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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 325 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Shahabad

Winner — 1957

VIDYAVATI BAJPAI
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
KANHAIYA LAL BALMIKI
INC· 35,441 votes
INC 24.9%INC 21.1%6 others 54.0%
Votes
41,781
24.9% share
Winning margin
22,256
13.3% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
47.4%
of 1,76,830

A clear win with a 13.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VIDYAVATI BAJPAI
41,78124.9%
2
KANHAIYA LAL BALMIKI
35,44121.1%
3
RAM MOORTI
19,52511.6%
4
KALIKA BAKSH SINGH
19,14011.4%
5
NATHOO LAL
18,55711.1%
6
ROOPAN LAL
17,93510.7%
7
LAKHAN
IND
8,6345.2%
8
RAM LOTAN
IND
6,7374.0%

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 (381st), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
13.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.9% · min 0.2% · max 21.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
52%
lowerhigher
381st of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.01
fewer partiesmore parties
106th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
147th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.01EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 24.9%INC 21.1%PSP 11.6%BJS 11.4%PSP 11.1%BJS 10.7%OTH 9.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,40,895
Density
1337 / km²
Sex ratio
950 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,321 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.3%Muslim 9.1%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water34.3%
Electricity42.7%
Sanitation30.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.6%
Children fully vaccinated67.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Children underweight (under 5)33.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.9%
Women literate68.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER14.6%
Clean cooking fuel66.8%
Health insurance17.9%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Gorakhpur TerracottaGI🏺Readymade Garments
🏛️

A series of enormous mounds

🏛️MonumentASI

A series of enormous mounds

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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