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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 308 · 1996Reserved (SC)

Kannauj

Winner — 1996

BANWARI LAL DOHREY
BJP· BJP
BJP 34.9%SP 34.2%4 others 30.9%
Votes
42,788
34.9% share
Winning margin
878
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
52.1%
of 2,35,259

Kannauj was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 878 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BANWARI LAL DOHREY
BJP
42,78834.9%
2
KALYAN SINGH DOHREY
United Front
41,91034.2%
3
GIRISH BHAN
BSP
34,23927.9%
4
SUSHIL
AD
2,1091.7%
5
SUBHASH CHANDRA
BHJS
1,0370.8%
6
GOVARANDHAN
IND
4970.4%

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.

Average turnout (256th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.8% · min 0.1% · max 38.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
256th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.02
fewer partiesmore parties
100th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
251st of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
424 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.02EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 34.9%SP 34.2%BSP 27.9%OTH 3.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
24,64,464
Density
917 / km²
Sex ratio
963 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,688 km²
SC population20.9%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
85%HINDU
Hindu 84.5%Muslim 14.8%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water33.1%
Electricity28.5%
Sanitation16.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.2%
Children fully vaccinated73.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.9%
Children underweight (under 5)39.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.9%
Women literate63.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER15.9%
Clean cooking fuel57.0%
Health insurance15.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Vinegar Products🏺Wooden Crafts

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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