Moradabad (Lok Sabha constituency)


Moradabad Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in western Uttar Pradesh state in northern India.
Formed before the 1952 elections, according to Election Commission of India 2009 data the total electorates in the Moradabad Parliamentary constituency were 1,388,525 of which 634,547 are females and 753,978 are males. The administrative headquarters of Moradabad district is situated in the city of Moradabad. It is located in the northern part of the state at a distance of 167 km from the national capital, New Delhi. Situated on the banks of the river Ramganga, this town lies at an average elevation of 198 meters. Hindi is the official language of Moradabad, though Urdu, Punjabi and English are widely spoken.
According to the census data of 2011, Moradabad has a total population of 889,810 of which 53% are males and 47% are females. It has a sex ratio of 908 females per 1000 males. 12.4% of the population is below the age of six. The city of Moradabad has an average literacy of 70.65% with male literacy at 74.05% and female literacy at 66.90%. The economy of this city is primarily dependent on the Brass industry, the produces of which are exported worldwide. Moradabad has a promising number of notable universities, schools and colleges. The divisional headquarters of the Northern Railway of India is situated in this city. National Highway NH 9 passes through Moradabad.

Assembly segments

At present, after the implementation of the Presidential notification on delimitation on 19 February 2008, Moradabad Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan Sabha segments. Kanth and Thakurdwara assembly segments before 2008 were in erstwhile Amroha and Rampur Lok Sabha constituencies respectively. These are:

List of Members of Parliament


YearWinnerParty
1952Ram SaranIndian National Congress
1957Ram SaranIndian National Congress
1962Syed Muzaffar HussainIndependent
1967Om Prakash TyagiBharatiya Jan Sangh
1971Virendra AgarwalBharatiya Jan Sangh
1977Ghulam Mohammad KhanBharatiya Lok Dal
1980Ghulam Mohammad KhanJanata Party
1984Hafiz Mohd. SiddiqIndian National Congress
1989Ghulam Mohammad KhanJanata Dal
1991Ghulam Mohammad KhanJanata Dal
1996Shafiqur Rahman BarqSamajwadi Party
1998Shafiqur Rahman BarqSamajwadi Party
1999Chandra Vijay SinghAkhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress
2004Shafiqur Rahman BarqSamajwadi Party
2009Mohammad AzharuddinIndian National Congress
2014Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar SinghBharatiya Janata Party
2019S. T. HasanSamajwadi Party

Election results

General Election, 2009