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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 5 · 1961 by-elections

Ranikhet South

Winner — 1961 by-elections

C.B.GUPTA
INC 82.7%SOC 17.3%
Votes
21,776
82.7% share
Winning margin
17,225
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
2

Ranikhet South was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 17,225 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
C.B.GUPTA
21,7760.0%
2
P.PRAKASH
SOC
4,5510.0%

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.

High turnout (29th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.8% · min 0.8% · max 45.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
29th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.06
fewer partiesmore parties
86th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
390th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
1 seats · 1 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
34,66,382
Density
940 / km²
Sex ratio
890 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,689 km²
SC population22.1%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
57%HINDU
Hindu 56.7%Muslim 42.0%Other 1.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water32.4%
Electricity68.7%
Sanitation58.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births81.7%
Children fully vaccinated89.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.8%
Children underweight (under 5)26.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.4%
Women literate71.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.0%
Clean cooking fuel56.6%
Health insurance11.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Saharanpur Wood CraftGI

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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