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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 27 · 1985Reserved (SC)

Gangeshwari

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Winner — 1985

BHAGWAN DAS
INC· INC
INC 36.1%LKD 35.6%9 others 28.2%
Votes
23,225
36.1% share
Winning margin
350
0.5% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
45.9%
of 1,40,085

Gangeshwari was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.5% — fewer than 350 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BHAGWAN DAS
INC
INC
23,22536.1%
2
JAGRAM
LKD
Lok Dal
22,87535.6%
3
GANGA RAM
IND
5,5908.7%
4
JAGRAM SINGH
IND
4,2266.6%
5
GAJ RAM
ICS
3,5365.5%
6
JAY DAYAL
BJP
BJP
1,4472.3%
7
BHAGMAL SINGH
IND
1,0511.6%
8
RAJENDRA KUMAR BALMIKI
IND
7411.1%
9
CHANDRAWATI
IND
6291.0%
10
PREM RAJ
IND
5830.9%
11
OM PRAKASH
IND
3470.5%

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 (114th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.0% · min 0.5% · max 31.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
114th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.25
fewer partiesmore parties
370th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
346th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.25EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 36.1%LKD 35.6%IND 8.7%IND 6.6%ICS 5.5%OTH 7.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
47,72,006
Density
1283 / km²
Sex ratio
906 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,718 km²
SC population15.3%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
52%HINDU
Hindu 52.1%Muslim 47.1%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water34.0%
Electricity35.9%
Sanitation63.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.3%
Children fully vaccinated84.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.7%
Children underweight (under 5)27.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Women literate66.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER9.6%
Clean cooking fuel58.3%
Health insurance17.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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