Baghpat (Lok Sabha constituency)

Baghpat Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: बाग़पत लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (lower house of parliament) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in India. This constituency covers the entire Baghpat district and parts of Meerut and Ghaziabad districts. Satyapal Singh, former Commissioner of Police, Bombay, represents the constituency in Lok Sabha.

Assembly segments

Before reorganisation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008, Baghpat Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments^[1]

1. Siwalkhas
2. Modinagar
3. Baghpat
4. Baraut
5. Chhaprauli

Presently, after reorganisation, this Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following five Vidhan Sabha segments:^[2][3]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Number of electorates (2009)
43	Siwalkhas	None	Meerut	282,285
50	Chhaprauli	None	Baghpat	273,250
51	Baraut	None	Baghpat	226,711
52	Baghpat	None	Baghpat	237,803
57	Modinagar	None	Ghaziabad	251,784
Total:				1,271,833

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of the Member	Party Affiliation
Fourth	1967-71	Raghuvir Singh Shastri	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Fifth	1971-77	Ram Chandra Vikal	Indian National Congress
Sixth	1977-80	Chaudhary Charan Singh	Bharatiya Lok Dal
Seventh	1980-84	Chaudhary Charan Singh	Janata Party (Secular)
Eighth	1984-89	Chaudhary Charan Singh	Lok Dal
Ninth	1989-1991	Ajit Singh	Janata Dal
Tenth	1991-1996	Ajit Singh	Janata Dal
Eleventh	1996-1998	Ajit Singh	Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party
Twelfth	1998-99	Sompal Singh Shastri	Bharatiya Janata Party
Thirteenth	1999–2004	Ajit Singh	Rashtriya Lok Dal
Fourteenth	2004-09	Ajit Singh	Rashtriya Lok Dal
Fifteenth	2009-2014	Ajit Singh	Rashtriya Lok Dal
Sixteenth	2014-Incumbent	Satyapal Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

General elections 2014

Indian general elections, 2014: Baghpat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Satyapal Singh	4,23,475	42.17	N/A
	SP	Ghulam Mohammed	2,13,609	21.27	+20.97
	RLD	Ajit Singh	1,99,516	19.86	-35.90
	BSP	Prashant Chaudhary	1,41,743	14.11	-12.98
	AAP	Somendra Dhaka	5828	0.58	N/A
Margin of victory			2,09,866	20.90	+10.63
Turnout			10,04,263	68.60	+20.67
	BJP gain from RLD		Swing	+24.22

General elections 2009

Indian general elections, 2009: Baghpat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	RLD	Ajit Singh	2,38,638	38.88
	BSP	Mukesh Sharma	1,75,611	28.61	+6.85
	INC	Sompal	55,164	8.40	0
Margin of victory			63,027	10.27
Turnout			6,13,748	47.93
	RLD hold		Swing

General elections 2004

Indian general elections, 2004: Baghpat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	RLD	Ajit Singh	3,53,181	53.76	+5.50
	BSP	Aulad Ali	1,32,543	20.18	+6.85
	BJP	Satyapal Singh Malik (not the Satyapal Singh who won in 2014)	1,02,317	15.58	-11.85
	INC	Jagveer	55,164	8.40	0
	Independent	Habib Ahmad	4,919	0.75	0
	INLD	Samar Pal	2,489	0.38	0
	Independent	Subhash	1,520	0.23	0
	RPI	Krishna Bhagwan Swami	994	0.15	0
Majority			2,20,638	33.58	+5.50
Turnout			6,56,900	41.83
	RLD hold		Swing

Notes

1. "Statistical Report on General Elections 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha, Vol. III" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. pp. 1078–9. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
2. "Information and Statistics-Parliamentary Constituencies-11-Baghpat". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh website.
3. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 503.

Coordinates: 28°56′N 77°13′E / 28.94°N 77.22°E