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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 170 · 1962

Sarju

Winner — 1962

GIRJA PRASAD
SOC
SOC 23.7%BJS 23.4%4 others 52.9%
Votes
8,910
23.7% share
Winning margin
108
0.3% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
43.7%
of 86,214

Sarju was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.3% — fewer than 108 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GIRJA PRASAD
SOC
8,91023.7%
2
PIAREY LAL
8,80223.4%
3
SARASWATI DEVI
INC
7,59420.2%
4
MOHAMMAD ALI
Swatantra Party
6,39417.0%
5
SHANKER SINGH
IND
5,09113.5%
6
PAIGAMBER ALI
IND
8472.3%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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 (284th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.6% · min 0.3% · max 59.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
284th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.80
fewer partiesmore parties
182nd of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
259th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.80EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SOC 23.7%BJS 23.4%INC 20.2%SWA 17.0%IND 13.5%OTH 2.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
45,89,838
Density
1816 / km²
Sex ratio
917 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,528 km²
SC population20.7%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.1%Muslim 21.5%Other 1.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water52.0%
Electricity70.8%
Sanitation65.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.3%
Children fully vaccinated68.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.1%
Children underweight (under 5)25.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.8%
Women literate78.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER9.9%
Clean cooking fuel78.3%
Health insurance15.8%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lucknow Chikan Craft & Lucknow Zardozi
🏛️

Cemetery at mile 6 (Lucknow-Cawnpore Road),

🏛️MonumentASI

Cemetery at mile 6 (Lucknow-Cawnpore Road),

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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