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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 274 · 1985

Nawabganj

Winner — 1985

JAWAHAR SINGH YADAV
LKD· Lok Dal
LKD 31.7%INC 30.2%24 others 38.0%
Votes
21,759
31.7% share
Winning margin
1,025
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
26
Turnout
44.6%
of 1,53,674

Nawabganj was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 1,025 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

26 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAWAHAR SINGH YADAV
Lok Dal
21,75931.7%
2
ANSARI MOHD.AMIN
INC
20,73430.2%
3
PRABHA SHANKAR PANDEY
BJP
6,7609.9%
4
RAJARAM
IND
3,2034.7%
5
JANGABAHADUR SINGH PATEL
IND
2,7724.0%
6
RAM KARAN
ICS
1,5132.2%
7
BHARATRAM
IND
1,4332.1%
8
VINOD KUMAR
Janata
1,2791.9%
9
SHERBAHADUR SINGH
IND
1,2561.8%
10
RAM SAJEEWAN
IND
1,2311.8%
11
OM PRAKASH
IND
1,0131.5%
12
NANHE LAL PAL
IND
9941.4%
13
RAM SAROOP
IND
9511.4%
14
MOHD. JUBED KAMAL
IND
7521.1%
15
CHHEDI LAL
IND
6390.9%
16
BHAIYA RAM
IND
4220.6%
17
JAGESHWAR PRASAD
IND
3300.5%
18
LAKSHMI KANTA YADAV
2870.4%
19
MILAN
IND
2480.4%
20
GIRJA SHANKAR
IND
2170.3%
21
FIROJ AHMAD
IND
1980.3%
22
SALIG RAM
IND
1530.2%
23
VIJAY KUMARI MAURYA
IND
1380.2%
24
MATA PRASAD MISHRA
IND
1330.2%
25
ABDUL RAHUF ZAFRI
IND
1170.2%
26
KHWAJA FURKAN AHMAD
IND
410.1%

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 (129th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.4% · min 0.9% · max 48.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
129th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.62
fewer partiesmore parties
257th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
249th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.62EFFECTIVE PARTIES
LKD 31.7%INC 30.2%BJP 9.9%OTH 28.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
24,70,996
Density
1056 / km²
Sex ratio
962 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,341 km²
SC population22.5%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
85%HINDU
Hindu 84.8%Muslim 14.8%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water21.7%
Electricity30.6%
Sanitation22.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated68.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.6%
Children underweight (under 5)27.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.3%
Women literate73.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.6%
Clean cooking fuel41.3%
Health insurance19.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️JaggeryGI

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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