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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 88 · 1996

Pihani

Winner — 1996

ASHOK BAJPAI
SP· United Front
SP 31.4%BSP 30.0%12 others 38.5%
Votes
39,947
31.4% share
Winning margin
1,764
1.4% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
62.1%
of 2,04,600

Pihani was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.4% — fewer than 1,764 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ASHOK BAJPAI
United Front
39,94731.4%
2
KHALID GAURI
BSP
38,18330.0%
3
JAGANNATH SINGH
BJP
25,07419.7%
4
NAND LAL SHASTRI
IND
14,80011.6%
5
SHIVA HAR
IND
3,4502.7%
6
BABOO RAM
BHJS
1,8861.5%
7
SAJJAN
IND
1,3901.1%
8
AMARPAL
6530.5%
9
SHIVA RATAN
IND
5030.4%
10
BHOLA NATH
IND
4100.3%
11
MAYA DEVI
NLP
2480.2%
12
RAMESH CHANDRA
IND
2090.2%
13
RAM MURTI
IND
1900.1%
14
MOHD. SHAHAB
AIMLF
1520.1%

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.

Average turnout (318th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.4% · min 0.2% · max 32.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
57%
lowerhigher
318th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.69
fewer partiesmore parties
229th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
326th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
424 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.69EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SP 31.4%BSP 30.0%BJP 19.7%IND 11.6%OTH 7.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,18,797
Density
1093 / km²
Sex ratio
869 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,041 km²
SC population22.4%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 88.8%Muslim 9.3%Other 1.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water33.3%
Electricity79.7%
Sanitation46.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated74.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.9%
Children underweight (under 5)26.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.4%
Women literate63.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER17.9%
Clean cooking fuel67.5%
Health insurance9.4%

What's nearby?

11 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Handicrafts- Stone & Marble🏺Leather Products
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City wall on the west side of Agra Gate

🏛️MonumentASI

City wall on the west side of Agra Gate

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Gateway at Pul Changa Modi

🏛️MonumentASI

Gateway at Pul Changa Modi

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Inscribed tablet in a piece of the old city wall

🏛️MonumentASI

Inscribed tablet in a piece of the old city wall

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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