One of the key Parliamentary constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, Gautam Buddh Nagar is important for all political parties. Dr Mahesh Sharma, the sitting BJP MP, is contesting from here for the third time and will face young Satbir Nagar of the BSP. 

Sharma, Union Minister of Culture often in news for his controversial remarks, lost in 2009 when the first election was held in the newly carved out Parliamentary seat. Surendra Singh Nagar of the BSP won the seat in 2009. Sharma, however, beat Narendra Bhati of the Samajwadi Party by over 2.8 lakh votes in 2014. 

This time, Sharma is facing a joint SP-BSP-RLD candidate. Satbir Nagar, a Gurjar leader, expects to pip the BJP by solidifying his community's votes. He will also look to get support from Dalit voters in the constituency which is home to his party's leader Mayawati. 

The constituency was carved out of Khurja Lok Sabha constituency in 2008 delimitation. Sikandrabad and Khurja assembly segments of Bulandshahr district and Noida, Dadri and Jewar assembly constituencies form the Gautam Buddha Nagar Lok Sabha constituency.

UP is facing a three-pronged battle between the BJP, the Congress and BSP-SP-RLD alliance. Under the alliance's seat-sharing formula, the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is contesting on 38 Lok Sabha seats of the total 80 seats, Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party on 37 seats and the Chaudhary Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) on three seats. The alliance has left two for Congress' Sonia Gandhi (Raebareli) and Rahul Gandhi (Amethi). 

The polling in Gautam Buddh Nagar will be held in first phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 11. The results of the Lok Sabha election 2019 will be declared on May 23.