Know Constituencies of UP Assembly elections 2017: GHAZIPUR
Uttar Pradesh will go to Assembly elections early next year. The state has an Assembly comprising 403 seats. In order to form the government, a party or alliance has to win 202 seats.
Samajwadi Party had won 224 seats in the last state elections in 2012 and got decisive majority. OneIndia will take one Assembly constituency a day and have a look at electoral information related to it:
Know Constituencies of UP Assembly elections 2017: SAIDPUR
Constituency Name: Ghazipur
[Comprises
PCs
2-Sauri,
3-Kusumhi
Khurd,
4-Andhokhar,
5-Kataghara,
6-Dandapur,
7-Tardeeh,
8-Hariharpur,
9-Gola,
10-Chilar,
11-Barahra,
12-Koryadih,
16-Deosingha,
17-Sihori,
18-Barahpur,
19-Pachara,
24-Nari
Pachdewara
&
25-Chandipur
of
4-Nandganj
KC
of
Saidpur
Tehsil;
KC
5-Karanda,
PCs
2-Bikapur
urf
Pasideeh,
8-Ghazipur
Shahar,
9-Aamghat
(All
Mohallas
included
in
Ghazipur
(MB),
10-Chhawani
Line
Z.A.,
11-Chhawani
Line
Non
Z.A.
(Included
in
Ghazipur
(MB),
12-Bayepur,
13-Sakara,
14-Mohawan,
15-Chaukiya,
16-Diliya,
17-Fateullahpur,
18-Maharaj
Ganj,
19-Murawal,
20-Saheri
of
4-Ghazipur
Nagar
KC,
Ghazipur
MB
&
Ghazipur
(OG)
of
Ghazipur
Tehsil]
Constituency
No-
375
District:
Ghazipur
About
Ghazipur
district:
Ghazipur
is
divided
into
seven
assembly
constituencies
-Jakhanian,
Saidpur,
Ghazipur,
Jangipur,
Zahoorabad,
Mohammadabad
and
Zamania.
Ghazipur
is
a
part
of
the
Varanasi
division
and
is
known
for
the
production
of
rose
water,
also
called
Gulab
Jal.
- District Area: 3,377 square kilometres
- District population: 36,20,268
- District literacy: 60.7%
2012 Assembly election result for Ghazipur
- Winner: Vijay Kumar Misra
- Winning Party: SP
- Votes received: 49,561
- Runner Up: Raj Kumar
- Runner up party: BSP
- Runner up votes: 49,320
- Total votes: 1,87,661
- Margin: 241
- Margin %: 0.13
- Turnout %: 61.59
Census data for Ghazipur district
- Total area: 3,377 square kilometer
- Total population: 36,20,268 out of which 18,55,075 are males and 17,65,193 are females.