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Uttar Pradesh · PC 18 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Shahjahanpur

Winner — Lok Sabha 1957

SETH BISHAN CHANDRA
Independent
Also elected — same seat
NARAIN DIN
Indian National Congress· 1,09,906 votes
IND 23.3%INC 15.2%7 others 61.5%
Votes
1,68,430
23.3% share
Winning margin
64,230
8.9% of votes
Total votes cast
7,23,418
Candidates
9
Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SETH BISHAN CHANDRAElected
IND
1,68,43023.3%
2
NARAIN DINElected
1,09,90615.2%
3
DARBARI LAL
1,04,20014.4%
4
LAKHAN DAS
IND
90,62412.5%
5
PRITIPAL SINGH
69,1389.6%
6
RAM DULARE
59,2968.2%
7
BABU RAM
44,4766.2%
8
AYODHIYA NATH
IND
39,4425.5%
9
FAQIRE
37,9065.2%

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.

Average turnout (62nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.1% · min 0.3% · max 43.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
54%
lowerhigher
62nd of 80

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.53
fewer partiesmore parties
31st of 80

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
51st of 80

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.53EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 23.3%INC 15.2%INC 14.4%IND 12.5%PSP 9.6%PSP 8.2%OTH 16.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,18,797
Density
1093 / km²
Sex ratio
869 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,041 km²
SC population22.4%
ST population0.2%

Figures are for Agra, this seat's primary district — it spans 2 districts.

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 88.8%Muslim 9.3%Other 1.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water33.3%
Electricity79.7%
Sanitation46.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated74.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.9%
Children underweight (under 5)26.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.4%
Women literate63.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER17.9%
Clean cooking fuel67.5%
Health insurance9.4%

What's nearby?

38 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Handicrafts- Stone & Marble🏺Leather Products
Akbar's Tomb, gateway and walls round the ground

Akbar's Tomb, gateway and walls round the ground

🏛️MonumentASI

Akbar's Tomb, gateway and walls round the ground

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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