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Uttarakhand · Assembly Constituency 27 · 2012Reserved (SC)

Jwalapur

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Winner — 2012

CHANDER SHAKHAR
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 30.3%BSP 29.5%10 others 40.3%
Votes
21,303
30.3% share
Winning margin
558
0.8% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
78.0%
of 90,228

Jwalapur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.8% — fewer than 558 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

0 of 12 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.06 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

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All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHANDER SHAKHAR
BJP
BJP (NDA)
21,30330.3%
2
MADAN LAL
BSP
BSP
20,74529.5%
3
BRAJ RANI
INC
UPA
20,64929.3%
4
KAVITA
RLNP
2,9264.2%
5
SUBHASH CHANCHAL
IND
2,7924.0%
6
RAJU SINGH
NCP
UPA
4790.7%
7
BABU RAM
IND
3870.6%
8
RAJAN RATHORE
SP
Samajwadi Party
3480.5%
9
PRADEEP KUMAR
SHS
2690.4%
10
JAG JEEVAN
IND
2630.4%
11
REKHA BALMIKI
UtRM
1300.2%
12
SEEMA
MUL
1170.2%

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

High turnout (4th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
0.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 5.7% · min 0.8% · max 14.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
4th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.99
fewer partiesmore parties
20th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
58th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
70 seats · 36 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.99EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 30.3%BSP 29.5%INC 29.3%OTH 11.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
0/12

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.06 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,90,422
Density
801 / km²
Sex ratio
881 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,360 km²
SC population21.8%
ST population0.3%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
64%HINDU
Hindu 64.3%Muslim 34.3%Other 1.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water40.5%
Electricity85.8%
Sanitation66.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.8%
Children fully vaccinated76.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.1%
Children underweight (under 5)27.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.8%
Women literate73.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER9.9%
Clean cooking fuel61.5%
Health insurance46.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jaggery

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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