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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 131 · 1985

Jalalpur

Winner — 1985

SHER BAHADUR SINGH
IND
IND 26.9%INC 25.8%14 others 47.3%
Votes
23,897
26.9% share
Winning margin
965
1.1% of votes
Total candidates
16
Turnout
56.5%
of 1,57,199

Jalalpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.1% — fewer than 965 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

16 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHER BAHADUR SINGH
IND
23,89726.9%
2
JAGAT PAL SINGH
INC
22,93225.8%
3
RAM LAKHAN VERMA
IND
16,32318.4%
4
BHAGWATI PRASAD SINGH
Left
10,08211.3%
5
MOHD. MATIN ANSARI
Lok Dal
5,9666.7%
6
ACHARYA CHANDRA BHUSAN TRIPATHI
IND
1,8492.1%
7
DAYA RAM BHASKAR
ICJ
1,6471.9%
8
PURANMASI
IND
1,2821.4%
9
LAL BAHADUR MAURYA
IND
9991.1%
10
SATYANAM NISHAD
Janata
8210.9%
11
DHIRENDRA SINGH
7540.8%
12
ONKAR
IND
6150.7%
13
RAMJIT
IND
5820.7%
14
SHANKER
IND
5740.7%
15
BRAHMDUTTA
IND
4440.5%
16
MAHBOOD ALAM
IND
1330.1%

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 (298th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.9% · min 0.2% · max 40.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
57%
lowerhigher
298th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.02
fewer partiesmore parties
97th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
256th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.02EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 26.9%INC 25.8%IND 18.4%CPM 11.3%LKD 6.7%OTH 10.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,06,538
Density
685 / km²
Sex ratio
872 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,388 km²
SC population17.7%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
80%HINDU
Hindu 80.2%Muslim 17.6%Other 2.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water28.6%
Electricity22.2%
Sanitation38.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births63.3%
Children fully vaccinated76.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.5%
Children underweight (under 5)34.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.3%
Women literate56.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.9%
Clean cooking fuel40.4%
Health insurance14.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Zari and Zardozi

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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