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Uttarakhand · Assembly Constituency 13 · 2002

Laxman Chowk

Winner — 2002

DINESH AGARWAL
INC· INC
INC 35.1%BJP 33.2%21 others 31.7%
Votes
14,803
35.1% share
Winning margin
803
1.9% of votes
Total candidates
23
Turnout
43.6%
of 96,660

Laxman Chowk was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 803 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

23 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DINESH AGARWAL
INC
14,80335.1%
2
NITYANAND SWAMI
NDA
14,00033.2%
3
PREM BATTA
IND
3,2817.8%
4
SHAMASHUDDIN
BSP
2,7276.5%
5
YASH PAL SINGH
1,2112.9%
6
G.K.BAUNTHIYAL
UKKD
1,0902.6%
7
SUNDERLAL
Samajwadi Party
7971.9%
8
SMT KHUSHNUDA BEGUM
6941.6%
9
SMT PURNA THAPA
NCP
5271.3%
10
KM. POOJA SUBBA
5051.2%
11
MANJIT SINGH SUDAN
IND
5031.2%
12
ASHWANI KUMAR
IND
4431.1%
13
ASIF KHAN (ASHIQ)
IND
3570.8%
14
SHAMBHU SARAN BADONI
IND
1790.4%
15
KASIM KHAN
NDA
1690.4%
16
SANJAY GOYAL
IND
1620.4%
17
SALIM
UJP
1430.3%
18
GIRISH
IND
1400.3%
19
DEVENDER BAHUGUNA
NDA
1350.3%
20
SAYED
IND
980.2%
21
MS. RITA
RPD
910.2%
22
R.C.CHANDOLA
620.1%
23
SMT. PARVATI
RJD
420.1%

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 (61st), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
1.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 5.0% · min 0.9% · max 15.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
54%
lowerhigher
61st of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.78
fewer partiesmore parties
23rd of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
34th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
70 seats · 36 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.78EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 35.1%BJP 33.2%IND 7.8%BSP 6.5%OTH 17.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
6,18,931
Density
170 / km²
Sex ratio
1077 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,642 km²
SC population16.5%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
99%HINDU
Hindu 98.5%Other 1.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water77.3%
Electricity87.8%
Sanitation55.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births82.2%
Children fully vaccinated83.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.3%
Children underweight (under 5)20.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.2%
Women literate74.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER6.3%
Clean cooking fuel34.9%
Health insurance71.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Natural fibre

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