Agra

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Uttar Pradesh's Agra is one of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state.

According to the data from last census, 24,30,547 people stay in Agra. Out of them, 22.79% of voters are from Scheduled Caste while 24,30,547 belong to Scheduled Tribes. Moreover, the number of voters belonging to urban areas is 71.25% while the rural areas from the constituency houses 28.75% people.

The total number of voters from the constituency are 18,14,739. Of them, 10,03,777 and 8,10,962 are male and female voters respectively.

Elections for Agra were held on Apr 18. Talking about previous elections, BJP's sitting MP Dr. Ramshankar Katheria defeated BSP's Narayan Singh by a huge margin of 300,263 votes.

For the 2019 general elections of Agra, a total of 59% voters got inked.

The citizens of Agra have given their verdict and crowned Bharatiya Janata Party's Satyapal Singh Baghel as their MP. Bahujan Samaj Party's Manoj Kumar Soni lost by a margin of 211,546 votes, confirming that the battle was closely fought.

Bahujan Samaj Party fieled Manoj Kumar Soni while the Indian National Congress placed its bet on Preeta Harit, and the Bharatiya Janata Party chose Satyapal Singh Baghel as their candidate.