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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 320 · 1962

Ghatampur East

Winner — 1962

SHEO NATH SINGH
SOC
SOC 42.1%INC 38.6%3 others 19.3%
Votes
20,511
42.1% share
Winning margin
1,748
3.6% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
54.2%
of 89,753

A closely fought contest. SHEO NATH SINGH won with a 3.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHEO NATH SINGH
SOC
20,51142.1%
2
BENI SINGH
INC
18,76338.5%
3
RAGHUNATH PRASAD CHAUDHARI
Swatantra Party
5,78211.9%
4
JANG BAHADUR SINGH
Praja Socialist Party
2,9836.1%
5
KUNWAR ABDUL JALIL KHAN
REP
6281.3%

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 (272nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
3.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.7% · min 1.3% · max 21.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
272nd of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
347th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
283rd of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SOC 42.1%INC 38.5%SWA 11.9%PSP 6.1%OTH 1.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,40,895
Density
1337 / km²
Sex ratio
950 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,321 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.3%Muslim 9.1%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water34.3%
Electricity42.7%
Sanitation30.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.6%
Children fully vaccinated67.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Children underweight (under 5)33.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.9%
Women literate68.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER14.6%
Clean cooking fuel66.8%
Health insurance17.9%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Gorakhpur TerracottaGI🏺Readymade Garments
🏛️

Large and high mound, the ruins of the ancient Domangarh

🏛️MonumentASI

Large and high mound, the ruins of the ancient Domangarh

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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