Know constituencies of UP Assembly polls 2017: MORADABAD RURAL [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.

Constituency Name: Moradabad Rural [Comprises KC 1-Moradabad City, PCs 45-Bhojpur Dharmpur, 46-Pipalsana Mustahkam, 49-Devipura, 50-Pasiapura, 57-Niwar Khas, 58-
Shyampur Hadipur of 4-Bhojpur Dharmpur KC, Bhojpur Dharampur NP, Ward Nos.1, 3, 7, 9, 17, 18, 21, 24, 28, 32, 35, 39 to 42, 45,47, 48, 51 to 55, 57 & 58 in Moradabad (M Corp.) of
2-Moradabad Teshil]

• Constituency No. 27
  
• District: Moradabad (Moradabad Rural is an Assembly segment under Moradabad Lok Sabha constituency)
  
• District Area: 3,718 square kilometres
  
• District population: 47,72,006 (general caste 84.7%; SC 15.3%; ST 0%)
  
• District literacy: 47.4%
  
• District urbanisation: 33%

2012 Assembly election result in Moradabad Rural

• Winner: Shameemul Haq (SP)
  
• Votes received: 72,213
• Vote percentage: 40%
• Nearest rival: Suresh Chandra Saini (BJP)
• Votes: 49,477
• Percentage:27.4%
• Difference: 22,736
• Margin %: 12.6%
• Total voters: 3,05,396
• Turnout: 59.15%
• Party which has won Moradabad Rural most number of times: SP won thrice, Congress twice and BJP once; BSP never [since 1957]
  

2014 Lok Sabha result in Moradabad
Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh (BJP) defeated Dr S T Hasan (SP) by 87.504 votes (margin% 7.7)