Know constituencies of UP Assembly polls 2017: SAWAIJPUR

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: Sawaijpur

• Constituency No. 154
• District: Hardoi
• Population: 23,543
• Literacy: 78.26 %

2012 Assembly election result

• Winner: Rajani Tiwar (BSP)
• Votes received: 49, 099
• Nearest rival: Padamarag Singh Yadav (JaKP)
• Votes : 44, 580
• Difference: 4,519
• Margin: 4,519 (2.15 %)
• Total voters: 2,10, 5 92
• Turnout: 61.72 %

Hardoi Parliamentary constituency comprises of six Vidhan Sabha segments. These are Sawayazpur, Shahabad, Hardoi, Gopamau, Sandi and pihani.

2014 Lok Sabha result of Hardoi

• Anshul Verma (BJP) defeated Shive Prasad Verma (BSP) with 81, 343 votes with margin 4.97 %.