Jhansi Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency number: 46
Total electors: 10,34,085(2014 estimates)
Female electors: 8,97,930
Male electors: 10,34,085
Reserved: No
Delimited: No
Assembly Constituencies: Babina, Jhansi Nagar, Mauranipur, Lalitpur, Mehroni
Results in last four Lok Sabha elections: The Congress has won the seat twice in last two decades: Sujan Singh Bundela in the 1999 elections and Pradeep Jain Aditya in the 2009 elections. Chandrapal Singh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party won the seat in 2004. In 2014, Union Minister Uma Bharti won the seat by a margin of 1.9 lakh votes.
Demographics: Jhansi is the historical epicentre of Bundelkhand, a region ravaged by drought for many years now. While development issues remain the top agenda, caste is an important factor here. Jhansi and nearby Lalitpur district ( two constituencies) have a sizeable number of Dalit – Pasi sub-caste – voters, who have traditionally been loyal to BSP. However, a number of non-Yadav OBCs are also influential in this area.