Banda

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

According to the census, the total population of Banda is 23,55,901, among which 24.20% of voters are from Scheduled Caste while 0.02% voters belong to Scheduled Tribes. Further, 14.92% of voters live in urban areas while 85.08% voters stay in rural areas.

Out of the total 16,01,917 voters, there are 8,84,813 male voters while 7,17,104 voters are females.

The sitting MP Bhairon Prasad Mishra from BJP defeated BSP's RK Singh Patel by a huge margin of 115,788 votes in the previous elections.

For the 2019 general elections of Banda, a total of 54% voters got inked.

In what qualifies as a great political thriller, R.K. SINGH PATEL of Bharatiya Janata Party defeated Samajwadi Party's SHYAMA CHARAN GUPTA by a margin of 58,938. After a close shave, R.K. SINGH PATEL will now govern Banda for the next five years.

For this seat, Bharatiya Janata Party placed its bet on RK Singh Patel while the Indian National Congress fielded Balkumar Patel. Shyama Charan Gupta was the candiate from Samajwadi Party.