Know constituencies of UP Assembly polls 2017: BHAGWANTNAGAR

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. [Know constituencies of UP Assembly polls]

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Constituency Name: Bhagwantnagar (GEN)

• Constituency No. 166
• District: Unnao
• Population of the district: 3,110,595
• Overall Literacy: 68.29%
• Sex ratio: 901/1000

2012 Assembly election result

• Winner: Kuldeep Singh Sengar (SP)
• Votes received: 69,514
• Nearest rival: Poonam Shukla (BJP)
• Votes: 45,685
• Difference: 23,829
• Margin: 23,829 (11.5%)
• Total voters: 3,62,916
• Turnout: 57.2 %

Bhagwantnagar comprises of 5-Bighapur Tehsil; KCs 2-Harha (excluding Pop. Included in AC No. 165) & 3-Sikandarpur Karan of 3-Unnao Tehsil.

Lok Sabha constituency

• Bhagwantnagar Assembly seat falls under Unnao LS constituency
• Unnao comprises of six assembly segments. These are Bangermau, Safipur (SC), Mohan (SC), Unnao, Bhagwant Nagar and Purwa.
• In 2014 LS poll, BJP's Dr. Sachchidanand Hari Sakshi defeated SP's Arun Shankar Shukla from this seat.

Past results of Bhagwantnagar Assembly constituency

• In 2007, Kripa Shankar Singh (BSP) defeated Nattho Singh (SP) with 17,327 votes.
• In 2002, Natthu Singh (BSP) defeated Kripa Shanker Singh (BJP) with 23,477 votes.