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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 317 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Safipur

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Winner — 1957

SHEO GOPAL
IND
Also elected — same seat
MULLA
CPI· 26,101 votes
IND 23.7%CPI 20.6%6 others 55.7%
Votes
29,959
23.7% share
Winning margin
14,392
11.4% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
39.3%
of 1,60,735

A clear win with a 11.4% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHEO GOPAL
IND
29,95923.7%
2
MULLA
CPI
26,10120.6%
3
BADRI PRASAD
PSP
15,56712.3%
4
GOKUL LAL
INC
14,73911.7%
5
HABIBUR RAHMAN
INC
13,81510.9%
6
ANWAR AHMAD
PSP
13,35010.6%
7
CHAUDHARI PRASAD
IND
7,2305.7%
8
KARUNA SHANKAR
IND
5,6904.5%

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

Average turnout (95th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
11.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.3% · min 0.9% · max 28.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
95th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.98
fewer partiesmore parties
121st of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
129th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.98EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 23.7%CPI 20.6%PSP 12.3%INC 11.7%INC 10.9%PSP 10.6%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
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
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