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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 161 · 1957

Kanpur City V

Winner — 1957

DR. JAWAHARLAL ROHATGI
INC· INC
INC 52.4%PSP 26.6%2 others 20.9%
Votes
19,196
52.4% share
Winning margin
9,438
25.8% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
45.9%
of 79,784

Kanpur City V is a safe seat — DR. JAWAHARLAL ROHATGI won by 25.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DR. JAWAHARLAL ROHATGI
19,19652.4%
2
VIRENDRA BAHADUR SINGH
9,75826.6%
3
KISHAN LAL
IND
5,96216.3%
4
SHIRISH CHANDRA KAUSHAL
IND
1,7024.7%

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Average turnout (231st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
25.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.9% · min 1.4% · max 33.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
231st of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.76
fewer partiesmore parties
194th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
83rd of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.76EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 52.4%PSP 26.6%IND 16.3%OTH 4.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
40,92,845
Density
684 / km²
Sex ratio
868 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,986 km²
SC population31.1%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.7%Muslim 13.6%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.3%
Electricity13.5%
Sanitation24.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births73.9%
Children fully vaccinated63.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.5%
Children underweight (under 5)33.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.7%
Women literate55.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.3%
Clean cooking fuel29.0%
Health insurance16.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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