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

Updated: Monday, July 11, 2016, 10:30 [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: GOVERDHAN [Comprises 2-Sikandra Rao Tehsil & KC 2-Lakhanu of 3-Hathras TehsilKC 1-Goverdhan, PCs 1-Konai, 2-Basauti, 3-Barhauta,4-Ral, 5-Jikhangaon, 6-Tosh, 7-Jachonda, 8-Maura, 9-Bati, 10-
Chhatikara, 11-Jaint, 12-Maghera, 13-Atas Bangar, 14-Sunrakh Bangar, 17- Dhaurera Bangar, 18-Kota of 2-Vrindaban KC, KC 3-Kosi Khurd, PCs 1-Sonsa, 2-Madhurikund, 5-Satoha Asgarpur, 7-Junsuti, 8-Uncha Gaon, 9-Shahpur Chainpur, 10-Umari, 11-Tarsi, 12-Usphar of 4-Mathura KC, PCs 1-Koyala Alipur, 2-Karnawal, 3-Bad, 5-Bhainsa, 6-Chhargaon, 7-Sersa, 8-Bhudrasu, 9-Pura, 10-Bhahai, 17-Beri of 5-Bad KC, Goverdhan NP, Radhakund NP Sonkh NP of 3-Mathura Tehsi]

Constituency No. 83

District: Mathura (Goverdhan 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 Goverdhan

Winner: Rajkumar Rawat (BSP)
Votes received: 63,725
Vote percentage: 34.76
Nearest rival: Megh Shyam Singh (RLD)
Votes: 42,230
Percentage: 23.04
Difference: 21,495
Margin %: 11.72
Total voters: 2,72,700
Turnout: 67.41
Party which won Goverdhan most number of times: Congress won four times; BJP thrice and BSP once; SP never [since 1957]