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Chandauli, May 29 (HS). Congress was once in a strong position in Purvanchal's important Chandauli seat. Congress has won this seat four times in the 16 elections held so far. But it has not won in the last 40 years. In the last six and a half decades, its vote share has also dropped from 58 percent to 3 percent. Let us tell you, in the last 6 elections, Congress candidates have failed to save their deposits.
Congress won the first two elections
The first election for Chandauli seat was held in 1957. In this election, Tribhuvan Singh of Congress won. After this, in the 1957 election, Balkrishna Singh of Congress captured the seat. In the election held in 1967 for the fourth Lok Sabha, the victory chariot of Congress was stopped by Nihal Singh of Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP). Congress candidate Tribhuvan Singh had to face defeat.
Returned with victory in 1971
In the 1971 elections for the fifth Lok Sabha, Sudhakar Pandey of the Congress won. But in 1977, in the anti-Congress wave, Narsingh of Bharatiya Lok Dal (BLD) won from Chandauli and reached Delhi.
Defeat in 1980 and victory in 1984
After the crushing defeat in 1977, she could not recover from the defeat even in the 1980 elections. In this election, Janta Party's Nihal Singh defeated Congress candidate Upendra Pratap. In the 1984 elections, Chanda Tripathi returned with victory on a Congress ticket. She was pitted against Nihal Singh of Indian Congress (J).
Congress slipped to fourth place
After the victory in the 1984 elections, Congress remained out of the main race in the five elections. In 1989, Rajeshpati Tripathi of Congress came second. In the elections of 1991, 96 and 98, the Congress candidate failed to save even his deposit. In all three elections, Congress came fourth. In the 1999 general election for the 13th Lok Sabha, Congress did not field its candidate in Chandauli.
Fourth in 2004, third in 2009
In the 2004 general elections, Congress candidate Kailash Singh came fourth with 6.79 percent votes. This election was won by BSP's Kailash Nath Singh Yadav. In the 2009 elections, Congress candidate Shailendra Kumar came third with 14.51 percent vote share. SP's Ramkishun Yadav won the election.
Status of last two elections
In the 2014 elections, Congress's Tarun Patel came fourth. Tarun got only 2.77 percent votes. The Congress candidate lost his deposit. BJP's Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey won the election. In the 2019 elections, Congress did not field its candidate.
Congress in 2024 elections
There is an alliance between SP and Congress in the 18th Lok Sabha elections. In the seat sharing of the Indi alliance, Chandauli seat is in the kitty of SP. BJP has fielded the current MP Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey for the third time on this seat. Birendra Singh from SP and Satyendra Kumar Maurya from BSP are in the fray. It is worth mentioning that BJP has won Chandauli five times so far. Lotus has bloomed here for the last ten years.
Election Year- Vote Percentage- Result
1957 – 57.87 – Won
1962 – 37.00 – Won
1967 – 31.13 – Defeat
1971 – 36.54 – Won
1977 – 21.68 – Defeat
1980 – 27.76 – Defeat
1984 – 44.92 – Won
1989 – 21.28 – Defeat
1991 – 10.49 – Defeat
1996 – 9.47 – Defeat
1998 – 3.66 – Loss
1999 – Did not contest elections.
2004 – 6.79 – Loss
2009 – 14.51 – Defeat
2014 – 2.77 – Loss
2019 – Did not contest elections.