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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 278 · 1962

Meja

Winner — 1962

SALIG RAM JAISWAL
PSP· Praja Socialist Party
PSP 54.5%INC 37.6%1 others 7.9%
Votes
31,784
54.5% share
Winning margin
9,833
16.9% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
61.4%
of 95,133

Meja is a safe seat — SALIG RAM JAISWAL won by 16.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SALIG RAM JAISWAL
Praja Socialist Party
31,78454.5%
2
MANGLA PRASAD
INC
21,95137.6%
3
BHAWANI PRASAD
4,6287.9%

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 (82nd), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
16.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.6% · min 0.3% · max 34.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
82nd of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.16
fewer partiesmore parties
58th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
262nd of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 54.5%INC 37.6%BJS 7.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
23,97,888
Density
1020 / km²
Sex ratio
978 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,350 km²
SC population24.6%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 82.8%Muslim 16.8%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water26.8%
Electricity27.3%
Sanitation18.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.2%
Children fully vaccinated75.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.1%
Children underweight (under 5)29.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.7%
Women literate76.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER5.5%
Clean cooking fuel32.2%
Health insurance23.0%

What's nearby?

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