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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 258 · 1951

Banaras City North

Winner — 1951

SHAIKH MOHD. ABDUL SAMAD
INC 47.6%BJS 29.7%5 others 22.7%
Votes
19,684
47.6% share
Winning margin
7,422
18.0% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
48.1%
of 85,838

Banaras City North is a safe seat — SHAIKH MOHD. ABDUL SAMAD won by 18.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHAIKH MOHD. ABDUL SAMAD
19,68447.6%
2
SAHU BISHWANATH PD. ALIAS JHINGAN SAHU
12,26229.7%
3
RAJA RAM
5,94614.4%
4
CHAUBE KAMALAKER
IND
1,8374.5%
5
MURLIDHAR
IND
6881.7%
6
SHARMA LAKSHMI NARAIN
KMPP
4901.2%
7
KABIR AHAMAD
IND
4031.0%

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.

Low turnout (370th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
18.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.7% · min 0.3% · max 32.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
53%
lowerhigher
370th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.10
fewer partiesmore parties
76th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
81st of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 47.6%BJS 29.7%SP 14.4%OTH 8.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
59,54,391
Density
1086 / km²
Sex ratio
901 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,482 km²
SC population22.0%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.7%Muslim 13.4%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water28.1%
Electricity43.6%
Sanitation31.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.2%
Children fully vaccinated55.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.9%
Children underweight (under 5)32.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.4%
Women literate67.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.8%
Clean cooking fuel45.1%
Health insurance20.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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