Lok Sabha election: Rural distress, PM-KISAN may set winners in 290 seats

'Rural' and 'semi-rural' seats account for over 80% of the total 513 Lok Sabha constituencies for which data was analysed

An estimated 290 parliamentary constituencies could see rural distress and the recently launched PM-KISAN scheme play a crucial role during Lok Sabha elections 2019, data suggests.  

India has at least 290 'rural' and 131 'semi-rural' Lok Sabha constituencies out of the 513 for which a categorisation was done based on Census 2011 data (See table: Rural and urban Lok Sabha constituencies in India). The country has 543 Lok Sabha constituencies at present. Constituencies where the urban population was found to be less than 25 per cent have been labelled as rural, while semi-rural constituencies are those with urban population greater