Chitrakoot (Assembly constituency)
Chitrakoot is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Chitrakoot in the Chitrakoot district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
| Chitrakoot | |
|---|---|
| Constituency | |
| District | Chitrakoot |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2017 |
| Party | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| MLA | Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay |
| Reservation | None |
Chitrakoot is one of five assembly constituencies in the Banda (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 236 amongst 403 constituencies.
Currently this seat belongs to Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay who won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Lagislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Veer Singh by a margin of 26,936 votes.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| # | Term | Name | Party | From | To | Days | Comments | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16th Vidhan Sabha | Veer Singh | Samajwadi Party | March 2012 | March 2017 | 1,829 | - | [1] |
| 2 | 17th Vidhan Sabha | Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay | Bharatiya Janata Party | March 2017 | Incumbent | 1236 | [2] | |
Election Results
17th Vidhan Sabha: 2017 Assembly Elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay | 90,366 | 41.52 |  | |
| SP | Veer Singh | 63,430 | 29.14 |  | |
| BSP | Jagdish Prasad Gautam | 47,780 | 21.95 | | |
| CPI | Amit Yadav | 3,378 | 1.55 | | |
| NISHAD | Ugrasen | 2,679 | 1.23 |  | |
| JAM | Chhedilal | 2,543 | 1.17 | | |
| ABHM | Chandra Kishor Dwivedi | 1,746 | 0.80 | | |
| RLD | Ashish Singh | 1,237 | 0.57 | | |
| Independent | Shiva Kant Shastri | 1,186 | 0.54 | | |
| BMP | Durgesh | 1,147 | 0.53 | | |
| Independent | Satynarayan | 1,136 | 0.52 | | |
| SWAJANPA | Chandan Singh | 1,042 | 0.48 | | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 3,528 | 1.62 | New | |
| Majority | 26,936 | 12.38 | | ||
| Turnout | 2,21,199 | 62.02 | | ||
| BJP gain from SP | Swing | |
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16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 Assembly Elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Veer Singh | 65,267 | 35.78 | | |
| BSP | Ram Sevak | 49,131 | 26.93 | | |
| BJP | Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay | 32,507 | 17.82 | | |
| INC | Pushpendra Singh | 18,921 | 10.37 | | |
| CPI | Amit Yadav | 4,291 | 2.35 | | |
| Remainder 8 candidates | 12,308 | 6.74 | | ||
| Majority | 16,136 | 8.85 | | ||
| Turnout | 1,82,425 | 60.55 | | ||
| SP win (new seat) | |||||
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References
- "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- "Chitrakoot Assembly Constituency Election Result". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- "Rampur Maniharan Election Results 2017, Winner and Runner-up, Candidate list". elections.in. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
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