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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 324 · 1996Reserved (SC)

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Winner — 1996

CHHOTE LAL
BJP· BJP
BJP 43.1%BSP 30.7%5 others 26.2%
Votes
36,245
43.1% share
Winning margin
10,379
12.3% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
42.1%
of 2,00,015

A clear win with a 12.3% margin.

Seat history
⚖ Compare 1993 vs 1996

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHHOTE LAL
BJP
BJP
36,24543.1%
2
UDAI PRAKASH
BSP
BSP
25,86630.7%
3
MAHI LAL
AIIC(T)
17,02320.2%
4
LAKHAN LAL
IND
2,0682.5%
5
GOPI CHANDRA
IND
1,7572.1%
6
SARJU PRASAD
BKVD
6890.8%
7
RATI RAM
IND
5190.6%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (244th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
12.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.3% · min 0.9% · max 56.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
244th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.95
fewer partiesmore parties
133rd of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
156th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
424 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.95EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 43.1%BSP 30.7%AIIC(T) 20.2%OTH 6.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,40,895
Density
1337 / km²
Sex ratio
950 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,321 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.3%Muslim 9.1%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water34.3%
Electricity42.7%
Sanitation30.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.6%
Children fully vaccinated67.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Children underweight (under 5)33.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.9%
Women literate68.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER14.6%
Clean cooking fuel66.8%
Health insurance17.9%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Gorakhpur TerracottaGI🏺Readymade Garments

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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