Know Constituencies of UP Assembly polls 2017: Bidhuna (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: BIDHUNA

[KCs 1-Arwakatra, 3-Sahayal, 4-Bidhuna & 6- Bidhuna TA of 1-
Bidhuna Tehsil]

Constituency Number: 202

District: AURAIYA

District extent: [KCs 1-Auraiya, 3-Ajitmal, 4-Muradgang, PCs 6-Pasaipur
Kaisampur, 14-khoyla, 15-Devarpur, 16-Daulatpur, 17-
Shahalampur of 5-Phaphund KC, 6-Auraiya MB, 8-Ajitmal TA
& 10-Atsu TA of 2-Auraiya Tehsil.]

Bidhuna is a Tehsil of Auraiya

Assembly Seats of Auraiya: 3

Total area of the district: 2,054 square km (793 sq mi)

Total population of the district: According to the 2011 census Auraiya district has a population of 1,379,545.

Auraiya Literacy: 78.95%

2012 Assembly Election Result in Bidhuna (GEN)

• Winner: Pramod Kumar
• Winning Party: SP
• Winning votes: 72,226
• Runner Up: Devesh Kumar
• Runner Up Party: BSP
• Runner Up Votes: 54,120
• Total Votes: 2,00,011
• Margin: 18,106
• Margin Percent: 9.05%
• Turnout: 60.30%

Census Data for Auraiya district:

Total Rural Population: 11,45,323, comprising 83.0%

Total Urban Population: 2,34,222, comprising 17.0%

Total SC in Rural Population: 3,50,574, comprising 25.4%

Total SC in Urban Population: 41,048, comprising 3.0%

About Bidhuna:

Bidhuna is a Nagar Panchayat city in district of Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh.

The city is divided into 15 wards for which elections are held every 5 years.

Bidhuna Nagar Panchayat has total administration over 5,750 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorized to build roads within Nagar Panchayat limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

Bidhuna is the educational hub in the district of Auraiya.