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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 253 · 1967

Gyanpur

Winner — 1967

MURALIDHAR
BJS· SVD (Samyukta Vidhayak Dal)
BJS 33.6%INC 33.1%3 others 33.2%
Votes
20,200
33.6% share
Winning margin
296
0.5% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
55.6%
of 1,08,074

Gyanpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.5% — fewer than 296 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MURALIDHAR
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
20,20033.6%
2
BANDIDHAR
INC
19,90433.1%
3
A.WAHAB
Samyukta Socialist Party
12,95721.6%
4
P.NATH
IND
4,1426.9%
5
B.PRASAD
IND
2,8554.8%

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.

Average turnout (293rd), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.0% · min 0.0% · max 28.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
293rd of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.42
fewer partiesmore parties
22nd of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
97th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 33.6%INC 33.1%SSP 21.6%IND 6.9%OTH 4.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
15,99,596
Density
899 / km²
Sex ratio
908 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,779 km²
SC population34.7%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.8%Muslim 13.8%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water9.7%
Electricity15.8%
Sanitation16.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births88.6%
Children fully vaccinated65.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.2%
Children underweight (under 5)36.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.4%
Women literate58.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER17.6%
Clean cooking fuel37.0%
Health insurance20.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Food Processing- Banana

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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