Katra Assembly constituency

For the constituency in Jammu and Kashmir, see Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Assembly constituency.

Katra
Constituency No. 131 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shahjahanpur
Total electors	292,322 (2012)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Veer Vikram Singh
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2017

Katra Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Tilhar Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Shahjahanpur district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Shahjahanpur Lok Sabha constituency. First election in this assembly constituency was held in 2012 after the "Delimitation of Parliamentary Tilhar and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" was passed and the constituency was formed in 2008. The constituency is assigned identification number 131. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Wards / Areas

Extent of Katra Assembly constituency is KCs Kheda Bajheda, Jalalpur, Katra, Khudaganj NP, Katra NP of Tilhar Tehsil & KC Paraur of Jalalabad Tehsil. ^[2]

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Term	Name	Party	From	To	Days	Comments	Ref
16th Vidhan Sabha	Rajesh Yadav	Samajwadi Party	Mar-2012	2017	-	-	[5]
17th Vidhan Sabha	Veer Vikram Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	2017	2022	-	-
18th Vidhan Sabha			Mar-2022	Incumbent	-	-

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Katra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Kunwar Sukhvinder Singh Chauhan [6]

2012

16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections

2012 General Elections: Katra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Rajesh Yadav	51,025	27.51	−
	BSP	Rajeev Kashyap	50,150	27.04	−
	INC	Virendra Pratap Singh Munna	31,400	16.93	−
		Remainder 17 candidates	52,874	28.5	−
Majority			875	0.47	−
Turnout			185,449	63.44	−
	SP hold		Swing

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See also

• Tilhar Assembly constituency
• Shahjahanpur district
• Shahjahanpur Lok Sabha constituency
• Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
• Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• Vidhan Bhawan

References

1. "Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
3. "All MLAs from Assembly constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
4. "Member list". Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly website. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
5. "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
6. Bhandari, Shashwat (16 January 2022). "AAP announces 150 candidates for UP elections 2022 | Check complete list". indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

External links

• "Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.