Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency
{{Short description|Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Chitrakoot
| constituency_no = 236
| map_image = 236-Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh.svg
| mla = Anil Pradhan
| party = Samajwadi Party
| latest_election_year = 2022
| state = Uttar Pradesh
| district = Chitrakoot
| reservation = None
| type= SLA
}}
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.
This seat belonged 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.{{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}}
Members of the Legislative Assembly
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| # | Term | Name | Party | From | To | Days | Comments | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16th Vidhan Sabha | Veer Singh | Samajwadi Party | March 2012 | March 2017 | 1,829 | - | |
| 2 | 17th Vidhan Sabha | Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay | Bharatiya Janata Party | March 2017 | March 2022 | {{age in days|2017|03|19}} | {{Cite web|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/chitrakoot-uttar-pradesh-assembly-constituency|title=Chitrakoot Assembly constituency Election Result|website=resultuniversity.com|access-date=9 April 2020}} | |
| 3 | 18th Vidhan Sabha | Anil Pradhan | Samajwadi Party | March 2022 | Incumbent |
Election results
= 2022 =
{{Election box begin | title=2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Chitrakoot }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Anil Pradhan
|votes = 104,771
|percentage = 43.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay
|votes = 83,895
|percentage = 34.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Pushpendra Singh
|votes = 38,711
|percentage = 15.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = None of the Above
|party = None of the above
|votes = 3,290
|percentage = 1.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jan Adhikar Party
|candidate = Avinash Chandra Tripathi
|votes = 2,420
|percentage = 1.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Amit Yadav
|votes = 2,151
|percentage = 0.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Nirmala
|votes = 2,148
|percentage = 0.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Rest of the candidates
|votes = ~5,000
|percentage = 2.00
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 20,876
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Samajwadi Party
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=2017=
{{main|Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh}}
{{Election box begin | title=2017 Assembly Elections: Chitrakoot}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| candidate = Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay
| votes = 90,366
| percentage = 41.52
| change ={{increase}}23.70
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Samajwadi Party
| candidate = Veer Singh Patel
| votes = 63,430
| percentage = 29.14
| change ={{decrease}}6.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bahujan Samaj Party
| candidate = Jagdish Prasad Gautam
| votes = 47,780
| percentage = 21.95
| change = {{decrease}}4.98
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party =Communist Party of India
| candidate = Amit Yadav
| votes = 3,378
| percentage = 1.55
| change = {{decrease}}0.80
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = NISHAD Party
| candidate = Ugrasen
| votes = 2,679
| percentage = 1.23
| change = {{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box candidate
| party = JAM
| candidate = Chhedilal
| votes = 2,543
| percentage = 1.17
| change = {{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha
| candidate = Chandra Kishor Dwivedi
| votes = 1,746
| percentage = 0.80
| change = {{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Rashtriya Lok Dal
| candidate = Ashish Singh
| votes = 1,237
| percentage = 0.57
| change = {{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = Shiva Kant Shastri
| votes = 1,186
| percentage = 0.54
| change = {{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bahujan Mukti Party
| candidate = Durgesh
| votes = 1,147
| percentage = 0.53
| change = {{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = Satynarayan
| votes = 1,136
| percentage = 0.52
| change = {{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box candidate
| party = SWAJANPA
| candidate = Chandan Singh
| votes = 1,042
| percentage = 0.48
| change = {{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = None of the Above
| candidate = None of the Above
| votes = 3,528
| percentage = 1.62
| change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 26,936
| percentage = 12.38
| change ={{increase}}3.53
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 2,21,230
| percentage = 62.03
| change ={{increase}}1.48
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|loser = Samajwadi Party
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing ={{increase}}5.74
}}
{{Election box end}}
=16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 Assembly Elections=
{{main|Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh}}
{{Election box begin | title=2012 Assembly Elections: Chitrakoot{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/rampur-maniharan.html|title=Rampur Maniharan Election Results 2017, Winner and Runner-up, Candidate list|website=elections.in|access-date=5 November 2018}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Samajwadi Party
| candidate = Veer Singh Patel
| votes = 65,267
| percentage = 35.78
| change ={{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bahujan Samaj Party
| candidate = Ram Sevak
| votes = 49,131
| percentage = 26.93
| change ={{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| candidate = Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay
| votes = 32,507
| percentage = 17.82
| change = {{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = Pushpendra Singh
| votes = 18,921
| percentage =10.37
| change = {{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party =Communist Party of India
| candidate = Amit Yadav
| votes = 4,291
| percentage = 2.35
| change = {{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party =
| candidate = Remainder 8 candidates
| votes = 12,308
| percentage = 6.74
| change ={{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 16,136
| percentage = 8.85
| change ={{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes =1,82,425
| percentage = 60.55
| change ={{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Samajwadi Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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External links
- {{cite web |title=Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/92-uttar-pradesh/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}
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