Know constituencies of UP Assembly polls 2017: SANDI

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: Sandi(SC)

• Constituency No. 158
• District: Hardoi
• Population: 23,233
• Overall Literacy: 49%
• Male literacy: 56%
• Female literacy: 41%

2012 Assembly election result

• Winner: Rajeshwari (SP)
• Votes received: 66,325
• Nearest rival: Virendra Kumar (BSP)
• Votes : 59,675
• Difference: 6,650
• Margin: 6,650 (3.8%)
• Total voters: 2,96,094
• Turnout: 58.7 %

Some facts

• Sandi is famous for its pedas, mostly for gujiya or milk sweets. Place is also popular for its Bird sanctuary.

• First election in Sandi assembly constituency was held in 2012 after delimitation came into effect.

2014 Lok Sabha result of Hardoi constituency

• Hardoi Parliamentary constituency comprises of six Vidhan Sabha segments. These are Sawayazpur, Shahabad, Hardoi, Gopamau, Sandi and pihani
• Anshul Verma (BJP) defeated Shive Prasad Verma (BSP) with 81, 343 votes with margin 4.97 %.