Know constituencies of UP Assembly polls 2017: THANA BHAWAN (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: Thana Bhawan

[KC 3-Thana Bhawan, PCs 1-Taprana, 2-Purmafee, 3-Nonagali, 4-Silawar, 5-Gadhipukhta, 6-Malandi, 7-Tana, 8-Goharni, 9-Rajhad, 10-Bhainswal-1, 11-Sikka, 12-Kedi, 13-Babri, 14-Butrada, 15-Sontta, 16-Banteekheda, 17-Karodahathi, 19-Kaservakalan, 20-Titauli of 2-Shamli KC, Garhipukhata NP, Thana Bhawan NP & Jalalabad NP of 2-Shamli Tehsil; PCs 1-Pindaura Jahangirpur, 2-Hathchhoya & 3-Mundet of 1-Un KC of Kairana Tehsil. KC 3-Thana Bhawan, PCs 1-Taprana, 2-Purmafee, 3-Nonagali, 4-Silawar, 5-Gadhipukhta, 6-Malandi, 7-Tana, 8-Goharni, 9-Rajhad, 10-Bhainswal-1, 11-Sikka, 12-Kedi, 13-Babri, 14-Butrada, 15-Sontta, 16-Banteekheda, 17-Karodahathi, 19-Kaservakalan, 20-Titauli of 2-Shamli KC, Garhipukhata NP, Thana Bhawan NP & Jalalabad NP of 2-Shamli Tehsil; PCs 1-Pindaura Jahangirpur, 2-Hathchhoya & 3-Mundet of 1-Un KC of Kairana Tehsil]

• Constituency No. 9
• District: Shamli (Kairana is an Assembly segment under Kairana Lok Sabha constituency)
  
• District Area: 1,063 square kilometres
• District population: 12,74,815
• District literacy: 60%

2012 Assembly election result in Thana Bhawan

• Winner: Suresh Kumar (BJP)
  
• Votes received: 53,719
  
• Vote percentage: 30.68
  
• Nearest rival: Ashraf Ali Khan (Rashtriya Lok Dal)
  
• Votes: 53,454
  
• Percentage: 30.52
  
• Difference: 265
  
• Margin %: 0.16
  
• Total voters: 2,85,142
  
• Turnout: 61.41%
• Party which has won Thana Bhawan most number of times: Congress won thrice; SP and BJP twice each; RLD once; BSP never.
  

2014 Lok Sabha result in Kairana

Hukum Singh (BJP) defeated Nahid Hasan (SP) by 2,36,828 votes (margin% - 21.05)

About Shamli district: The district of Shamli was carved out of Muzaffarnagar district in September 2011 and given the name in July next year. Major industries in this district include retail and agriculture.

The standard of living in Shamli is high because of the rich farmland of the Doab region between the Ganges and the Yamuna, the sugar mills and the proximity and easy access to Delhi and other important industrial towns. Shamli is also famous for its steel, paper and wheel rim industry.