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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 259 · 1951

Banaras City South

Winner — 1951

SAMPURNANAND JI
INC 39.5%CPI 25.4%9 others 35.1%
Votes
12,170
39.5% share
Winning margin
4,323
14.0% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
41.1%
of 74,984

A clear win with a 14.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SAMPURNANAND JI
12,17039.5%
2
SATIN RUSTAM
7,84725.4%
3
KALIA DATT RAJ NAIK
3,85712.5%
4
CHATURVEDI SITA RAM
RRP
2,0586.7%
5
BHATTACHARYA TARA PAD
1,7755.8%
6
MAHMUD KIBRIYA
IND
1,2234.0%
7
SAH SRI NATH
KMPP
5861.9%
8
GANGULY RAM GATI
FBL(RG)
5051.6%
9
BHAGWAN DAS
4001.3%
10
BADRI DAS
IND
2420.8%
11
RAM NATH
IND
1860.6%

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 (304th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
14.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 5.4% · min 0.2% · max 19.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
57%
lowerhigher
304th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.82
fewer partiesmore parties
174th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
67th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.82EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 39.5%CPI 25.4%BJS 12.5%RRP 6.7%SP 5.8%OTH 10.2%

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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