Know Constituencies of UP Assembly polls 2017: BABINA

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: BABINA

[KCs 1-Baragoan, 2-Jhansi, 3-Raksa, 4-Babina, Forest Area, Baragaon NP, Baruwa Sagar MB, Jhansi CB, Jhansi Rly.Set. ITS & Babina CB of 5-Jhansi Tehsil; KC 2-Chirgaon & Chirgaon MB of 1-Moth. Tehsil; PCs 1-Achausa, 4-Bamanwan, 5-Bangri Bangra, 13-Kukur Gaon, 14-Londi, 15-Luhar Gaon Ghat, 18-Pipara, 19-Ram Pura & 22-Sarsenda of 1-Baghera KC of 3-Tahrauli Tehsil.]

Constituency Number: 222

• AC Name : Babina (222) (GEN)
• Winner: Krishna Pal Singh Rajpoot
• Winning Party: BSP
• Winning Votes: 68,144
• Runner Up: Chandrapal Singh Yadav
• Runner Up Party: SP
• Runner Up Votes: 61,189
• Total Votes: 1,99,389
• Margin: 6,955
• Margin Percent: 3.49%
• Turnout: 68.78%
• Electors: 2,89,902
• Total Votes Polled: 1,99,389 (68.8%)
• Total Valid Votes: 1,99,376 (68.8%)

District: JHANSI NAGAR

• Population: 1,998,603
• Male: 1,057,436
• Female: 941,167
• Area Sq. Km: 5,024

About Jhansi Nagar

According to a legend the Raja of Orchha was sitting on the roof of his palace with his friend, the Raja of Jaitpur, and asked the latter whether he could discern this new fort that he had built on Bangara hill, and he replied that he could see it 'jhainsi' (meaning rather indistinct).

This name 'Jhainsi' in course of time became corrupted to 'Jhansi'. It was one of the most strategically situated forts of central India being built on an elevated rock rising out of the plain and commanding the city and the surrounding country. In the 18th century the town of Jhansi served as the capital of a Maratha province and later the Princely State of Jhansi from 1804 till 1853, when the territory became a part of British India. It is a major tourist destination.