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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 184 · 1959 by-elections

Chunar

Winner — 1959 by-elections

ONKAR NATH
INC 47.8%IND 43.3%1 others 8.9%
Votes
21,862
47.8% share
Winning margin
2,065
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
3

Chunar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 2,065 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ONKAR NATH
21,8620.0%
2
B. SINGH
IND
19,7970.0%
3
RAM BACHAN
SOC
4,0630.0%

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 (363rd), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.5% · min 0.7% · max 44.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
54%
lowerhigher
363rd of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.11
fewer partiesmore parties
73rd of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
57th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
5 seats · 3 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
DOESN'T APPLY

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
37,97,117
Density
856 / km²
Sex ratio
983 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,436 km²
SC population22.4%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 82.2%Muslim 17.1%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.7%
Electricity37.2%
Sanitation16.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated80.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.4%
Children underweight (under 5)28.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.2%
Women literate71.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.9%
Clean cooking fuel33.7%
Health insurance20.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Food Processing🏺Iron and Steel Fabrication🏺Moonj products

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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