Know constituencies of UP Assembly polls 2017: CHHAPRAULI

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: CHHAPRAULI [Comprises KCs 2-Chhaprauli, 3-Binoli, PCs 8-Mukarrabpur Kandera, 17-Kishanpur, 18-Bhudpur, 22-Kasimpur Kheri of 1-Baraut KC, Doghat NP, Tikri NP & Chhaprauli NP of 1-Baraut Tehsil. ]

Constituency No. 50

• District: Baghpat (Chhaprauli is an Assembly segment under Baghpat Lok Sabha constituency)
• District Area: 1,321 square kilometres
• District population: 13,03,048 (general caste 88.6%; SC 11.4%; ST 0%)
• District literacy: 61.2%
• District urbanisation: 21.1%

2012 Assembly election result in Chhaprauli

• Winner: Vir Pal (RLD)
  
• Votes received: 69,394
• Vote percentage: 47.69
• Nearest rival: Dev Pal Singh (BSP)
  
• Votes: 47,823
• Percentage: 32.86
• Difference: 21,571
  
• Margin %:14.82
• Total voters: 2,79,600
• Turnout: 52.07
• Party which won Chhaprauli most number of times: Congress once; BJP, SP and BSP never [since 1967]
  

2014 Lok Sabha result in Baghpat

Satyapal Singh (BJP) defeated Ghulam Mohammed (SP) by 2,09,866 votes (margin% 20.90)