Know constituencies of UP Assembly polls 2017: Doomariyaganj (General)

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 UP Constituencies )

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Assembly name: Doomariyaganj

District: Siddharthnagar

Constituency Number: 306

District: Siddharthnagar

Siddharth Nagar district is a part of Basti division. The district is known for the ruins of the Shakya Janapada. According to the 2011 census Siddharthnagar district has a population of 25,59,297.

2012 Assembly election result in Doomariyaganj

Winner: Kamal Yusuf Malik (Peace Party)

Votes received: 44,428

Votes percentage: 25.1%

Nearest Rival: Saiyada Khatun (Bahujan Samaj Party)

Votes: 42,839

Percentage: 24.2%

Difference: 1,589 (0.9%)

Total voters: 3,43,233

Turnout: 1,76,741 (51.5%)

Domariyaganj is also a Lok Sabha Constituency of Uttar Pradesh and was formed prior to the 1952 election. It comprises five legislative assembly segments of Domariyaganj,Shohratgarh, Kapilvastu, Bansi and Itwa.