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23. Performance of Political Parties in SC

Constituencies in General Elections 2019

In general elections 2019, total 84 seats were reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC). Highest winning

margin recorded was of Sh. Hans Raj Hans of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who won by 5, 53,897
votes (39.48%) from North West Delhi constituency. Sh. Vishnu Dayal Ram of Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) won by 4, 77,606 votes (39.48%) from Palamu constituency of Chhattisgarh. Lowest

winning margin was recorded of Bholanath (B.P. Saroj) of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who won
by a margin of 181 (0.02 %) votes from Machhlishahr constituency of Uttar Pradesh. Details of
the data of the constituencies reserved for the SC category is given below in the table.

Seats won by parties in SC Constituencies in General Elections 2019

S. Social
No. Constituency Category Winner Category Party Margin

Andhra Pradesh

Yuvajana Sramika Rythu
1 Amalapuram SC Chinta Anuradha SC Congress Party (YSRCP) 39795 (3.23 %)

Yuvajana Sramika Rythu
2 Bapatla SC Nandigam Suresh SC Congress Party (YSRCP) 16065 (1.27 %)

Balli Durga Prasad Yuvajana Sramika Rythu 228376 (17.39
3 Tirupati SC Rao SC Congress Party (YSRCP) %)

Yuvajana Sramika Rythu 137271 (10.4
4 Chittoor SC N. Reddeppa SC Congress Party (YSRCP) %)

Assam

Bharatiya Janata Party
5 Karimganj SC Kripanath Mallah SC (BJP) 38389 (3.62 %)

Bihar

Dr. Alok Kumar 286434 (27.95
6 Gopalganj SC Suman SC Janata Dal (United) %)

Pashu Pati Kumar Lok Jan Shakti Party 205449 (20.41
7 Hajipur SC Paras SC (LJP) %)

Ramchandra Lok Jan Shakti Party 251643 (24.69
8 Samastipur SC Paswan SC (LJP) %)

Bharatiya Janata Party
9 Sasaram SC Chhedi Paswan SC (BJP) 165745 (17 %)

152426 (15.92
10 Gaya SC Vijay Kumar SC Janata Dal (United) %)

241049 (25.4
%)
Chirag Kumar Lok Jan Shakti Party
11 Jamui SC Paswan SC (LJP)

Chhattisgarh

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