Know constituencies of UP Assembly polls 2017: SAFIPUR

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: Safipur (SC)
Constituency No. 163
District: Unnao
Population of the district: 3,110,595
Overall Literacy: 68.29%
Sex ratio: 901/1000

2012 Assembly election result

• Winner: Sudhir Kumar (SP)
• Votes received: 72,869
• Nearest rival: Ram Baran (BSP)
• Votes: 63,815
• Difference: 9,054
• Margin: 9,054 (5.3%)
• Total voters: 2,89,234
• Turnout: 58.7%

Safipur comprises of KC 1-Safipur, PCs 1-Osiyan, 3-Gurdhari, 4-Munda, 5-Barithana,11-Gauriya Kala, 14-Pesari, 15-Nigohi, 16-Kursath I, 17-Kursath II, 18-Sherpur Kala, 19-Tikana of 2-Kursath KC & 7-Safipur NP of 1-Safipur Tehsil; KCs 3-Haiderabad, 4-Rasoolabad, PCs 1- Aldau, 6-Poorachand, 7-Biswal; 22-Rampur Khajhri of 2-Auras KC, 7-Rasoolabad NP & 12-Haiderabad NP of 2-Hasanganj Tehsil.

Lok Sabha constituency

• Assembly seat comes under Unnao LS seat.
• Unnao constituency comprises of six assembly segments. These are Bangermau, Safipur (SC), Mohan (SC), Unnao, Bhagwant Nagar and Purwa.
• In 2014 LS poll, BJP's Dr. Sachchidanand Hari Sakshi defeated SP's Arun Shankar Shukla from this seat.

Past results of Safipur constituency

• In 2007 State poll, Sudhir Kumar (SP) defeated Manish Kumar (BSP) with 7,386 votes.
• In 2002, Sundar Lal (BSP) defeated Ram Baran( BSP) with 9,82 votes.