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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 254 · 1991

Jaunpur

Winner — 1991

LAL CHAND
JD· Janata Dal
JD 29.6%BJP 29.0%35 others 41.3%
Votes
23,849
29.6% share
Winning margin
503
0.6% of votes
Total candidates
37
Turnout
42.9%
of 1,87,728

Jaunpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.6% — fewer than 503 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

37 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LAL CHAND
Janata Dal
23,84929.6%
2
SOHAN LAL MAURYA
BJP
23,34629.0%
3
HAJI MOHD. TAUFIQ
9,46311.8%
4
BASHIST NARAIN SINGH
JP
8,08410.1%
5
LALJI
INC
6,2767.8%
6
ACHCHE LAL
IND
1,7732.2%
7
SATYA NARAIN NISHAD
IND
1,3121.6%
8
DUDH NATH MAURYA
5210.7%
9
NAZEER
IND
4900.6%
10
BABU RAM YADAV
IND
4600.6%
11
BAIJ MATH YADAV
4030.5%
12
OM PRAKASH SINGH
3930.5%
13
UDAI BHAN
IND
3590.5%
14
KANHAIYA LAL
IND
3460.4%
15
FULLAN MURF PRAFULL PANKAJ
IND
2820.3%
16
MOHIUDDIN
IND
2690.3%
17
FAKHRUDDIN
UPRP
2450.3%
18
RITA DEVI
IND
2270.3%
19
RAM SINGH YADAV
IND
2120.3%
20
JAVED
IND
2060.3%
21
DHANRAJU YADAV
IND
1960.2%
22
RAM ASRESY
PRC
1950.2%
23
PRABHU NATH YADAV
SSD
1910.2%
24
DAYA RAM SONKAR
IND
1480.2%
25
LAL SAHEB YADAV
IND
1380.2%
26
RAJAI
IND
1270.2%
27
DURGAWATI YADAV
IND
1230.1%
28
MALTI SHASTRI
IND
1090.1%
29
SHREE PRAKASH SRIVASTAVA
IND
1080.1%
30
VIRENDER KUMAR MAURYA
IND
1050.1%
31
SHIV SAHAI
IND
960.1%
32
KM. JAYA VERMA
IND
920.1%
33
RANA PRATAP
IND
920.1%
34
LALTA
IND
690.1%
35
NANKHU PAHALWAN
IND
630.1%
36
SHARDA
IND
440.1%
37
DEEP NARAIN
IND
360.0%

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 (296th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.4% · min 0.4% · max 27.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
57%
lowerhigher
296th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.96
fewer partiesmore parties
129th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.2%
lowerhigher
399th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
419 seats · 210 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.96EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 29.6%BJP 29.0%BSP 11.8%JP 10.1%INC 7.8%OTH 11.7%

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?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Extensive mound called HatgauhaDih

🏛️MonumentASI

Extensive mound called HatgauhaDih

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Large mound called Surya Bhita

🏛️MonumentASI

Large mound called Surya Bhita

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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