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.
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.
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