Aligarh

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

According to the data from last census, 25,93,358 people stay in Aligarh. Out of them, 19.92% of voters are from Scheduled Caste while 25,93,358 belong to Scheduled Tribes. Moreover, the number of voters belonging to urban areas is 41.85% while the rural areas from the constituency houses 58.15% people.

Out of the total 17,93,126 voters, there are 9,65,995 male voters while 8,27,131 voters are females.

Elections for Aligarh were held on Apr 18. Talking about previous elections, BJP's sitting MP Satish Kumar defeated BSP's Dr. Arvind Kumar Singh by a huge margin of 286,736 votes.

A total of 59% voters cast their vote in these elections.

In Aligarh, SATISH KUMAR GAUTAM of Bharatiya Janata Party thrashed his opponents as he emerged victorious with a margin of 229,261 votes over DR. AJEET BALIYAN (Bahujan Samaj Party). The former garnered a total of 656215 votes.

For this seat, Aam Aadmi Party placed its bet on Satish Chandra Sharma while the Bharatiya Janata Party fielded Satish Kumar Gautam. Bijendra Singh was the candiate from Indian National Congress.