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Sultanpur, situated on the banks of the Gomti River in Uttar Pradesh, serves as the administrative headquarters of Sultanpur district, part of the Ayodhya division. This historic constituency has witnessed a dynamic political landscape over the years.
Since independence, the Congress party has claimed victory here on eight occasions, each time with a different candidate. Similarly, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has secured victory twice, also with different candidates. Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has triumphed four times, with three different candidates.
Sultanpur encompasses five assembly seats: Isauli, Sultanpur, Sadar, Kadipur (Reserved), and Lambhua. As we approach the 2024 General Elections, the political landscape remains charged, with candidates vying for the people’s mandate. The voting date for the 2024 Sultanpur Lok Sabha Constituency Election is scheduled for May 25th (Phase 6).
Maneka Gandhi, BJP:
Maneka Gandhi of the BJP was the winning candidate from the Sultanpur Lok Sabha constituency in the Lok Sabha elections 2019, securing 459196 votes while 444670 votes were polled in favour of Chandra Bhadra Singh “ssonu” of the BSP. Chandra Bhadra Singh “ssonu” lost by 14526 votes.
BJP has again fielded Maneka from Sultanpur seat. “Mera chunav ladna tey tha, kis jagah se ladna hai isi ko lekar deri hui (It was already decided that I would contest the election but from which constituency is what caused the delay),” Maneka Gandhi said after the announcement of her name by the BJP.
I am the BJP candidate from Sultanpur again, for this I am grateful to the party president and the prime minister and all the MLAs. I am very happy that I have come to Sultanpur again, she said.
For the first time since 1989 when Varun’s mother Maneka Gandhi won the Lok Sabha polls in Pilibhit as a Janata Dal candidate, a Gandhi family member is not fighting from this constituency. Maneka lost the 1991 election from here but after that, she and Varun have won seven consecutive elections from Pilibhit.
Ram Bhual Nishad, Samajwadi Party:
The Akhilesh Yadav-led party also changed its candidate from Sultanpur Lok Sabha seat, giving ticket to Ram Bhual Nishad replacing Bheem Nishad, the party said in a statement.
Ram Bhual Nishad initially aligned himself with the BSP. During the tenure of Mayawati, he served as a minister, heading the Fisheries department. Later, he joined the SP and contested elections from various constituencies.The two-time MLA Nishad represented the Kaudiram Assembly constituency (now Gorakhpur rural) as a two-time Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the SP fielded him as their candidate from the high-profile Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency.
Uday Raj Verma, BSP:
Uday Raj Verma has been fielded by BSP for Sultanpur Lok Sabha seat. There was an alliance of SP-BSP in the Lok Sabha elections 2019. BSP had lost on this seat in this election. BSP had fielded former MLA Chandrabhadra Singh Sonu. Sonu had to face defeat in a tough contest against BJP candidate former minister Maneka Gandhi. This time neither Sonu is in BSP nor could an alliance be formed with SP. BSP is fighting this Lok Sabha election alone on its own.
