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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 350 · 1962

Shikohabad

Winner — 1962

MANSA RAM
IND
IND 33.0%INC 31.8%4 others 35.2%
Votes
19,344
33.0% share
Winning margin
657
1.1% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
63.8%
of 91,965

Shikohabad was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.1% — fewer than 657 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MANSA RAM
IND
19,34433.0%
2
RAM SWARUP YADAV
INC
18,68731.8%
3
LAYAQ SINGH
Swatantra Party
10,57918.0%
4
GAYA PRASAD
REP
6,83011.6%
5
NANAK CHAND
1,8983.2%
6
KAMESHWAR PRASAD SHARMA
Praja Socialist Party
1,3642.3%

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.

Low turnout (351st), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 0.0% · max 31.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
55%
lowerhigher
351st of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.50
fewer partiesmore parties
17th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
343rd of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.50EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 33.0%INC 31.8%SWA 18.0%REP 11.6%OTH 5.5%

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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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