Know constituencies of UP Assembly polls 2017: CHHATA [GEN]

Published: Monday, July 11, 2016, 9:43 [IST]

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: CHHATA [Comprises KCs 1-Kosi Kalan, 2-Nandgaon, 5-Chaumuhan, PCs 1-Hatana,
2-Kharant, 3-Falain-I, 5-Guheta-10 Viswa, 6-Paigaon, 7-Chandauri, 9-Nagla Hasnur, 10-Baraka, 11-Bukhrari , 12- Ainch, 13-Shahpur, 14-Dhanauta , 15-Roop Nagar , 16- Sher Nagar, 17-Majhoi, 20-Barchawali, 21-Bishambhara of 3-Paigaon KC, PCs 1-Dautana, 2-Bhadawal, 3-Chhata-I, 4-Chhata-II, 5-Khanpur, 6-Sankhi, 7-Ranwari, 8-Ajnothi, 9-Ladpur, 10-Bahrawali, 18-Agrayala, 19-Baheta, 20-Kajrouth, 22-Syaraha of 4-Chhata
KC, Kosi Kalan MB, Chhata NP, Chaumuhan NP, Nandgaon NP & Barsana NP of 1-Chhata Tehsil]

Constituency No. 81

District: Mathura (Chhata is an Assembly segment under Mathura Lok Sabha constituency)
District Area: 3,340 square kilometres
District population: 25,47,184 (general caste 80%, Scheduled Caste 19.1%, Sceduled Tribe 0.1%)
District literacy: 59.2%
District urbanisation: 29.7%

2012 Assembly election result in Chhata

Winner: Tejpal Singh (RLD)
Votes received: 94,757
Vote percentage: 45.04
Nearest rival: Laxminarayan (BSP)
Votes: 80,163
Percentage: 38.10
Difference: 14,594
Margin %: 6.94
Total voters: 3,02,037
Turnout: 69.78
Party which won Chhata most number of times: Congress won three times; BJP twice and BJS once; BSP once; SP never [since 1952]