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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 347 · 1962Reserved (SC)

Karhal

Winner — 1962

RAM SINGH
SWA· Swatantra Party
SWA 24.6%REP 21.3%11 others 54.1%
Votes
8,789
24.6% share
Winning margin
1,181
3.3% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
47.7%
of 74,857

A closely fought contest. RAM SINGH won with a 3.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAM SINGH
Swatantra Party
8,78924.6%
2
MUNSHI LAL
REP
7,60821.3%
3
HAMIR SINGH
INC
5,71316.0%
4
RAM DIN
Praja Socialist Party
5,22214.6%
5
SHEOBARAN LAL
Left
2,0445.7%
6
TEJPAL
1,8435.2%
7
DHARMANAND
SOC
9902.8%
8
DIVARI LAL
IND
8952.5%
9
SARMANI
IND
7122.0%
10
NEKSEY
IND
6331.8%
11
CHIRONJI
IND
6121.7%
12
MITHU LAL
IND
3701.0%
13
BEJA NATH
IND
2910.8%

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.

Low turnout (339th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
3.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.6% · min 0.1% · max 33.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
56%
lowerhigher
339th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.95
fewer partiesmore parties
134th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
206th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.95EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SWA 24.6%REP 21.3%INC 16.0%PSP 14.6%CPI 5.7%BJS 5.2%OTH 12.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
46,13,913
Density
1138 / km²
Sex ratio
1019 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,054 km²
SC population25.4%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 84.1%Muslim 15.6%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water15.5%
Electricity27.8%
Sanitation20.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.2%
Children fully vaccinated64.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.4%
Children underweight (under 5)28.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.3%
Women literate76.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER12.0%
Clean cooking fuel37.6%
Health insurance9.0%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Black Pottery🏺Textile Products (Reshmi Sari)
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Monuments of Captains Wilsons and Jones

🏛️MonumentASI

Monuments of Captains Wilsons and Jones

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Old British Cemetery

🏛️MonumentASI

Old British Cemetery

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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