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'''Chitrakoot''' is a constituency of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] covering the city of Chitrakoot in the [[Chitrakoot district]] of Uttar Pradesh, India.
'''Chitrakoot''' is a constituency of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] covering the city of Chitrakoot in the [[Chitrakoot district]] of Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Chitrakoot is one of five assembly constituencies in the [[Banda (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 236 amongst 403 constituencies.
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 Legislative Assembly election|2017 Uttar Pradesh Lagislative Elections]] defeating [[Samajwadi Party]] candidate '''Veer Singh''' by a margin of 26,936 votes.<ref name=Election>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/chitrakoot.html|title=Assembly result 2017|website=Elections.in|access-date=2017-08-25}}</ref>
Currently this seat belongs to [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] candidate '''Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay''' who won in last Assembly election of [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections]] defeating [[Samajwadi Party]] candidate '''Veer Singh''' by a margin of 26,936 votes.<ref name=Election>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/chitrakoot.html|title=Assembly result 2017|website=Elections.in|access-date=2017-08-25}}</ref>


==Members of the Legislative Assembly==
==Members of the Legislative Assembly==
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==Election Results==
==Election Results==
===17th Vidhan Sabha: 2017 Assembly  Elections===
===17th Vidhan Sabha: 2017 Assembly  Elections===

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Chitrakoot
Constituency
DistrictChitrakoot
StateUttar Pradesh
Current constituency
Created2017
PartyBharatiya Janta Party
MLAChandrika Prasad Upadhyay
ReservationNone

Chitrakoot is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Chitrakoot in the Chitrakoot district of Uttar Pradesh, India.

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 Legislative 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 2997 [2]

Election Results

17th Vidhan Sabha: 2017 Assembly Elections

Main article: Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
2017 Assembly Elections: Chitrakoot[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay 90,366 41.52 Increase23.70
SP Veer Singh 63,430 29.14 Decrease6.64
BSP Jagdish Prasad Gautam 47,780 21.95 Decrease4.98
CPI Amit Yadav 3,378 1.55 Decrease0.80
[[NISHAD Party|Template:NISHAD Party/meta/shortname]] Ugrasen 2,679 1.23 Steady
JAM Chhedilal 2,543 1.17 Steady
ABHM Chandra Kishor Dwivedi 1,746 0.80 Steady
RLD Ashish Singh 1,237 0.57 Steady
Independent Shiva Kant Shastri 1,186 0.54 Steady
BMP Durgesh 1,147 0.53 Steady
Independent Satynarayan 1,136 0.52 Steady
SWAJANPA Chandan Singh 1,042 0.48 Steady
NOTA None of the Above 3,528 1.62 New
Majority 26,936 12.38 Increase3.53
Turnout 2,21,230 62.03 Increase1.48
BJP gain from SP Swing Increase5.74

16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 Assembly Elections

Main article: Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
2012 Assembly Elections: Chitrakoot[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Veer Singh 65,267 35.78 Steady
BSP Ram Sevak 49,131 26.93 Steady
BJP Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay 32,507 17.82 Steady
INC Pushpendra Singh 18,921 10.37 Steady
CPI Amit Yadav 4,291 2.35 Steady
Remainder 8 candidates 12,308 6.74 Steady
Majority 16,136 8.85 Steady
Turnout 1,82,425 60.55 Steady
SP win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Chitrakoot Assembly Constituency Election Result". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Rampur Maniharan Election Results 2017, Winner and Runner-up, Candidate list". elections.in. Retrieved 5 November 2018.


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