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Uttarakhand · Assembly Constituency 31 · 2012

Roorkee

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Winner — 2012

PARDEEP BATRA
INC· INC (UPA)
INC 37.8%BJP 36.5%11 others 25.8%
Votes
23,164
37.8% share
Winning margin
801
1.3% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
63.7%
of 96,239

Roorkee was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.3% — fewer than 801 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

3 of 13 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹1.35 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

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All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PARDEEP BATRA
INC
INC (UPA)
23,16437.8%
2
SURESH CHAND JAIN
BJP
NDA
22,36336.5%
3
NAYYER AZAM
BSP
BSP
9,77215.9%
4
MANOHAR LAL SHARMA
IND
3,2285.3%
5
BHARAT BHUSHAN KALRA
IND
1,2002.0%
6
SATISH ROHELA ADVOCATE
IND
8551.4%
7
MUNESH TYAGI
SP
Samajwadi Party
2570.4%
8
RAJENDRA SINGH PUNDIR
IND
1020.2%
9
MANISHA
IND
960.2%
10
SUNIL KUMAR SAINI
SHS
870.1%
11
BALVIR SIINGH
IND
810.1%
12
PREMA
JD(U)
NDA
670.1%
13
NAVEEN JAIN
IND
540.1%

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 (38th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.6% · min 1.3% · max 29.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
38th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.28
fewer partiesmore parties
49th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
67th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
70 seats · 36 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.28EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 37.8%BJP 36.5%BSP 15.9%IND 5.3%OTH 4.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
3/13

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹1.35 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?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jaggery
🛕

Remains of sixteen temples

🛕TempleWikidata
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