Back to Uttar Pradesh 1989 map
Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 259 · 1989

Machhlishahr

Winner — 1989

JWALA PRASAD YADAV
JD· National Front
JD 40.2%INC 20.7%15 others 39.1%
Votes
33,038
40.2% share
Winning margin
15,973
19.4% of votes
Total candidates
17
Turnout
43.5%
of 1,89,276

Machhlishahr is a safe seat — JWALA PRASAD YADAV won by 19.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

17 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JWALA PRASAD YADAV
National Front
33,03840.2%
2
KESHARI PRASAD
INC
17,06520.7%
3
SITA RAM PATEL
Left
13,89416.9%
4
ANIL KUMAR UPADHYA
BJP
4,8976.0%
5
JAGDISH CHAND
4,7915.8%
6
DURBALI RAM BIND
LKD(B)
4,6525.7%
7
DINESH KUMAR SINGH BATSA
IND
1,0741.3%
8
LALLAN ALIAS BINOD KUMAR
IND
8881.1%
9
RAM KISHUN
5000.6%
10
TIRATH RAJ
IND
3430.4%
11
RAM NATH BHARTIYA
IND
3190.4%
12
LALAT
IND
2250.3%
13
SUBHASH
IND
1700.2%
14
KAMARUDDIN
IND
1360.2%
15
MAHENDRA KUMAR TIWARI
IND
1000.1%
16
RAMESH
IND
880.1%
17
RAJ BAHADUR SINGH
820.1%

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 (304th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
19.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 5.4% · min 0.2% · max 19.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
57%
lowerhigher
304th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.82
fewer partiesmore parties
174th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
67th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.82EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 40.2%INC 20.7%CPM 16.9%BJP 6.0%BSP 5.8%LKD(B) 5.7%OTH 4.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
59,54,391
Density
1086 / km²
Sex ratio
901 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,482 km²
SC population22.0%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.7%Muslim 13.4%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water28.1%
Electricity43.6%
Sanitation31.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.2%
Children fully vaccinated55.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.9%
Children underweight (under 5)32.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.4%
Women literate67.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.8%
Clean cooking fuel45.1%
Health insurance20.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Food Processing🏺Moonj products

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Ask the state

STATE INDICATORS · RBI 2024-25