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Lucknow, 11 May (HS). Bahraich district, situated in the Terai of Uttar Pradesh and bordering India and Nepal, is called the land of Hindu and Muslim heroes. Maharaja Suheldev here gained popularity for defeating and killing Muslim preacher Syed Salar Masood Ghazi. It is said that Lord Brahma had prepared this forest area for the sages and sages. Therefore this place is also known as 'Brahmach'. Bahraich is also one of the 17 reserved seats in Uttar Pradesh for Scheduled Castes. Voting will be held on May 13 under the fourth phase in Uttar Pradesh parliamentary seat number 56 Bahraich.
History of Bahraich Lok Sabha seat
If we look at the political history of Bahraich parliamentary seat, there is no dominance of any party here. This land is known after the name of famous politician Rafi Ahmed Kidwai. If we look at Bahraich from political point of view, from 1952 till now many big personalities of the country have contested elections from Bahraich Lok Sabha. The situation of this seat is that Bahraich parliamentary seat has never been held by any one party since the 1998 elections. However, Bahraich seat was held by BJP from 1989 to 1996. But after that there is a wink-wink going on between BJP, BSP, SP and Congress. In 2014, Savitribai Phule won on BJP ticket and in 2019, BJP's Akshaybar Lal reached Delhi by winning from here. In the 17 Lok Sabha elections held so far, Congress has held the Bahraich seat for the longest time, Congress has represented from here 6 times. Whereas five times it was in the favor of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have also won this seat once each. In the delimitations of 2008, Bahraich Lok Sabha was reserved for Scheduled Caste.
Situation of last two elections
In the Lok Sabha elections 2019, BJP's Akshaybar Lal defeated SP's Shabbir Balmiki by 1 lakh 28 thousand 752 votes. Akshbar Lal received 525,982 (53.12%) votes. The SP candidate had secured 397,230 (40.12%) votes. Whereas Congress candidate Savitribai Phule got 24,454 (3.48%) votes. The security deposit of the Congress candidate was confiscated.
Talking about 2014 elections, BJP candidate Savitribai Phule won this election by a margin of 95 thousand 645 votes. Savitribai Phule had defeated Shabbir Ahmed of SP. BSP candidate Dr. Vijay Kumar and Congress's Kamal Kishore had their deposits forfeited in this election.
Which party nominated whom?
This time BJP has fielded Anand Kumar in place of sitting MP Akshbar Lal. SP has fielded former MLA Ramesh Chandra and BSP has fielded Dr. Brijesh Kumar.
Caste equation of Bahraich seat
There are 18.26 lakh voters in Bahraich Lok Sabha. According to the survey conducted by political parties on this seat, Muslim voters are 5.22 lakh, Brahmin about 2.95 lakh, Dalit about 4.16 lakh, Kshatriya about 1.12 lakh, Kurmi about 2.21 lakh, Kayastha about 2.87 lakh, Yadav about 2.15 lakh. Other Backward Voters are approximately 3 lakh 93 thousand. This includes many lower castes including Kauhar, Barber, Bhurji, Lohar, Carpenter, Sailor.
status of assembly seats
A total of five assembly seats namely Balha (SC), Nanpara, Mahsi, Bahraich Sadar and Matera come under Bahraich (SC) Lok Sabha seat. SP is in control of Matera seat. At Nanpara, Sonelal is the MLA of BJP's ally Apna Dal. The remaining seats are held by BJP.
Mathematics of victory and challenges
SP has introduced former MLA Ramesh Chandra as a new face from Bahraich Lok Sabha reserved seat. Ramesh Chandra's father and mother Prasad were also very active in politics. At the same time, BJP has also placed its bet on the face of its sitting MP Akshayvar Lal in place of his son Dr. Anand Kumar in this election. BJP candidates are counting the development works of Modi-Yogi government, while the issue of Ram Mandir and Article 370 also has a lot of impact here. Whereas SP and BSP candidates are making issues of unemployment, inflation, Agniveer Yojana and discrimination in development works.
According to political analyst Raghavendra Mishra, SP is giving competition to BJP here. If BSP is able to make inroads among Muslim voters, then SP's loss is inevitable. At the same time, BJP also faces the challenge of stopping the fragmentation of Dalit votes by BSP.
Who became MP from Bahraich when?
1952 Rafi Ahmed Kidwai (Congress)
1957 Joginder Singh (Congress)
1962 Kunwar Ram Singh (Swatantra Party)
1967 KK Nair (Bharatiya Jana Sangh)
1971 Badlu Ram (Congress)
1977 Om Prakash Tyagi (Bharatiya Lok Dal)
1980 Maulana Syed Muzaffar Hussain (Congress I)
1984 Arif Mohammad Khan (Congress)
1989 Arif Mohammad Khan (Janata Dal)
1991 Rudrasen Chaudhary (BJP)
1996 Padmasen Chaudhary (BJP)
1998 Arif Mohammad Khan (BSP)
1999 Padmasen Chaudhary (BJP)
2004 Rubab Saida (SP)
2009 Kamal Kishore (Congress)
2014 Savitribai Phule (BJP)
2019 Akshaybar Lal (BJP)