Know constituencies of UP Assembly polls 2017: LUCKNOW WEST

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: Lucknow West (GEN)

• Constituency No. 171
• District: Lucknow
• Population of the district: 3,588,455
• Overall Literacy: 79.33%
• Sex ratio: 906/1000

2012 Assembly election result

• Winner: Mohd Rehan (SP)
• Votes received: 49,912
• Nearest rival: Suresh Kumar Shrivastav (BJP)
• Votes: 42,100
• Difference: 7,812
• Margin: 7,812 (4.6%)
• Total voters: 3, 40,251
• Turnout: 49.8%

Lucknow West comprises of ward nos. 17, 26, 36, 52, 63, 71, 75, 83, 87, 92, 94, 95, 102, 104, 106, 107 & 109 in Lucknow (M Corp.) of 3-Lucknow Tehsil.

Lok Sabha constituency

• Lucknow West assembly seat falls under Lucknow LS constituenc.
• Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency comprises of five legislative assembly segments.
• These are Lucknow West, Lucknow North, Lucknow East, Lucknow Central and Lucknow Cantt.
• In 2014 LS poll, BJP's Raj Nath Singh defeated Congress' Rita Bahuguna Joshi from this seat.

Past results of Lucknow West Assembly constituency

• In 2007, Lal Ji Tandon (BJP) defeated Bukqal Nawab (SP) with 13,822 votes.
• In 2002, Lalji Tandon (BJP) defeated Virendra Bhatia (SP) with 14,539 votes.