Lucknow

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Out of 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow is considered as one of the most important seats.

According to the data from last census, 23,95,147 people stay in Lucknow. Of them, 100.00% of voters belong to urban areas.

According to the census, the total population of Lucknow is 23,95,147, among which 9.61% of voters are from Scheduled Caste while 0.20% voters belong to Scheduled Tribes.

Out of the total 19,49,956 voters, there are 10,52,171 male voters while 8,97,785 voters are females.

Elections for Lucknow were held on May 06. Talking about previous elections, BJP's sitting MP Raj Nath Singh defeated INC's Dr. Rita Joshi by a huge margin of 272,749 votes.

For the 2019 general elections of Lucknow, a total of 53% voters got inked.

Lucknow witnessed a three-cornered contest between popular candidate Rajnath Singh of BJP, SP's Poonam Sinha and Congress's Acharya Pramod Krishnam.

Samajwadi Party's Poonam Shatrughan Sinha was crushed by Rajnath Singh of Bharatiya Janata Party, putting an end to the contest for Lucknow. The margin betweeen the two candidates was 347,302.