Barabanki assembly constituency will witness four-cornered fight among the BJP, SP, BSP and Congress in the coming 2017 assembly elections. The BJP candidate from the Barabanki Lok Sabha constituency, Priyanka Singh Rawat, had established a lead of 22583 votes over his nearest Congress rival and then sitting MP P L Punia in the Barabanki assembly segment in 2014 Lok Sabha polls.