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Saharanpur, March 09 (HS). The Lok Sabha elections in 2024 are now very close, in such a situation the discussions about victory and defeat regarding the elections have started in full swing. Political leaders have also intensified the race for tickets.
Let us talk about the first Lok Sabha seat of Uttar Pradesh, Saharanpur. There are more than seven lakh Muslim voters in this Muslim dominated seat. Apart from this, including eleven lakh Hindu and other voters, a total of 18 lakh voters live here. Muslim voters in this seat are considered to play an important role in spoiling or improving the equations of political bigwigs. This is the reason why in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the people of Saharanpur elected a Muslim candidate and sent him to the Lok Sabha. Presently Haji Fazur Rahman of BSP is the MP from this seat.
This time in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, BJP is leaving no stone unturned to capture this seat. This is the reason why BJP is also trying to woo Muslim voters to make lotus bloom on this seat. In the last Lok Sabha elections, BSP candidate Haji Fazular Rahman got 5,14,139 votes. BJP's Raghav Lakhanpal Sharma, who stood second, got 4,91,722 votes. The BJP candidate had lost to the BSP candidate by just 20 thousand votes. Imran Masood of Congress was at third place. He got more than two lakh votes.
BJP is regretting the defeat in the last Lok Sabha 2019 but this time the party wants to settle the score of that defeat. BJP has also intensified preparations in this regard. Out of 80 Lok Sabha seats in UP, BJP is keeping its focus on the 17 seats which it lost in 2019. One of these seats is also included in Saharanpur.
If we talk about political figures, Congress has ruled Saharanpur the most. BSP has been in control about three times and BJP and Janata Party twice each. Talking about the population of this city, about 56 percent of the population here is Hindu and 43 percent is of Muslim community. In 2019, about 1230443 voters had cast their votes here, in which about 54 percent men and 41 percent women had participated. The first elections were held in Saharanpur in 1952. Till 1977, Congress ruled this seat. After this emergency was imposed. From the elections held after the Emergency in 1977 till 1996, this seat was held by Janata Dal or Janata Party. From 1996 to 1998, this seat went to BJP. BSP captured this seat in the 1999 elections. After this, he remained a BSP MP here for five years. When elections were held again in 2004, SP won this seat. In 2009, BSP once again captured this seat. In 2014, this seat went to BJP during the Modi wave, but in 2019, due to SP-BSP alliance, BJP lost this seat and once again BSP captured this seat.
Who became MP when?
Congress ruled from 1952 to 1975. Meanwhile, Ajit Prasad was elected MP twice and Sunderlal thrice. Congress had to bear the brunt of the Emergency in 1975 and it lost this seat. Rashid Masood of Janata Party was MP from 1977 to 1980. Then in the 1984 elections, Chaudhary Yashpal Singh of Congress won this seat. Janata Dal's Rashid Masood from 1989 to 1991, BJP's Nakli Singh from 1996 to 1998, BSP's Mansoor Ali Khan in 1999, SP's Rashid Masood in 2004, BSP's Jagdish Singh Rana in 2009, BJP's Raghav Lakhanpal in 2014 and 2019. Haji Fazular Rahman of BSP was elected MP.
What is the history of Saharanpur? When was this city established
According to archaeological survey, evidence of ancient Indian culture is available in Saharanpur. The early inhabitants here have been linked to the Indus Valley Civilization in 2000 BC. Many objects belonging to Harappan culture were found in Ambakeri, Badgaon and Hulas villages here. The Nakkur town here dates back to the Mahabharata period and was settled by Nakul.
Saharanpur is the first Lok Sabha constituency among the 80 Lok Sabha seats of UP. There are 6 assembly constituencies under Saharanpur Lok Sabha constituency, which include Saharanpur Nagar, Saharanpur Dehat, Deoband, Behat and Rampur Maniharan. According to the 2011 census, the population of this city spread over 3860 km square is about 34 lakh 66 thousand 382.
At present, BJP rules three of the five assembly seats here, while Samajwadi Party has won two seats. SP's Omar Ali Khan had won from Behat assembly seat while BJP's Rajeev Gumber had won the election from Saharanpur Nagar. SP's Ashu Malik in Saharanpur, BJP's Brijesh Singh in Deoband and BJP's Devendra Kumar in Rampur Maniharana (SC) are the other MLAs.
According to the latest voter list of 2024, there are a total of 1844197 voters in Saharanpur Lok Sabha, of which 974625 are male, 869478 are female and 94 are transgender voters.