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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 9 · 1993

Pithoragarh

Winner — 1993

MAHENDRA SINGH MAHRA ( MANOO BHAI )
INC· INC
INC 48.4%BJP 40.9%7 others 10.6%
Votes
35,025
48.4% share
Winning margin
5,441
7.5% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
40.5%
of 1,78,491

A clear win with a 7.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MAHENDRA SINGH MAHRA ( MANOO BHAI )
INC
35,02548.4%
2
KRISHNA CHANDRA PUNETHA
BJP
29,58440.9%
3
CHANDRA SHEKHAR KAPRI
UKD
2,9334.1%
4
HEERA SINGH BORA
Samajwadi Party
2,4543.4%
5
HARISH SINGH
IND
5270.7%
6
DEV SHANKAR
5240.7%
7
HARI RAM
IND
4620.6%
8
HEM CHANDRA PANDE
IND
4110.6%
9
AMBA DATT
IND
3850.5%

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 (48th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.0% · min 0.1% · max 44.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
48th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
313th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
379th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
422 seats · 212 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 48.4%BJP 40.9%OTH 10.6%

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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