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Uttar Pradesh · PC 32 · 1998

Balrampur

Winner — Lok Sabha 1998

RIZWAN ZAHEER KHAN ALIAS RIZOO BHAIYA
SP· Samajwadi Party
SP 45.6%BJP 37.3%11 others 17.1%
Votes
3,12,831
46.4% share
Winning margin
57,259
8.5% of votes
Total votes cast
6,85,790
Candidates
13
Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RIZWAN ZAHEER KHAN ALIAS RIZOO BHAIYA
Samajwadi Party
3,12,83146.4%
2
SATYA DEO SINGH
2,55,57237.9%
3
ASHFAQ AHMAD
56,1248.3%
4
CHANDRA BHAL MANI TIWARI
21,7113.2%
5
SUJAYAT AHMAD
IND
8,8261.3%
6
KIMOOTI RAJ SINGH
IND
8,3571.2%
7
MOHD. LAEEQUE
IND
5,2280.8%
8
OM PRAKASH SINGH
IND
2,2470.3%
9
SHREE PATI LAL
IND
1,2400.2%
10
PRATAP SINGH
IND
1,1550.2%
11
SANDEEP KUMAR
IND
8980.1%
12
MOHD. KHALEEL
IND
4110.1%
13
DHEERENDRA PRATAP SINGH
IND
1690.0%

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 (47th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.7% · min 1.3% · max 47.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
56%
lowerhigher
47th of 80

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.55
fewer partiesmore parties
29th of 80

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
29th of 80

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.55EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SP 46.4%BJP 37.9%BSP 8.3%OTH 7.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
40,92,845
Density
684 / km²
Sex ratio
868 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,986 km²
SC population31.1%
ST population0.0%

Figures are for Hardoi, this seat's primary district — it spans 3 districts.

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.7%Muslim 13.6%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.3%
Electricity13.5%
Sanitation24.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births73.9%
Children fully vaccinated63.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.5%
Children underweight (under 5)33.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.7%
Women literate55.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.3%
Clean cooking fuel29.0%
Health insurance16.0%

What's nearby?

5 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️HandloomGI
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Large Dih covered with broken bricks & pottery crowned with a small ruined temple of the 10th…

🏛️MonumentASI

Large Dih covered with broken bricks & pottery crowned with a small ruined temple of the 10th century A.D, Kherwa & Kajhgaon.

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Memorial Cemetery, Madhoganj,Bilgram

🏛️MonumentASI

Memorial Cemetery,

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Sanskrit inscription in the well of Gayadin Sukal,

🏛️MonumentASI

Sanskrit inscription in the well of Gayadin Sukal,

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Well near the Dargah of Makhdum Shah,

🏛️MonumentASI

Well near the Dargah of Makhdum Shah,

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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