Know constituencies of UP Assembly polls 2017: Mahadewa (SC)

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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Constituency Name:Mahadewa

(Comprises KCs 3-Mahadewa, 4-Nagar, 5-Gayghat & 6-Kudraha of 3-Basti Sadar Tehsil).

• Constituency No. 311

• District: Basti

About District

Basti originally known as village is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh. Basti town is the district headquarters and is a part of Basti Division.

2012 Assembly election result in Mahadewa

• Winner: Ram Karan Arya (Samajwadi Party)

• Votes received: 83,202

• Votes percentage: 45.8%

• Nearest rival: Doodhram (BSP)

• Votes received: 63,943

• Difference: 19,259

• Total voters: 3,19,344

• Turn out: 1,81,503 (56.8%)

Baldeo Singh of IND was the first MLA of Mahadewa constituency.