Pankaj Choudhary of the Bharatiya Janata Party has won from the Maharajganj Constituency in Uttar Pradesh. The election here was conducted on May 19, 2019 as per the Phase 7 schedule. The constituency number of this place is PC 63.  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

Pankaj Choudhary from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Supriya Shrinate from the Indian National Congress (INC), Akhilesh from the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Pappu Chauhan from the Satya Kranti 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 Maharajganj 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 Pankaj who bagged the total of 4,71,542 votes and is also the current MP on the seat. The runner up of the election was Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate Kashi Nath Shukla with 2,31,084 votes.

 

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