Vijay Kumar Dubey of the Bharatiya Janata Party has won from the Kushi Nagar Lok Sabha Constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Samajwadi Party's Nathuni Prasad Kushwaha was defeated by Dubey by a margin of 3,37,560 votes. The election here was conducted on May 19, 2019 as per the Phase 7 schedule. The constituency number of this place is PC 65.  The counting of votes took place on May 23. A total voter turnout of 54.37 per cent was recorded in this phase of polling in UP, as per Election Commission of India.  Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Schedule: Voting In 7 Phases From April 11 to May 19, Counting And Results On May 23; Check All Dates For General Elections

Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh from the Indian National Congress (INC), Vijay Kumar Dubey from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Nathuni Prasad Kushwaha from the Samajwadi Party (SP),  Amiruddin from  the Apna Dal United Party contested from this constituency.  Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Phase VII: List of States And Constituencies Voting on May 19

Lok Sabha Election 2019 Schedule for Kushi Nagar Constituency:

Issue of Notification April 22
Last date for filing nomination April 29
Scrutiny of nomination April 30
Last date for withdrawal of candidature May 2
Date of Poll May 19
Date of Result May 23

Watch: Details of Phase 7 of Lok Sabha Polls

The last general election in the year 2014 was won by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Rajesh Pandey who bagged the total of 3,70,051 votes and is also the current MP on the seat. The runner up of the election was Indian National Congress (INC) candidate Kunwar Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh with 2,84,511 votes.

 

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