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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 135 · 1962

Surhurpur

Winner — 1962

JAGDAMBA PRASAD
IND
IND 26.4%PSP 25.8%4 others 47.8%
Votes
11,959
26.4% share
Winning margin
247
0.5% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
57.8%
of 78,487

Surhurpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.5% — fewer than 247 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAGDAMBA PRASAD
IND
11,95926.4%
2
BHAGWATI PRASAD
Praja Socialist Party
11,71225.8%
3
RAM NARAIN
INC
11,15324.6%
4
RAM ASRE
SOC
6,93915.3%
5
RAM ACHAL
REP
2,3425.2%
6
BABU LAL
IND
1,2772.8%

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.

Low turnout (357th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
0.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 7.8% · min 0.1% · max 20.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
54%
lowerhigher
357th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.26
fewer partiesmore parties
368th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
341st of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.26EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 26.4%PSP 25.8%INC 24.6%SOC 15.3%REP 5.2%OTH 2.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,06,538
Density
685 / km²
Sex ratio
872 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,388 km²
SC population17.7%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
80%HINDU
Hindu 80.2%Muslim 17.6%Other 2.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water28.6%
Electricity22.2%
Sanitation38.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births63.3%
Children fully vaccinated76.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.5%
Children underweight (under 5)34.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.3%
Women literate56.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.9%
Clean cooking fuel40.4%
Health insurance14.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Zari and Zardozi

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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