Lucknow:The phase one of Lok Sabha elections for eight seats in Western Uttar Pradesh will begin from May 11' 2019. These eight seats include: Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddha Nagar.
Nominees from all eight parliamentary seats have already been announced. Issues which are being given priorities by the political parties are communal tensions, migration and problems faced by sugarcane farmers.
According to Political Analyst Prof. Ravikant, issues relating to sugarcane farmers will be given utmost importance. The Dalit movement started by the Bhim Army is also expected to affect the Uttar Pradesh elections. Communal polarisation will be initiated but it will not be successful and topics of unemployment, farmers' payment and caste issues will persist.
Saharanpur
There are around 2,73,032 voters who are 18-19 years old and 2,71,565 voters who are aged above 80 years. In 2014, 74.26% of the Saharanpur's population came to cast their vote, where BJP's Raghav Lakhanpal defeated Congress MP Imran Masood; while in 2009, Jagdish Singh Rana won on BSP ticket.
Saharanpur Lok Sabha constituency comprises of Behat, Saharanpur Nagar, Saharanpur, Deoband and Rampur Maniharan. Some local issues are unemployment, payment to sugarcane farmers and migration.
Results of 2017 State assembly elections were as follows:
Naresh Saini (INC)- Behat
Sanjay Garg (SP)- Saharanpur Nagar
Masood Akhtar (INC)- Saharanpur
Brijesh Singh (BJP)- Deoband
Devendra Kumar Nim (BJP)- Rampur Maniharan
Kairana
In 2014, 73.10% of the Kairana's population came to cast their vote, where Hukum Singh, then in BJP party stood victorious against Nahid Hasan of Samajwadi party by 2,50,000 votes. In 2009, Begum Tabassum Hasan of BSP party came to power.
Kairana Lok Sabha constituency incorporates Nakur, Gangoh, Kairana, Thana Bhawan and Shamli. Some local issues are unemployment, illiteracy, lack of payment to sugarcane farmers and migration.
Results of 2017 State assembly elections were as follows:
Dr. Dharam Singh Saini (BJP)- Nakur
Pradeep Kumar (BJP)- Gangoh
Nahid Hasan (SP)- Kairana
Suresh Kumar (BJP)- Thana Bhawan
Tejendra Nirwal (BJP) - Shamli
Muzaffarnagar
In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, 69.74% of the Muzaffarnagar residents registered their votes. Here, BJP's Sanjeev Balyan triumphed against Kadir Rana of BSP party by 3 lakh votes. However, in 2009 election Kadir Rana won a victory. There are 5 assembly constituencies in Muzaffarnagar in which all seats were won by BJP in the 2017 UP Legislative Assembly election.
Budhana, Charthawal, Purqazi (SC), Muzaffarnagar, Khatauli and Meerapur are the assembly constituencies in Muzaffarnagar. The biggest problems in this area are unemployment and communal tension.
Results of 2017 State assembly elections were as follows:
Umesh Malik (BJP)- Budhana
Vijay Kumar Kashyap (BJP) -Charthawal
Pramod Utwal (BJP)- Purqazi
Kapil Dev Aggarwal (BJP) - Muzaffarnagar
Vikram Singh Saini (BJP) - Khatauli
Avtar Singh Bhadana (BJP) - Meerapur
Bijnor
In 2014 Lok Sabha election, 67.88% of the Bijnor's populace cast their votes. The results were in favour of Bharatendra Singh of BJP who defeated Sanjay Singh Chauhan of Rashtriya Lok Dal by 2.5 lakh votes; while in 2009, Sanjay Singh of Congress won the election.
Presently, Bijnor Lok Sabha constituency comprises of Bijnor, Chandpur, Hastinapur, Meerapur and Purqazi. Problems in this area are illiteracy, unemployment and lack of payment to sugarcane farmers.
Results of 2017 State assembly elections were as follows:
Suchi (BJP) - Bijnor
Kamlesh Saini (BJP) -Chandpur
Dinesh Khatik (BJP) -Hastinapur
Avtar Singh Bhadana (BJP) - Meerapur
Pramod Utwal (BJP)- Purqazi