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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 55 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Dhampur

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Winner — 1957

GIRDHARI LAL
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
KHUB SINGH
INC· 40,123 votes
INC 24.4%INC 23.9%7 others 51.7%
Votes
41,106
24.4% share
Winning margin
16,233
9.7% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
53.3%
of 1,57,892

A clear win with a 9.7% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GIRDHARI LAL
INC
41,10624.4%
2
KHUB SINGH
INC
40,12323.9%
3
SANT RAM
BJS
24,87314.8%
4
HARI PAL SINGH
BJS
22,84213.6%
5
KULMANI SINGH
IND
10,3836.2%
6
MUKANDI SINGH
IND
9,6575.7%
7
MANGU SINGH
PSP
7,7344.6%
8
AKBAL HUSAIN
PSP
7,2784.3%
9
KISHAN SWARUP
IND
4,1972.5%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Low turnout (400th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
9.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.4% · min 2.0% · max 44.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
47%
lowerhigher
400th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.99
fewer partiesmore parties
398th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
216th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.99EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 24.4%INC 23.9%BJS 14.8%BJS 13.6%IND 6.2%IND 5.7%OTH 11.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
46,81,645
Density
3971 / km²
Sex ratio
881 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,179 km²
SC population16.5%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 72.9%Muslim 25.4%Other 1.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water41.9%
Electricity83.8%
Sanitation84.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.4%
Children fully vaccinated68.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.2%
Children underweight (under 5)23.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.2%
Women literate80.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER8.0%
Clean cooking fuel92.4%
Health insurance20.0%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Engineering goods🏺Home Decorative Goods
🏛️

Cemetery, Meerut-Delhi Road,

🏛️MonumentASI

Cemetery

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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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