Sant Kabir Nagar Lok Sabha constituency, one of the 80 seats in Lok Sabha, goes to polls in the sixth phase of general elections on May 12. The constituency, which covers parts of Sant Kabir Nagar, Ambedkar Nagar and Gorakhpur districts in Uttar Pradesh, came into existence after 2008 delimitation exercise and the first election was held in 2009. Sant Kabir Nagar district was carved out of Basti and Siddharth Nagar districts in 1997 and named after 15th century mystic poet Kabir. Two out of the five assembly segments of Sant Kabir Nagar Lok Sabha constituency were part of erstwhile Khalilabad Lok Sabha constituency. The counting of votes of the Lok Sabha election 2019 will be conducted on May 23.

Source: dna May 11, 2019 14:37 UTC