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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 179 · 1969

Khesraha

Winner — 1969

RAJ BAHADUR CHAND
INC· INC
INC 41.9%BJS 40.1%3 others 18.0%
Votes
21,506
41.9% share
Winning margin
903
1.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
49.4%
of 1,04,005

Khesraha was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.8% — fewer than 903 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAJ BAHADUR CHAND
INC
21,50641.9%
2
JAGDISH PRASAD
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
20,60340.1%
3
KAMLA
Left
4,1378.1%
4
TRILOKI NATH
Samyukta Socialist Party
2,9675.8%
5
BHAWANI PRASAD
2,1164.1%

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 (137th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.3% · min 0.6% · max 39.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
137th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.72
fewer partiesmore parties
215th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
25th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.72EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 41.9%BJS 40.1%CPI 8.1%SSP 5.8%OTH 4.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,05,559
Density
739 / km²
Sex ratio
943 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,609 km²
SC population30.3%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.4%Muslim 12.1%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water20.5%
Electricity40.3%
Sanitation18.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.5%
Children fully vaccinated71.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.0%
Children underweight (under 5)28.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.2%
Women literate62.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER14.3%
Clean cooking fuel39.4%
Health insurance16.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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