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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 10 · 1991

Almora

Winner — 1991

PURAN CHANDRA SHARMA
BJP· BJP
BJP 42.7%INC 33.2%11 others 24.1%
Votes
30,745
42.7% share
Winning margin
6,896
9.6% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
38.3%
of 1,87,837

A clear win with a 9.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PURAN CHANDRA SHARMA
BJP
30,74542.7%
2
SARASWATI TIWARI
INC
23,84933.1%
3
RAM CHANDRA BHATT
JP
7,0689.8%
4
BIPIN CHANDRA TRIPATHI
UKD
4,1665.8%
5
SHER SINGH DHAUNI
Janata Dal
1,3471.9%
6
NAND LAL
IND
9831.4%
7
HARISH CHANDRA PANT
IND
9141.3%
8
SANJAY PANDEY
IND
8781.2%
9
JIWAN NSINGH
IND
5740.8%
10
PREM BALLABH
4180.6%
11
DWARIKA PRASAD CHAUDHARI
IND
4000.6%
12
MOHAN SINGH BHAKUNI
IND
3430.5%
13
RAM PRASAD
IND
2510.3%

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.

High turnout (55th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
9.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.8% · min 2.2% · max 29.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
55th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.24
fewer partiesmore parties
375th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
372nd of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
419 seats · 210 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.24EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 42.7%INC 33.1%JP 9.8%UKD 5.8%OTH 8.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
41,43,512
Density
1034 / km²
Sex ratio
889 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,008 km²
SC population13.6%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
58%HINDU
Hindu 57.5%Muslim 41.3%Other 1.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water29.8%
Electricity54.0%
Sanitation66.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated69.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.8%
Children underweight (under 5)29.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.0%
Women literate72.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.3%
Clean cooking fuel59.8%
Health insurance8.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️JaggeryGI🏺Rim and Axle and Iron Work

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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