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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 157 · 1962

Bahraich South

Winner — 1962

DALJIT SINGH
INC· INC
INC 47.6%PSP 46.1%1 others 6.3%
Votes
16,723
47.6% share
Winning margin
535
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
40.8%
of 86,214

Bahraich South was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 535 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DALJIT SINGH
INC
16,72347.6%
2
BADLU RAM
Praja Socialist Party
16,18846.1%
3
MURLI DHAR
2,2316.3%

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.

Average turnout (166th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.1% · min 1.5% · max 21.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
166th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.76
fewer partiesmore parties
193rd of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
93rd of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.76EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 47.6%PSP 46.1%BJS 6.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
40,92,845
Density
684 / km²
Sex ratio
868 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,986 km²
SC population31.1%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.7%Muslim 13.6%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.3%
Electricity13.5%
Sanitation24.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births73.9%
Children fully vaccinated63.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.5%
Children underweight (under 5)33.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.7%
Women literate55.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.3%
Clean cooking fuel29.0%
Health insurance16.0%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️HandloomGI
🏛️

Tomb of Nawab of Sadar Jahan,

🏛️MonumentASI

Tomb of Nawab of Sadar Jahan,

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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