MACHHLISHAHR
Constituency no. 74 in Uttar Pradesh · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Lok Sabha seat contested 15 times since 1962.
Uttar Pradesh also has an assembly constituency called MACHHLISHAHR. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 14 results.
Winner, 1999
Chandra Nath Singh
SP
Elections held
15
1962–2024
Most successful party
BJP
won 4 of 15
Margin, 1999
21,159
3.23% of valid votes
Result, 1999
Runner-up
BJPDr. Ram Vilas Vedanti
- Votes
- 1,80,350
- Vote share
- 27.57%
- Behind by
- 21,159
Electors
12,63,202
Total votes polled
6,54,155
Valid votes
6,54,155
NOTA votes
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Turnout
51.8%
Full result, 1999
16 candidates · 6,54,155 valid votes
Chandra Nath SinghSPwon
2,01,509
30.8%
Dr. Ram Vilas VedantiBJP
1,80,350
27.6%
Shiv Sharan VermaBSP
1,37,357
21.0%
Shriram Verma PatelAD
64,590
9.9%
Arun Kumar Singh (Munna)INC
50,449
7.7%
Muralidhar NishadNLP
3,524
0.5%
Arvind MishraSHS
2,877
0.4%
Vaidyaraj Alias VaidyanajIND
2,320
0.3%
Jagannath Verma AdvocateIND
2,284
0.3%
Chhote LalIND
2,131
0.3%
Deepchand GautamIND
1,857
0.3%
Tarawati PatelIND
1,515
0.2%
Showing the top 12 of 16. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 15 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | PRIYA SAROJ | SP | 4,51,292 | 42.57% | BHOLANATH (B.P. SAROJ) | 35,850 |
| 2019 | Bholanath (B.P. Saroj) | BJP | 4,88,397 | 47.19% | Tribhuvan Ram (T.Ram) | 181 |
| 2014 | RAM CHARITRA NISHAD | BJP | 4,38,210 | 43.91% | BHOLANATH ALIAS B.P. SAROJ | 1,72,155 |
| 2009 | TUFANI SAROJ | SP | 2,23,152 | 31.09% | KAMLA KANT GAUTAM (K.K. GAUTAM) | 24,306 |
| 2004 | UMAKANT YADAV | BSP | 2,37,438 | 35.10% | CHANDRA NATH SINGH | 55,382 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above

