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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 282 · 1996Reserved (SC)

Kishunpur

Winner — 1996

MURLI DHAR
BSP· BSP
BSP 37.7%BJP 36.4%5 others 25.9%
Votes
40,176
37.7% share
Winning margin
1,351
1.3% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
46.9%
of 2,27,636

Kishunpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.3% — fewer than 1,351 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MURLI DHAR
BSP
40,17637.7%
2
CHANDRA BHAN RAM PASWAN
BJP
38,82536.4%
3
MOTILAL
United Front
20,22419.0%
4
KALLU RAM
AD
3,3743.2%
5
CHANDRA PAL PANKAJ (PASI)
IND
2,5962.4%
6
LAL DAS
IND
9670.9%
7
SHIV BODHAN
BHJS
4850.5%

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.

Average turnout (243rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.3% · min 0.6% · max 36.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
243rd of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.65
fewer partiesmore parties
248th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
20th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
424 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.65EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BSP 37.7%BJP 36.4%CPI 19.0%OTH 7.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,87,731
Density
666 / km²
Sex ratio
892 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,237 km²
SC population14.6%
ST population0.3%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%HINDU
Hindu 65.7%Muslim 33.5%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water31.5%
Electricity14.4%
Sanitation15.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births67.7%
Children fully vaccinated51.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.1%
Children underweight (under 5)38.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.8%
Women literate38.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.5%
Clean cooking fuel38.2%
Health insurance10.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Food Processing🏺Wheat Stalk Handicrafts

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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