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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 129 · 1962

Sultanpur

Winner — 1962

ABDUL SAMI
INC· INC
INC 39.8%BJS 38.1%6 others 22.1%
Votes
12,588
39.8% share
Winning margin
542
1.7% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
39.2%
of 80,645

Sultanpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.7% — fewer than 542 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ABDUL SAMI
INC
12,58839.8%
2
RAM PYARE SHUKLA
12,04638.1%
3
KALLOO
IND
1,6925.3%
4
BIRENDRA PRATAP
Swatantra Party
1,6725.3%
5
MAQBOOL HASAN
Praja Socialist Party
1,5234.8%
6
RAM AWADH S/O BHAWANI PRASAD
IND
7652.4%
7
RAM NIRANJAN
IND
7002.2%
8
RAM AWADH S/O RAM ANAND
IND
6502.0%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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 (25th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.6% · min 0.3% · max 35.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
25th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.40
fewer partiesmore parties
332nd of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
245th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.40EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 39.8%BJS 38.1%IND 5.3%SWA 5.3%OTH 11.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,31,007
Density
551 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,686 km²
SC population16.4%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
71%HINDU
Hindu 71.3%Muslim 24.1%Other 4.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water27.1%
Electricity23.0%
Sanitation44.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births76.2%
Children fully vaccinated92.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.9%
Children underweight (under 5)39.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.0%
Women literate54.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.2%
Clean cooking fuel48.1%
Health insurance21.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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