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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 261 · 1967Reserved (SC)

Shahganj

Winner — 1967

M.PRASAD
INC· INC
INC 62.4%BJS 27.9%3 others 9.7%
Votes
33,584
62.4% share
Winning margin
18,586
34.5% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
45.6%
of 1,18,016

Shahganj is a safe seat — M.PRASAD won by 34.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
M.PRASAD
INC
33,58462.4%
2
R.PRATAP
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
14,99827.9%
3
NAURANGI
Samyukta Socialist Party
2,1524.0%
4
K.LAL
Left
1,7923.3%
5
H.RAM
1,2972.4%

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 (397th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
34.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.6% · min 0.0% · max 34.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
48%
lowerhigher
397th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.25
fewer partiesmore parties
373rd of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
171st of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.25EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 62.4%BJS 27.9%OTH 9.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
59,54,391
Density
1086 / km²
Sex ratio
901 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,482 km²
SC population22.0%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.7%Muslim 13.4%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water28.1%
Electricity43.6%
Sanitation31.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.2%
Children fully vaccinated55.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.9%
Children underweight (under 5)32.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.4%
Women literate67.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.8%
Clean cooking fuel45.1%
Health insurance20.6%

What's nearby?

9 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Food Processing🏺Moonj products
KhusruBagh Tomb of Sultan Khusru.

KhusruBagh Tomb of Sultan Khusru.

🏛️MonumentASI

KhusruBagh Tomb of Sultan Khusru.

KhusruBagh Tomb of Sultan Khusru’s Mother

KhusruBagh Tomb of Sultan Khusru’s Mother

🏛️MonumentASI

KhusruBagh Tomb of Sultan Khusru’s Mother

KhusruBagh Tomb of Sultan Khusru’s Sister

KhusruBagh Tomb of Sultan Khusru’s Sister

🏛️MonumentASI

KhusruBagh Tomb of Sultan Khusru’s Sister

KhusruBagh- Enclosure wall & Gateway of

KhusruBagh- Enclosure wall & Gateway of

🏛️MonumentASI

KhusruBagh- Enclosure wall & Gateway of

KhusruBagh- Tomb of BibiTambolan.

KhusruBagh- Tomb of BibiTambolan.

🏛️MonumentASI

KhusruBagh- Tomb of BibiTambolan.

Queen Victoria’s Memorial

Queen Victoria’s Memorial

🏛️MonumentASI

Queen Victoria’s Memorial

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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