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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 357 · 1996

Agra Cantonment

Winner — 1996

KESHO MEHRA
BJP· BJP
BJP 45.6%BSP 39.8%7 others 14.6%
Votes
44,556
45.6% share
Winning margin
5,623
5.8% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
38.0%
of 2,57,286

A clear win with a 5.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KESHO MEHRA
BJP
44,55645.6%
2
HAZI ISLAM KURESHI
BSP
38,93339.8%
3
GAJENDRA SINGH
United Front
13,37613.7%
4
SUDHIR CHOBEY
KVP
3880.4%
5
CHIRAG UDDIN QURESHI
1430.1%
6
SUNDER BABU
IND
980.1%
7
TALEWAR SINGH
IND
820.1%
8
ASHOK KUMAR
IND
700.1%
9
DINESH BHARAT
IND
690.1%

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.

Low turnout (340th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
5.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.5% · min 0.1% · max 28.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
55%
lowerhigher
340th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.03
fewer partiesmore parties
95th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
218th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
424 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.03EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 45.6%BSP 39.8%SP 13.7%OTH 0.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
32,39,774
Density
1087 / km²
Sex ratio
937 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,981 km²
SC population15.3%
ST population3.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.7%Muslim 6.6%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water15.5%
Electricity24.9%
Sanitation25.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.0%
Children fully vaccinated62.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.8%
Children underweight (under 5)42.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.2%
Women literate70.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER9.9%
Clean cooking fuel53.8%
Health insurance10.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bindi (Tikuli)

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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