Know constituencies of UP Assembly polls 2017: MISRIKH

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: Misrikh (SC category)

• Constituency No. 153
• District: Sitapur
• Population: 15,163
• Literacy: 65%

2012 Assembly election result

• Winner: Ram Pal Rajwanshi(SP)
• Votes received: 61,346
• Nearest rival: Manish Kumar Rawat (BSP)
• Votes : 59,824
• Difference: 1,522
• Margin: 1, 522 (0.81 %)
• Total voters: 1,87, 3 29
• Turnout: 58.8 %

Past results of Assembly constituency

• In 2007, Anoop Kumar(SP) defeated his rival Gaya Prasad ( BSP) with 3, 144 votes.
• In 2002, Om Prakash (SP) defeated his rival Rakesh Singh ( BSP) with 18, 611 votes.

Misrikh Parliamentary constituency comprises of four Vidhan Sabha segments. These are Misrikh, Mallanwan, Balamau, Sandila and Bilhaur.

2014 Lok Sabha result of Misrikh

• Anju Bala (BJP) defeated Ashok Kumar Rawat (BSP) with 87, 363 votes with margin 8.75 %.