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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 166 · 1980

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Winner — 1980

AMBIKA SINGH
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 34.3%JNP(SC) 24.7%10 others 41.0%
Votes
23,091
34.3% share
Winning margin
6,479
9.6% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
44.8%
of 1,50,235

A clear win with a 9.6% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AMBIKA SINGH
INC(I)
Congress (I)
23,09134.3%
2
SATAYA RAM
JNP(SC)
16,61224.7%
3
OM PRAKASH ALIAS RAM MILAN SINGH
JNP(JP)
7,15410.6%
4
TEJ BAHADUR
CPI
Left
4,8457.2%
5
RAM PRASAD
IND
4,0656.0%
6
JAGDISH PRASAD MISRA
JNP(SR)
3,5385.3%
7
RAM MURATI TRIPATHI
BJP
BJP
2,3623.5%
8
RAM GARIB
IND
2,1583.2%
9
RAM RANG
INC(U)
1,7082.5%
10
RAJI ALIAS RAJA RAMA
IND
7921.2%
11
RAM LAKHAN
IND
5190.8%
12
ADYA SARAN
IND
4960.7%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (241st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
9.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.4% · min 0.4% · max 27.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
241st of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.55
fewer partiesmore parties
278th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
73rd of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.55EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 34.3%JNP(SC) 24.7%JNP(JP) 10.6%CPI 7.2%IND 6.0%JNP(SR) 5.3%OTH 11.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
31,08,367
Density
682 / km²
Sex ratio
907 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,558 km²
SC population30.5%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 87.9%Muslim 11.7%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.1%
Electricity17.5%
Sanitation24.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.8%
Children fully vaccinated58.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.2%
Children underweight (under 5)29.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.9%
Women literate64.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.9%
Clean cooking fuel43.4%
Health insurance15.3%

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