Know constituencies of UP Assembly polls 2017: KASTA
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: [Know constituencies of UP Assembly polls]
Constituency Name: Kasta
- Constituency No. 143
- District: Lakhimpur Kheri
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District
Area:
7,680
sq
km
- District population: 4,021,243
-
District
literacy:
60.56%
2012 Assembly election result in Kasta
- Winner: Sunil Kumar Lala (SP)
- Votes received: 88,548
- Vote percentage: 45.29%
- Nearest rival: Saurabh Singh Sonu (BSP)
- Votes: 61,677
- Percentage: 31.55%
- Difference: 26,871
- Margin: 13.74%
- Total voters: 291,914
- Turnout: 195,511 (66.98%)
First election in Kasta assembly constituency was held in 2012 after the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" was passed and the constituency was formed in 2008.
Extant of Kasta Assembly constituency is KCs Kheri, Kheri Sri Nagar, Lakhimpur MB, Oel Dhakhawa NP & Kheri NP of Lakhimpur Tehsil.
2014 Lok Sabha result in Lakhimpur Kheri
Ajay Kumar (BJP) defeated Arvind Giri (BSP) by 110,274 votes and by a margin of 10.23%.
About Lakhimpur Kheri district
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Lakhimpur
Kheri
is
the
largest
district
in
Uttar
Pradesh
on
the
border
with
Nepal
and
it
is
a
part
of
Lucknow
division
(124
kilometres
from
Lucknow).
-
Kheri
Lok
Sabha
constituency
comprises
of
5
legislative
assembly
segments--
Gola
Gokrannath,
Lakhimpur,
Nighasan,
Palia
and
Sri
Nagar.
-
2
Parliamentary
Constituencies
-
Kheri,
and
Dhaurahra
-
8
Assembly
Constituencies
-
Lakhimpur,
Dhaurahara,
Gola
Gokarannath,
Kasta,
Mohammadi,
Nighasan,
Palia
Kalan,
Srinagar.
-
6
Tehsils
-
Lakhimpur,
Mohammdi,
Gola
Gokarannath,
Nighasan,
Dhaurahra,
Mitauli
Palia
Kalan
-
Major
tourist
attractions
here
are
Dudhwa
National
Park,
Naseeruddin
Memorial
Hall,
Eidgah,
Shiv
Temple,
Frog
Temple,
Sai
Temple,
Sharda
Barrage
and
Deer
Park.
-
Bajaj
Hindustan
Limited
(BHL)
sugar
plant
in
Gola
Gokarannath
and
Bajaj
Hindustaan
Limited
(BHL)
sugar
plant
in
Palia
Kalan
are
two
largest
sugar
mills
in
Asia.
-
Some
rivers
that
flow
through
Lakhimpur
are
are
Sharda,
Ghagra,
Koriyala,
Ull,
Sarayan,
Chauka,
Gomti,
Kathana,
Sarayu
and
Mohana.
- Most people speak Awadhi language in this district. Lakhimpur Kheri Airport known as Palia Airport is situated near Dudhwa National Park at Palia Kalan.