Pilibhit Election Result 2024: Counting of votes begins, Jitin Prasada is leading, will the lotus bloom or will BJP miss Varun Gandhi?
Pilibhit Chunav Result 2024 LIVE: All eyes are on the 80 Lok Sabha seats of Uttar Pradesh. Counting of votes has started at 8 am. All eyes are on the results of the Pilibhit Lok Sabha seat of the state. In the initial trends, BJP's Jitin Prasad is leading from here. On the other hand, SP candidate Bhagwat Saran Gangwar is leading from the Indy alliance.
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This time BJP has fielded sitting MP Varun Gandhi and has placed its bet on UP minister Jitin Prasad. Before Varun, his mother Maneka Gandhi has represented this seat. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see whether Jitin Prasad will be able to make the lotus bloom in Pilibhit or will SP win? Apart from Amethi and Rae Bareli, Pilibhit Lok Sabha seat is also considered the stronghold of the Gandhi family. Varun Gandhi is the outgoing MP from here. Earlier, this seat was with Maneka Gandhi.
BJP changed its candidate this time
Let us tell you that this time BJP has changed its candidate. Sometimes Maneka Gandhi and sometimes Varun Gandhi have contested elections from this seat. This time BJP has cut Varun Gandhi's ticket and fielded Jitin Prasad. After counting of votes, it will be decided whether the people of Pilibhit trust Jitin Prasad this time or will send Samajwadi Party candidate Bhagwat Saran Gangwar to the Parliament by electing him instead. The fate of BSP's Anees Ahmed Khan alias Phoolbabu will also be decided only after counting of votes.
2019 mandate
In 2019, a total of 13 candidates were in the fray, but the main contest was between Varun Gandhi of BJP, Hemraj Verma of Samajwadi Party and Dr Bharat of Janata Dal United. 6 independent candidates were also in the fray from here.
BJP candidate Varun Gandhi won this seat in the election, he got 7,04,549 votes. SP's Hemraj Verma remained in second place with 4,48,922 votes and 9,973 voters voted NOTA.
2014 mandate
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, a total of 62.9% voting took place in Pilibhit in which BJP's Maneka Gandhi got more than 52% votes and won the election by a landslide. Maneka Gandhi got 52.1% votes and the Samajwadi Party candidate got 22.8% votes.
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