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Uttarakhand · Assembly Constituency 11 · 2009 by-elections

Vikasnagar

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Winner — 2009 by-elections

Kuldeep Kumar
BJP
BJP 37.1%INC 36.2%11 others 26.7%
Votes
24,934
37.1% share
Winning margin
596
0.9% of votes
Total candidates
13

Vikasnagar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.9% — fewer than 596 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Kuldeep Kumar
BJP
24,93437.1%
2
Nvprabhat
INC
24,33836.2%
3
Munna S.Chauhan
IND
14,80722.0%
4
Haridas Kataria
IND
7021.1%
5
Gulfam Ali
SP
5910.9%
6
Rao Nasim Ahmed
IND
3780.6%
7
Liyakat
MLKSC
3500.5%
8
Dayaram
IND
2470.4%
9
Shyam Lal
BJKP
2070.3%
10
Tikaram
IND
2040.3%
11
Mangat S. Ramola
IND
1800.3%
12
Vikas Kumar
IND
1340.2%
13
Raman Singh
IND
1030.1%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (42nd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
0.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 4.1% · min 0.1% · max 9.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
42nd of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
44th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
30th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
2 seats · 2 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 37.1%INC 36.2%IND 22.0%OTH 4.6%

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?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Natural fibre
Raghunathji Temple, Devprayag

Raghunathji Temple, Devprayag

🛕TempleWikidata
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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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