Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], one of the 80 parliamentary constituencies of Uttar Pradesh, will go to polls on May 20 in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections in Lucknow, one of the most populous states in India, Uttar Pradesh plays in the Lok Sabha. Playing a key role in shaping the structure of the Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh is eyeing his third term as Lok Sabha MP. Singh will face Samajwadi Party candidate Ravidas Mehrotra from this seat. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has fielded Sarwar Malik, the Congress has won the Lucknow seat six times, and the BJP has won it eight times. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, sister of the country's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, became the first MP from this high-profile seat. This constituency has been a BJP stronghold since 1991. It has gained prominence with the representation of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.After initial setbacks in 1955, 1957 and 1962, Vajpayee won the seat five times. Earlier addressing a public meeting in Lucknow, Rajnath Singh said that he tried to fulfill the dreams of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and left no stone unturned. For the development of the city "We have worked diligently to realize Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji's vision for Lucknow, and we are committed to taking it further in the future. Lucknow is currently ranked tenth globally , and our aim is to take it to the fifth position," Singh said. There are 5 assembly constituencies under Lucknow Lok Sabha seat. These include Lucknow East, Lucknow West, Lucknow Central, Lucknow North and Cantt assembly seats.There are a total of 39.33017 lakh voters in this parliamentary constituency. These include 20.82888 lakh male voters, 18.49960 lakh female voters and 169 third gender voters. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, 54.72 percent voting took place in Lucknow. BJP candidate Rajnath Singh defeated SP's Poonam Sinha and Congress's Acharya Pramod Krishnam by securing 6,33,026 votes, whereas in the 2014 elections he had got 56.70 percent of the total votes. BJP candidate Rajnath Singh once again defeated Congress by a margin of 5,61,106 votes. 'Rita Bahuguna Joshi secured 5,61,106 votes and 54.52 percent vote share. Apart from Lucknow, other seats in Uttar Pradesh where voting will be held on May 20 include Kaiserganj, Amethi, Mohanlalganj, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Jhansi, Banda, Fatehpur. Voting for 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh is taking place in all seven phases in Kaushambi, Faizabad, Barabanki, Rae Bareli and Gonda.Counting of votes is to take place on June 4.