Shrawasti Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency number: 58
Total electors: 17,88,080
Female electors: 8,11,665
Male electors: 9,76,415
Reserved: No
Delimited: Yes. This constituency came into existence in 2008. Prior to that, this constituency was called Balrampur.
Assembly Constituencies: Bhinga, Shrawasti, Tulsipur, Gainsari, Balrampur
Results in last four Lok Sabha elections: Vinay Kumar Pandey of the Congress won the seat in the 2009 elections while Daddan Mishra of the BJP defeated Samajwadi Party’s Atiq Ahmed to win the seat.
Demographics: Shravasti is one of the comparatively smaller districts in the state. It has an overwhelming Muslim minority with its district headquarter Bhinga having a Muslim majority. Sahu community , a sub-community within OBCs are influential in the Shrawasti Lok Sabha constituency. Dalits constitute around 18 percent of the population.