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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 396 · 1996

Meerut Cantonment

Winner — 1996

AMIT AGARWAL
BJP· BJP
BJP 55.9%BSP 24.8%14 others 19.3%
Votes
73,726
55.9% share
Winning margin
41,046
31.1% of votes
Total candidates
16
Turnout
46.3%
of 2,84,554

Meerut Cantonment is a safe seat — AMIT AGARWAL won by 31.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

16 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AMIT AGARWAL
BJP
73,72655.9%
2
RAMESH DHINGRA
BSP
32,68024.8%
3
MUKESH
BKKGP
23,87518.1%
4
KRISHAN PAL
KVP
4750.4%
5
RAJEEV
IND
2000.1%
6
NARESH
IND
1840.1%
7
SHIV KUMAR
IND
1630.1%
8
PUNIT KUMAR
IND
1520.1%
9
YASEEN SHEIKH
AIMF
1210.1%
10
KISHAN LAL
IND
650.1%
11
BALJEET SINGH
IND
630.1%
12
NAND KISHORE
IND
470.0%
13
SANDEEP
IND
410.0%
14
SANJEEV
IND
270.0%
15
PREM
IND
250.0%
16
ASHU RASTOGY
IND
150.0%

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 (342nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
31.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.7% · min 0.9% · max 31.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
55%
lowerhigher
342nd of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
293rd of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
125th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
424 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 55.9%BSP 24.8%BKKGP 18.1%OTH 1.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
24,96,970
Density
567 / km²
Sex ratio
903 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,405 km²
SC population26.5%
ST population0.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.8%Muslim 7.8%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water11.3%
Electricity37.4%
Sanitation26.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.1%
Children fully vaccinated68.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.4%
Children underweight (under 5)27.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.1%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.6%
Clean cooking fuel42.5%
Health insurance15.0%

What's nearby?

5 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Carpets🏺Metal Industry (Brass)
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A Life sized female figure known as Sankata Devi

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A Life sized female figure known as Sankata Devi

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Fragments of sculptures

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Fragments of sculptures

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Kshasthi Devi

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Kshasthi Devi

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Mound known as Sangram Sahi ki Pahari

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Mound known as Sangram Sahi ki Pahari

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Remains of a temple on an island

🏛️MonumentASI

Remains of a temple on an island

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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