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Uttarakhand · Assembly Constituency 49 · 2021 by-elections

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Winner — 2021 by-elections

MAHESH JEENA
BJP 53.1%INC 41.7%5 others 5.2%
Votes
21,874
53.1% share
Winning margin
4,697
11.4% of votes
Total candidates
7

A clear win with a 11.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MAHESH JEENA
21,87453.1%
2
Smt. GANGA PANCHOLI
17,17741.7%
3
SURENDRA SINGH
IND
6201.5%
4
JAGDISH CHANDRA
UPP
4931.2%
5
SHIV SINGH RAWAT
IND
4661.1%
6
PAN SINGH
IND
3460.8%
7
NAND KISHOR
PPID
2090.5%

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 (69th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
11.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 6.8% · min 3.3% · max 11.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
46%
lowerhigher
69th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
40th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
44th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
1 seats · 1 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 53.1%INC 41.7%OTH 5.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
6,22,506
Density
198 / km²
Sex ratio
1139 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,144 km²
SC population24.3%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
98%HINDU
Hindu 98.2%Other 1.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water80.5%
Electricity78.9%
Sanitation55.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.1%
Children fully vaccinated85.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.0%
Children underweight (under 5)22.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.4%
Women literate86.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER1.5%
Clean cooking fuel35.9%
Health insurance66.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bal Mithai

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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