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Uttarakhand · Assembly Constituency 19 · 2012

Raipur

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Winner — 2012

UMESH SHARMA (KAU)
INC· INC (UPA)
INC 39.0%BJP 38.4%20 others 22.5%
Votes
29,900
39.0% share
Winning margin
474
0.6% of votes
Total candidates
22
Turnout
63.8%
of 1,20,008

Raipur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.6% — fewer than 474 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

2 of 22 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.19 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

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All Candidates

22 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
UMESH SHARMA (KAU)
INC
INC (UPA)
29,90039.0%
2
TRIVENDRA SINGH RAWAT
BJP
NDA
29,42638.4%
3
AJAY SOOD
BSP
BSP
5,1426.7%
4
VINOD BHARTHWAL
SP
Samajwadi Party
4,1285.4%
5
RAJANI RAWAT
IND
3,1444.1%
6
PANKAJ CHETRI
IND
7050.9%
7
MOHAN SINGH RAWAT
IND
6390.8%
8
RAJENDRA PRASAD BHATTKOTI
UtRM
5360.7%
9
ROOP CHAND
NCP
UPA
4410.6%
10
MANOJ KUMAR
IND
4090.5%
11
ANIL PANT
IND
2730.4%
12
SHANTI PRASAD BIJALWAN
IND
2450.3%
13
NASEEM
UtPP
2280.3%
14
ANURADHA
MKD
2240.3%
15
MAYA MOHAN LAKHERA
IND
1970.3%
16
VINOD KUMAR MALETHA
IND
1900.3%
17
MAHESH KAUSHAL
AITC
UPA
1600.2%
18
SHUSHEEL KUMAR
LJP
NDA
1530.2%
19
MOHAMMAD SATTAR
IND
1500.2%
20
BHUPENDRA SINGH
SHS
1060.1%
21
SHIV SAGAR THAPA
JKNPP
980.1%
22
RAJKUMAR URF RAJKUMAR TYAGI
UPP
830.1%

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

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (45th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.5% · min 0.6% · max 37.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
45th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.13
fewer partiesmore parties
66th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
36th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
70 seats · 36 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.13EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 39.0%BJP 38.4%BSP 6.7%SP 5.4%OTH 10.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/22

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.19 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,96,694
Density
549 / km²
Sex ratio
902 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,088 km²
SC population13.5%
ST population6.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 84.0%Muslim 11.9%Other 4.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water84.6%
Electricity96.3%
Sanitation86.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.7%
Children fully vaccinated76.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.9%
Children underweight (under 5)19.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.9%
Women literate85.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER6.6%
Clean cooking fuel88.8%
Health insurance67.3%

What's nearby?

2 locations
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Kalinga Monuments

Kalinga Monuments

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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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