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Lucknow, 18 May (HS). Voting will be held on 14 seats of Uttar Pradesh in the fifth phase of the 18th Lok Sabha. In the last elections, BJP had won 13 seats. Rae Bareli seat went to Congress's account. There were 12 seats in this phase where BJP won for the second time. In the 2024 elections, BJP wants to score a hat-trick of victory on 12 seats along with a clean sweep of the seats in the fifth phase. Let us tell you, there are a total of 71 assembly constituencies in the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies of the fifth phase. Of these, BJP has control over 45 seats. SP is holding 21 seats, Apna Dal three and Jansatta Dal Loktantrik two seats.
13 seats won in 2019 elections
In the general elections of the 17th Lok Sabha, BJP won a total of 13 seats namely Lucknow, Mohanlalganj (SC), Amethi, Faizabad, Kaiserganj, Barabanki (SC), Gonda, Jalaun (SC), Jhansi, Hamirpur, Fatehpur, Kaushambi (SC) and Banda. Was. He did not get success in Rae Bareli seat. However, in Rae Bareli its vote share definitely increased by more than 14 percent. BJP had won 12 out of 13 seats in 2014 also. That means this was its second consecutive victory on these seats. He won in Amethi in 2019. In such a situation, BJP wants to score a hat-trick of victory on 12 seats in this election. She would like to convert the defeat in Amethi for the second time and the defeat in Rae Bareli in the last election into victory this time.
Candidates changed on two seats in 2024
In the 18th Lok Sabha elections, BJP has fielded only sitting MPs on 12 out of 14 seats. New faces have been fielded for Barabanki seat and Kaiserganj seat. Karan Bhushan Singh, son of current MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh from Kaiserganj seat and Rajrani Rawat are challenging in place of Upendra Singh Rawat from Barabanki.
Faces did not change in Rae Bareli and Amethi
Amethi seat was last won by BJP's Smriti Irani by defeating former Congress President Rahul Gandhi. Smriti Irani is contesting for the second time in this election. BJP could not win Rae Bareli seat in the last elections. Congress has fielded Rahul Gandhi in this election. BJP has expressed confidence in Yogi government minister Dinesh Pratap Singh, the runner-up of the last election. Along with Amethi, this time BJP is trying to make the lotus blossom in Rae Bareli.
who is in the field
From BJP, Rajnath Singh from Lucknow parliamentary seat, Kaushal Kishore from Mohanlalganj reserved seat, Smriti Irani from Amethi, Lallu Singh from Faizabad, Karan Bhushan Singh from Kaiserganj, Rajrani Rawat from Barabanki reserved seat, Kirti Vardhan Singh from Gonda, Bhanu from Jalaun reserved seat. Pratap Singh Verma, Anurag Sharma from Jhansi, Kunwar Pushpendra Singh Chandel from Hamirpur, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti from Fatehpur, Vinod Kumar Sonkar from Kaushambi Surakshit and RK Singh Patel from Banda parliamentary seat are in the fray.
Party will have third victory on these seats
In Barabanki, Priyanka Singh Rawat had won in 2014 and Upendra Singh Rawat had won in 2019. This time, preparations are on to offer lotus here on the shoulders of Rajrani Rawat. Brijbhushan Sharan Singh had won from Kaiserganj in 2014 and 2019. This time Karan Bhushan, son of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is in the fray. Jhansi seat was won by Uma Bharti for BJP in 2014, Anurag Sharma had won from here in the last elections. This time again Anurag Sharma is in the field. Bhairon Prasad Mishra had won the Banda seat in 2014. Whereas in 2019, RK Singh Patel marked the victory of BJP. The party would like to score a hat-trick of victories on these four seats.
Hat-trick of both party and candidate on 8 seats
The candidates fielded by the party on Mohanlalganj, Lucknow, Hamirpur, Kaushambi, Faizabad, Fatehpur, Jalaun and Gonda seats have been winning the last two elections, hence BJP will create a record by winning here for the third time. The record of hat-trick victory will also be recorded in the names of the candidates.