Know Constituencies of UP Assembly polls 2017: CHITRAKOOT
Uttar Pradesh will go to Assembly elections early in 2017. The state has an Assembly comprising 403 seats and a party/alliance has to win 202 seats to form the government.
In 2012, when the last state election was held in UP, the Samajwadi Party had won 224 seats to get a decisive majority. Oneindia will take one Assembly constituency a day and have a look at electoral information related to it:
Constituency Name: CHITRAKOOT (236) GEN
[KCs
1-Karwi,
2-Parsaunja,
3-Sardhua,
4-Pahari,
5-Nandi
&
Chitrakoot
Dham
(Karwi)
MB
of
1-Karwi
Tehsil.
]
Constituency Number: 236
2012 Assembly Election Result in CHITRAKOOT
Winner:
Veer
Singh
Winning
Party:
SP
Winning
Votes:
65,267
Runner
Up:
Ram
Sevak
Runner
Up
Party:
BSP
Runner
Up
Votes:
49,131
Total
Votes:
1,82,425
Margin:
16,136
Margin
Percent:
8.85%
Turnout:
60.55%
Electors:
3,01,262
Total
Votes
Polled:
1,82,425
(60.6%)
Total
Valid
Votes:
1,81,998
(60.4%)
District: CHITRAKOOT
Census Data for Chitrakoot
Total
Area:
3,216
square
kilometer
Total
Population:
9,91,730
Total
SC:
2,66,655
Total
ST:
366
Male
literates:
3,30,339
Female
Literates:
2,00,733
About CHITRAKOOT
Chitrakoot means the 'Hill of many wonders'. Chitrakoot falls in the northern Vindhya range of mountains spread over the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Created on 4 September 1998, Chitrakoot Parvat Mala includes Kamad Giri, Hanumaan Dhara, Janki Kund, Lakshman pahari, and Devangana famous Religious mountains.