Know constituencies of UP Assembly polls 2017: MEERAPUR [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.

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Constituency Name: Meerapur

[Comprises KCs 4-Meerapur, 5-Bhopa, PCs 5-Salarpur, 6-Jatwara, 8-Kawal, 9-Dhansari, 12-Jolly, 13-Roorkali Talabali, 14-Nagla Bujurg, 15-Kamheda, 16-Tissa, 17-Kakrauli, 18-Tewda of 3-Jansath KC, Meerapur NP & Bhokerheri NP of 5-Jansath Tehsil]

• Constituency No. 16
• District: Muzaffarnagar (Meerapur is an Assembly segment under Bijnor Lok Sabha constituency)
• District Area: 2,945 square kilometres
• District population: 28,27,154 (general caste 86.5%; SC 13.5%; ST 0%)
• District literacy: 58.33%
• District urbanisation: 28.8%

2012 Assembly election result in Meerapur

• Winner: Jamil Ahmed Qashmi (BSP)
  
• Votes received: 56,802
• Vote percentage: 33.66
  
• Nearest rival: Mithlesh Pal (RLD)
  
• Votes: 44,069
• Percentage: 26.12
  
• Difference: 12,733
  
• Margin %:7.55
• Total voters: 2,73,236
• Turnout: 61.80%
• Party which has won Meerapur most number of times: Meerapur constituency came into existence after 2008 [BSP won it in 2012]
  

2014 Lok Sabha result in Bijnor

Kumar Bhartendra (BJP) defeated Shahnawaz Rana (BSP) by 2,05,774 votes (margin% 19.41)