Faizabad

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

According to the census, the total population of Faizabad is 25,58,990, among which 24.40% of voters are from Scheduled Caste while 0.05% voters belong to Scheduled Tribes. Further, 13.88% of voters live in urban areas while 86.12% voters stay in rural areas.

There are a total of 17,38,701 voters in the constituency. Among which, 9,36,036 are male voters and 8,02,665 are female voters.

Elections for Faizabad were held on May 06. Talking about previous elections, BJP's sitting MP Lallu Singh defeated SP's Mitrasen Yadav by a huge margin of 282,775 votes.

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

After a neck-to-neck battle which brought voters on the edge of their seats, LALLU SINGH won the Faizabad. ANAND SEN was defeated by a margin of 65,477 votes.

For this seat, Bharatiya Janata Party placed its bet on Lallu Singh while the Indian National Congress fielded Nirmal Khatri. Anand Sen was the candiate from Samajwadi Party.