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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 262 · 1951

Banaras South

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Winner — 1951

RAJ NARAIN
SP
SP 42.1%INC 41.6%4 others 16.3%
Votes
13,164
42.1% share
Winning margin
133
0.4% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
41.6%
of 75,315

Banaras South was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.4% — fewer than 133 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAJ NARAIN
SP
13,16442.1%
2
RISHI NARAIN
INC
13,03141.6%
3
KRISHNA DEO
KMPP
2,1917.0%
4
GIRI RAJ
RRP
1,6445.3%
5
MALKANI HERDEVI
IND
7232.3%
6
SINGH SHIV RAM
BJS
5481.8%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Low turnout (403rd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.5% · min 0.4% · max 37.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
39%
lowerhigher
403rd of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.62
fewer partiesmore parties
256th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
277th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.62EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SP 42.1%INC 41.6%KMPP 7.0%RRP 5.3%OTH 4.1%

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?

1 location
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Known forDISTRICT
🏺Food Processing🏺Moonj products
Swaraj Bhavan

Swaraj Bhavan

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