Phulpur Lok Sabha constituency
Phulpur Lok Sabha seat, also spelled 'Phoolpur', is one of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. It lies in Prayagraj district. Phulpur is a historic constituency and two Indian Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and V P Singh have been elected from this constituency. The first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru died in office in 1964 while representing this constituency. Hence it is also called "Nehru's constituency".
Members of Parliament
^ by pollElection results
General election 1998
1964 by-election
- Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit : 1,10,549 votes
- S. Jaiswal : 52,529 votes
General elections 1957
- Two members were elected from this seat in 1957.