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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 236 · 2017

Chitrakoot

Winner — 2017

CHANDRIKA PRASAD UPADHYAY
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 40.9%SP 28.7%11 others 30.5%
Votes
90,366
40.9% share
Winning margin
26,936
12.2% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
62.0%
of 3,56,631

A clear win with a 12.2% margin.

Seat history

3 of 12 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.40 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHANDRIKA PRASAD UPADHYAY
NDA (NDA)
90,36640.9%
2
VEER SINGH
63,43028.7%
3
JAGDISH PRASAD GAUTAM
BSP
47,78021.6%
NOTA
NOTA
3,5291.6%
5
AMIT YADAV
3,3781.5%
6
UGRASEN
NINSHAD
2,6791.2%
7
CHHEDILAL
JAM
2,5431.1%
8
CHANDRA KISHOR DWIVEDI
ABHM
1,7460.8%
9
ASHISH SINGH
RLD
1,2370.6%
10
SHIVA KANT SHASTRI
IND
1,1860.5%
11
DURGESH
BMUP
1,1470.5%
12
SATYNARAYAN
IND
1,1360.5%
13
CHANDAN SINGH
SWAJANPA
1,0420.5%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Average turnout (118th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
12.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.3% · min 0.0% · max 31.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
118th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.00
fewer partiesmore parties
110th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
14th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
403 seats · 202 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.00EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 40.9%SP 28.7%BSP 21.6%OTH 7.3%NOTA 1.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
3/12

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.40 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
9,91,730
Density
308 / km²
Sex ratio
879 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,216 km²
SC population26.9%
ST population0.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 96.3%Other 3.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water13.9%
Electricity24.5%
Sanitation16.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births81.1%
Children fully vaccinated63.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.5%
Children underweight (under 5)41.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.6%
Women literate56.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.8%
Clean cooking fuel31.2%
Health insurance17.4%

What's nearby?

5 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Wooden Toys and Wood Art Products
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City Cemetery,

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City Cemetery,

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Fort with the fortification walls and the three ruined Jain temples & one ruined Hindu temple…

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Fort with the fortification walls and the three ruined Jain temples & one ruined Hindu temple inside the fort,

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Ruins of an old Jain temple called Haihaiti Mandir together with fragments of statues about the…

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Ruins of an old Jain temple called Haihaiti Mandir together with fragments of statues about the fort of he hill, Khoh, Karvi.

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Stone temple,

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Stone temple,

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Temple, Karvi.

🏛️MonumentASI

Temple, Karvi.

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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