Etawah

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Etawah is one of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh.

According to the data from last census, 23,74,473 people stay in Etawah. Out of them, 26.79% of voters are from Scheduled Caste while 23,74,473 belong to Scheduled Tribes. Moreover, the number of voters belonging to urban areas is 23.64% while the rural areas from the constituency houses 76.36% people.

Out of the total 17,07,237 voters, there are 9,38,271 male voters while 7,68,966 voters are females.

Elections for Etawah were held on Apr 29. Talking about previous elections, BJP's sitting MP Ashok Kumar Doharey defeated SP's Prem Das by a huge margin of 172,946 votes.

A total of 55% voters cast their vote in these elections.

In a completely one-sided battle, Bharatiya Janata Party's Nityanand Rai crushed Rashtriya Lok Samta Party's Upendra Kushwaha by a margin of 277,278 to win Etawah.

For this seat, Samajwadi Party placed its bet on Kamlesh Kumar while the Indian National Congress fielded Ashok Kumar Dohare. Dr. Ram Shankar Katheria was the candiate from Bharatiya Janata Party.