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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 238 · 1991Reserved (SC)

Chandauli

Winner — 1991

SHIV PUJAN RAM
BJP· BJP
BJP 28.9%BSP 28.7%8 others 42.4%
Votes
26,604
28.9% share
Winning margin
238
0.3% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
40.7%
of 2,25,865

Chandauli was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.3% — fewer than 238 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHIV PUJAN RAM
BJP
26,60428.9%
2
DEENA NATH BHASKAR
26,36628.7%
3
SHOM NATH
Janata Dal
18,28019.9%
4
CHHANNU LAL SHASTRI
JP
8,6989.5%
5
RAJESH KUMAR CHAUDHARY
INC
6,7507.3%
6
JAWAHAR LAL
Left
3,6243.9%
7
KUMAR
IND
8660.9%
8
NARAD RAM SHASTRI
IND
4320.5%
9
LAL JI
SSD
1900.2%
10
BHARTI
1430.2%

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 (186th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.5% · min 0.3% · max 47.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
186th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.19
fewer partiesmore parties
51st of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
111th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
419 seats · 210 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.19EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 28.9%BSP 28.7%JD 19.9%JP 9.5%INC 7.3%OTH 5.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
26,32,733
Density
634 / km²
Sex ratio
901 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,152 km²
SC population24.8%
ST population0.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 86.4%Muslim 13.3%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water13.8%
Electricity15.9%
Sanitation24.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births81.4%
Children fully vaccinated55.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.1%
Children underweight (under 5)38.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.0%
Women literate62.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.4%
Clean cooking fuel38.9%
Health insurance16.8%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bedsheets🏺Iron Fabrication Work
🏛️

Monument in the memory of A. Blakely,

🏛️MonumentASI

Monument in the memory of A. Blakely,

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Two brick Temples,

🏛️MonumentASI

Two brick Temples,

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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