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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 315 · 1957

Bhagwant Nagar

Winner — 1957

BHAGWATI SINGH VISHARAD
PSP· Praja Socialist Party
PSP 37.3%INC 35.5%3 others 27.1%
Votes
15,238
37.4% share
Winning margin
742
1.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
45.8%
of 89,113

Bhagwant Nagar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.8% — fewer than 742 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BHAGWATI SINGH VISHARAD
15,23837.4%
2
DEO DATTA
14,49635.5%
3
BENI PD. ALIAS LALLAJI
IND
6,14215.1%
4
TRIBHUWAN NATH
IND
3,5748.8%
5
KUNWAR BAHADUR SINGH
1,3513.3%

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 (221st), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.9% · min 0.6% · max 30.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
221st of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.97
fewer partiesmore parties
126th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
163rd of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.97EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 37.4%INC 35.5%IND 15.1%IND 8.8%OTH 3.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
26,84,703
Density
909 / km²
Sex ratio
943 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,952 km²
SC population18.4%
ST population0.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.8%Muslim 17.1%Other 1.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water46.6%
Electricity21.8%
Sanitation18.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.3%
Children fully vaccinated70.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.3%
Children underweight (under 5)33.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Women literate65.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.8%
Clean cooking fuel28.2%
Health insurance16.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Furniture

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