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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 12 · 1996

Ranikhet

Winner — 1996

AJAY BHATT
BJP· BJP
BJP 41.7%INC 34.3%5 others 24.0%
Votes
30,241
41.7% share
Winning margin
5,325
7.3% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
39.1%
of 1,85,603

A clear win with a 7.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AJAY BHATT
BJP
30,24141.7%
2
RANJEET SINGH
INC
24,91634.3%
3
PRATAP SINGH BIST
UKKD
8,00111.0%
4
POORAN SINGH DANGWAL
IND
4,2575.9%
5
KEVAL SATI
AIIC(T)
3,6605.0%
6
DINESH SINGH
IND
1,1811.6%
7
PRAKASH CHANDRA FULORIA
CPI(ML)(L)
3000.4%

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 (65th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.6% · min 0.9% · max 43.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
65th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.66
fewer partiesmore parties
240th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
363rd of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
424 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.66EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 41.7%INC 34.3%UKKD 11.0%IND 5.9%AIIC(T) 5.0%OTH 2.0%

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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