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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 261 · 1957

Basti

Winner — 1957

UDAI SHANKAR
INC· INC
INC 56.3%IND 23.1%1 others 20.6%
Votes
22,143
56.3% share
Winning margin
13,042
33.2% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
51.6%
of 76,262

Basti is a safe seat — UDAI SHANKAR won by 33.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
UDAI SHANKAR
22,14356.3%
2
JANTRAI PRASAD
IND
9,10123.1%
3
HARI BHAN SINGH
IND
8,09020.6%

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.

Low turnout (397th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
33.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.6% · min 0.0% · max 34.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
48%
lowerhigher
397th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.25
fewer partiesmore parties
373rd of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
171st of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.25EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 56.3%IND 23.1%IND 20.6%

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?

9 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Food Processing🏺Moonj products
KhusruBagh Tomb of Sultan Khusru.

KhusruBagh Tomb of Sultan Khusru.

🏛️MonumentASI

KhusruBagh Tomb of Sultan Khusru.

KhusruBagh Tomb of Sultan Khusru’s Mother

KhusruBagh Tomb of Sultan Khusru’s Mother

🏛️MonumentASI

KhusruBagh Tomb of Sultan Khusru’s Mother

KhusruBagh Tomb of Sultan Khusru’s Sister

KhusruBagh Tomb of Sultan Khusru’s Sister

🏛️MonumentASI

KhusruBagh Tomb of Sultan Khusru’s Sister

KhusruBagh- Enclosure wall & Gateway of

KhusruBagh- Enclosure wall & Gateway of

🏛️MonumentASI

KhusruBagh- Enclosure wall & Gateway of

KhusruBagh- Tomb of BibiTambolan.

KhusruBagh- Tomb of BibiTambolan.

🏛️MonumentASI

KhusruBagh- Tomb of BibiTambolan.

Queen Victoria’s Memorial

Queen Victoria’s Memorial

🏛️MonumentASI

Queen Victoria’s Memorial

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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