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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 122 · 1996

Gauriganj

Winner — 1996

TEJ BHAN SINGH
BJP· BJP
BJP 32.4%INC 31.8%11 others 35.8%
Votes
35,706
32.4% share
Winning margin
602
0.6% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
50.6%
of 2,17,986

Gauriganj was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.6% — fewer than 602 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
TEJ BHAN SINGH
BJP
35,70632.4%
2
NOOR MOHAMMAD
INC
35,10431.8%
3
SHIVHARI VIJAI
United Front
27,42824.9%
4
MOHAMMAD RAFIQ URF ALLU MIYAN
IND
3,1552.9%
5
SANGRAM SINGH
IND
2,8122.5%
6
SHRIRAM BAURASI
IND
2,0931.9%
7
SAMARJIT SINGH
BHJS
1,0871.0%
8
RAM PRAKASH
SJP(R)
8630.8%
9
ANGNA
IND
7210.7%
10
ARUN KUMAR
IND
4020.4%
11
BADRI
IND
3870.3%
12
RAM SAMUJH
IND
2930.3%
13
DILIP KUMAR
IND
2020.2%

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 (160th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.0% · min 0.3% · max 33.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
160th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.49
fewer partiesmore parties
297th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
135th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
424 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.49EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 32.4%INC 31.8%SP 24.9%OTH 10.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,48,359
Density
1080 / km²
Sex ratio
887 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,120 km²
SC population12.5%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
64%HINDU
Hindu 63.6%Muslim 34.5%Other 1.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water43.4%
Electricity36.6%
Sanitation62.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births75.1%
Children fully vaccinated70.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.9%
Children underweight (under 5)35.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.8%
Women literate53.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.4%
Clean cooking fuel54.6%
Health insurance18.7%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bamboo Products🏺Goldsmith Industry🏺Zari and Zardozi
🏛️

Several ancients ruined mounds in which Indo-Scythian coins are found

🏛️MonumentASI

Several ancients ruined mounds in which Indo-Scythian coins are found

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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