Though in 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Manoj Sinha, the BJP candidate from the Ghazipur Lok Sabha constituency and current Union Minister, had secured a thin lead of 1432 votes over his nearest SP rival Shivkanya Kushwaha in the Jangipur assembly segment, the SP won the 2017 bye-election by defeating BJP with a margin of more than 20000 votes. However, it is pertinent to note that BSP did not participate in the bye-election.