Chitrakoot is assembly constituency number 236 in Uttar Pradesh, in Chitrakoot * district, and one of the segments of the Banda Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Anil Kumar Anil Pradhan of the Samajwadi Party won with 43.2% of the vote, 20,876 votes ahead of Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay (BJP).
- 01Anil Kumar Anil PradhanSP1,04,77143.23%
- 02Chandrika Prasad UpadhyayBJP83,89534.62%
- 03Pushpendra SinghBSP38,71115.97%
- 04Avinash Chandra TripathiJANADIP2,4201.00%
- 05Amit YadavCPI2,1510.89%
- 5 other candidates · 7,119 votesNOTA · 3,290 (1.36%)
Margin 20,876 votes · 8.61% of valid votes
All 10 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,42,357 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anil Kumar Anil PradhanMale · 32 yrs | SP | 1,04,771 | 43.23% |
| 2 | Chandrika Prasad UpadhyayMale · 71 yrs | BJP | 83,895 | 34.62% |
| 3 | Pushpendra SinghMale · 55 yrs | BSP | 38,711 | 15.97% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 3,290 | 1.36% |
| 4 | Avinash Chandra TripathiMale · 54 yrs | JANADIP | 2,420 | 1.00% |
| 5 | Amit YadavMale · 50 yrs | CPI | 2,151 | 0.89% |
| 6 | NirmalaFemale · 27 yrs · SC | INC | 2,148 | 0.89% |
| 7 | RambharosaMale · 29 yrs | BUNKD | 1,748 | 0.72% |
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| 8 | Hridayesh Kumar VermaMale · 43 yrs · SC | Independent | 1,491 | 0.62% |
| 9 | Santoshilal Alias PintuMale · 45 yrs | AAP | 1,077 | 0.44% |
| 10 | ShivsharanMale · 45 yrs · SC | ASP | 655 | 0.27% |
The seat changed hands: BJP won in 2017, SP in 2022.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Chitrakoot result 2017
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay | BJP | 90,366 | 40.85% |
| 2 | Veer Singh | SP | 63,430 | 28.68% |
| 3 | Jagdish Prasad Gautam | BSP | 47,780 | 21.60% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 3,529 | 1.60% |
| 4 | Amit Yadav | CPI | 3,378 | 1.53% |
| 5 | Ugrasen | NISHAD | 2,679 | 1.21% |
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| 6 | Chhedilal | JAM | 2,543 | 1.15% |
| 7 | Chandra Kishor Dwivedi | ABHM | 1,746 | 0.79% |
| 8 | Ashish Singh | RLD | 1,237 | 0.56% |
| 9 | Shiva Kant Shastri | Independent | 1,186 | 0.54% |
| 10 | Durgesh | BMUP | 1,147 | 0.52% |
| 11 | Satynarayan | Independent | 1,136 | 0.51% |
| 12 | Chandan Singh | SWAJANPA | 1,042 | 0.47% |
Chitrakoot result 2012
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veer Singh | SP | 65,267 | 35.78% |
| 2 | Ram Sevak | BSP | 49,131 | 26.93% |
| 3 | Chandrika Prasad | BJP | 32,507 | 17.82% |
| 4 | Pushpendra Singh | INC | 18,921 | 10.37% |
| 5 | Amit Yadav | CPI | 4,291 | 2.35% |
| 6 | Ram Raj Kotarya | Independent | 3,466 | 1.90% |
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| 7 | Ranjeet Singh | Independent | 1,534 | 0.84% |
| 8 | Ashish Singh | RLM | 1,505 | 0.82% |
| 9 | Devpal | Independent | 1,458 | 0.80% |
| 10 | Jabbar Singh | JD(U) | 1,325 | 0.73% |
| 11 | Prem Lal | Independent | 1,165 | 0.64% |
| 12 | Narendra Kumar Srivastava | Independent | 1,118 | 0.61% |
| 13 | Chandra Shekhar | Independent | 737 | 0.40% |
Chitrakoot outlined in orange among the other Uttar Pradesh seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2022. Click any seat to open its page.
Other seats in Chitrakoot * district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Chitrakoot is one of the assembly segments of Banda. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Banda candidates.
- Krishna Devi Shivshanker PatelSP91,569 39.5%
- Mayank DwivediBSP64,780 28.0%
- R. K. Singh PatelBJP64,483 27.8%
- Pancha Urf PanchamlalBGDRPP3,007 1.3%
- Ramchandra SarasCPI1,896 0.8%
In the assembly election SP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, SP led here by 26,789 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Chitrakoot.
Who won the Chitrakoot assembly seat in 2022?
Anil Kumar Anil Pradhan of the Samajwadi Party (SP) won Chitrakoot in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly election with 1,04,771 votes, which was 43.23% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Chitrakoot?
The margin was 20,876 votes (8.61% of valid votes). The runner-up was Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 83,895 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Chitrakoot in 2022?
Turnout was 64.66%: 2,42,555 of 3,75,123 registered electors voted, across 446 polling stations. That is 2.6 points higher than in 2017.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Chitrakoot part of?
Chitrakoot is an assembly segment of the Banda Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Krishna Devi Shivshanker Patel got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Chitrakoot a reserved constituency?
No. Chitrakoot is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Chitrakoot?
The Uttar Pradesh assembly elected in 2022 completes its five-year term in 2027, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections of 2022 and 2017 and 2012 (2022 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.
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- Gram panchayat list, ChitrakootEvery block, panchayat and village (LGD)
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