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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 71 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Faridpur

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Winner — 1957

NATHU SINGH
INC· INC
Also elected — same seat
SUNDER LAL
INC· 17,764 votes
INC 21.4%INC 18.5%8 others 60.1%
Votes
20,583
21.4% share
Winning margin
4,537
4.7% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
31.9%
of 1,50,647

A closely fought contest. NATHU SINGH won with a 4.7% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NATHU SINGH
INC
20,58321.4%
2
SUNDER LAL
INC
17,76418.5%
3
BRIJ RAJ SINGH
IND
16,04616.7%
4
PEMI
BJS
9,5159.9%
5
SUKH RAM SINGH
PSP
7,2977.6%
6
KRISHNA MURARI
BJS
6,1696.4%
7
HULASI RAM
PSP
5,9476.2%
8
DURGA PRASAD
IND
5,3805.6%
9
PUTTU LAL
IND
4,5024.7%
10
SRI NARAIN
IND
2,8593.0%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (165th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
4.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.6% · min 2.7% · max 57.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
165th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.48
fewer partiesmore parties
300th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
242nd of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.48EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 21.4%INC 18.5%IND 16.7%BJS 9.9%PSP 7.6%BJS 6.4%OTH 19.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,99,171
Density
776 / km²
Sex ratio
896 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,512 km²
SC population20.7%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.4%Muslim 22.2%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water26.1%
Electricity38.4%
Sanitation44.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.5%
Children fully vaccinated67.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.6%
Children underweight (under 5)26.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.0%
Women literate69.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER12.8%
Clean cooking fuel48.4%
Health insurance20.5%

What's nearby?

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