krishnan of Congress, among 15 candidates, highlighting the BJP's continued dominance in the constituency. Polling in the seat was held on May 25 in the fifth phase of the seven-phase elections.