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Uttar Pradesh · PC 67 · 1984

Kannauj

Winner — Lok Sabha 1984

SHEILA DIXIT
INC· INC
INC 40.9%LKD 28.2%9 others 30.9%
Votes
1,99,621
41.4% share
Winning margin
61,815
12.8% of votes
Total votes cast
4,88,138
Candidates
11
Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHEILA DIXIT
1,99,62141.4%
2
CHHOTEY SINGH YADAV
1,37,80628.6%
3
SUBEDAR SINGH
IND
70,24414.6%
4
BRAHMA DATT DWIVEDI
38,9168.1%
5
HAFIZ ABDUL HALIM
12,0422.5%
6
VISHWA NATH SINGH
9,8252.0%
7
DHARAM NARAIN
IND
5,4721.1%
8
GANGA RAM
IND
3,6190.8%
9
KALAKTAR SINGH
IND
2,7450.6%
10
MITHLESH KUMAR
IND
8040.2%
11
RAGHUBIR SINGH CHAUHAN
IND
5810.1%

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 (74th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
12.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.2% · min 0.2% · max 41.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
52%
lowerhigher
74th of 80

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.42
fewer partiesmore parties
46th of 80

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
14th of 80

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 41.4%LKD 28.6%IND 14.6%BJP 8.1%OTH 7.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,40,895
Density
1337 / km²
Sex ratio
950 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,321 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.4%

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

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.3%Muslim 9.1%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water34.3%
Electricity42.7%
Sanitation30.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.6%
Children fully vaccinated67.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Children underweight (under 5)33.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.9%
Women literate68.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER14.6%
Clean cooking fuel66.8%
Health insurance17.9%

What's nearby?

8 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Gorakhpur TerracottaGI🏺Readymade Garments
An Inscribed stone pillar

An Inscribed stone pillar

🏛️MonumentASI

An Inscribed stone pillar

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Extensive remains of a very large ancient city

🏛️MonumentASI

Extensive remains of a very large ancient city

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High square shaped mound

🏛️MonumentASI

High square shaped mound

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Inscribed monolith

🏛️MonumentASI

Inscribed monolith

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Three high conical mounds of brick (ruins of stupas)

🏛️MonumentASI

Three high conical mounds of brick (ruins of stupas)

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Two ruined temples

🏛️MonumentASI

Two ruined temples

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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