Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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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 | |
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| Constituency No. 236 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Chitrakoot |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Samajwadi Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Chitrakoot is one of five assembly constituencies in the Banda Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 236 amongst 403 constituencies.
This seat belongs to Samajwadi party candidate Anil Pradhan who won in last Assembly election of 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating BJP candidate Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay by a margin of around 21,000 votes.
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 | March 2022 | 3342 | [2] | |
| 3 | 18th Vidhan Sabha | Anil Pradhan | Samajwadi Party | March 2022 | Incumbent | |||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Anil Pradhan | 104,771 | 43.23 |  14.55 | |
| BJP | Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay | 83,895 | 34.62 |  6.23 | |
| BSP | Pushpendra Singh | 38,711 | 15.97 | 5.63 | |
| Jan Adhikar Party | Avinash Chandra Tripathi | 2,420 | 1.0 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,290 | 1.36 | 0.26 | |
| Majority | 20,876 | 8.61 | 3.56 | ||
| Turnout | 242,357 | 64.61 | 2.59 | ||
| SP gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay | 90,366 | 40.85 | ||
| SP | Veer Singh Patel | 63,430 | 28.68 | ||
| BSP | Jagdish Prasad Gautam | 47,780 | 21.6 | ||
| CPI | Amit Yadav | 3,378 | 1.53 | ||
| NISHAD | Ugrasen | 2,679 | 1.21 | ||
| Jan Adhikar Manch | Chhedilal | 2,543 | 1.15 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,529 | 1.62 | ||
| Majority | 26,936 | 12.17 | |||
| Turnout | 221,199 | 62.02 | |||
| BJP gain from SP | Swing | 5.74 |
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2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Veer Singh Patel | 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) | |||||