Know constituencies of UP Assembly polls 2017: GOVERDHAN [GEN]
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:
GOVERDHAN
[Comprises
2-Sikandra
Rao
Tehsil
&
KC
2-Lakhanu
of
3-Hathras
TehsilKC
1-Goverdhan,
PCs
1-Konai,
2-Basauti,
3-Barhauta,4-Ral,
5-Jikhangaon,
6-Tosh,
7-Jachonda,
8-Maura,
9-Bati,
10-
Chhatikara,
11-Jaint,
12-Maghera,
13-Atas
Bangar,
14-Sunrakh
Bangar,
17-
Dhaurera
Bangar,
18-Kota
of
2-Vrindaban
KC,
KC
3-Kosi
Khurd,
PCs
1-Sonsa,
2-Madhurikund,
5-Satoha
Asgarpur,
7-Junsuti,
8-Uncha
Gaon,
9-Shahpur
Chainpur,
10-Umari,
11-Tarsi,
12-Usphar
of
4-Mathura
KC,
PCs
1-Koyala
Alipur,
2-Karnawal,
3-Bad,
5-Bhainsa,
6-Chhargaon,
7-Sersa,
8-Bhudrasu,
9-Pura,
10-Bhahai,
17-Beri
of
5-Bad
KC,
Goverdhan
NP,
Radhakund
NP
Sonkh
NP
of
3-Mathura
Tehsi]
Constituency No. 83
- District: Mathura (Goverdhan is an Assembly segment under Mathura Lok Sabha constituency)
- District Area: 3,340 square kilometres
- District population: 25,47,184 (general caste 80%, Scheduled Caste 19.1%, Sceduled Tribe 0.1%)
- District literacy: 59.2%
- District urbanisation: 29.7%
2012 Assembly election result in Goverdhan
- Winner: Rajkumar Rawat (BSP)
- Votes received: 63,725
- Vote percentage: 34.76
- Nearest rival: Megh Shyam Singh (RLD)
- Votes: 42,230
- Percentage: 23.04
- Difference: 21,495
- Margin %: 11.72
- Total voters: 2,72,700
- Turnout: 67.41
- Party which won Goverdhan most number of times: Congress won four times; BJP thrice and BSP once; SP never [since 1957]
2014 Lok Sabha result in Mathura
Hema Malini (BJP) defeated Jayant Chaudhary (RLD) by 3,30,743 votes (margin% 31.67)