Lucknow, May 23: The results of the Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha Constituency will be declared today. The counting of votes began on the Parliamentary seat in Uttar Pradesh at 8 AM on Thursday, May 23. Voting took place for the Muzaffarnagar seat in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 11. A total voter turnout of 64 per cent was recorded in this phase of polling in UP, as per Election Commission of India. Stay with us for Live updates on the results for the Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh.
Muzaffarnagar constituency is one of the eighty Lok Sabha constituencies in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Muzaffarnagar is located in the middle of highly fertile upper Ganga-Yamuna Doab region and is very near to the New Delhi and Saharanpur, making it one of the most developed and prosperous cities of Uttar Pradesh. 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.
This city is part of Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) and Amritsar Delhi Kolkata Industrial Corridor (ADKIC). It is the principal commercial, industrial and educational hub of Western Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Schedule: Constituency Wise Dates Of Voting And Results For UP General Elections.
The parties declared their candidates from the seat as well as independent candidates filed affidavit. The Congress has declared Narendra Kumar as its candidate from the seat. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has given ticket to Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, the sitting MP from the seat while Ajit Singh, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief has also declared that he would be fighting from the constituency.
Lok Sabha Election 2019 Schedule for Muzaffarnagar Constituency:
Issue of Notification | March 18 |
Last date for filing nomination | March 25 |
Scrutiny of nomination | March 26 |
Last date for withdrawal of candidature | March 28 |
Date Of Poll | April 11 |
Date of Result | May 23 |
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List of States And Constituencies That Will Vote On April 11 In Phase I
State (No. of seats voting in this phase) | Constituency |
Andhra Pradesh (All 25) | Araku, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli, Kakinada, Amalapuram, Rajahmundry, Narasapuram, Eluru, Machilipatnam, Vijayawada, Guntur, Narasaraopet, Bapatla, Ongole, Nandyal, Kurnool, Anantapur, Hindupur, Kadapa, Nellore, Tirupati, Rajampet, Chittoor |
Arunachal Pradesh (All 2) | Arunachal West, Arunachal East |
Assam (5) | Tezpur, Kalibor, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur |
Bihar (4) | Aurangabad, Gaya, Nawada, Jamui |
Chhattisgarh (1) | Bastar |
Jammu and Kashmir (2) | Baramulla, Jammu |
Maharashtra (7) | Wardha, Ramtek, Nagpur, Bhandara - Gondiya, Gadchiroli-Chimur, Chandrapur, Yavatmal-Washim |
Manipur (1) | Outer Manipur |
Meghalaya (2) | Shillong, Tura |
Mizoram (1) | Mizoram |
Nagaland (1) | Nagaland |
Odisha (4) | Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Berhampur, Koraput |
Sikkim (1) | Sikkim |
Telangana (17) | Adilabad, Peddapalle, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Zahirabad, Medak, Malkajgiri, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Chevella, Mahbubnagar, Nagarkurnool, Nalgonda, Bhongir, Warangal, Mahabubabad, Khammam |
Tripura (1) | Tripura West |
Uttar Pradesh (8) | Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar |
Uttarakhand (5) | Tehri Garhwal, Garhwal, Almora, Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar, Haridwar |
West Bengal (2) | Coochbehar, Alipurduars |
Andaman And Nicobar (1) | Andaman And Nicobar |
Lakshadweep (1) | Lakshadweep |
In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, Sanjeev Baliyan of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the seat with 6,49,938 votes beating Kadir Rana of the BSP who came a distant second with 2,48,788 votes.
Lok Sabha Elections 2019 took place across the country between April 11 and May 23. While voting took place in seven phases between April 11 and May 19, the General Election results is scheduled to be announced on Thursday, May 23.
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