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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 162 · 1962

Balrampur South

Winner — 1962

BABBAN SINGH
INC· INC
INC 43.1%BJS 43.0%2 others 13.9%
Votes
20,439
43.1% share
Winning margin
55
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
52.1%
of 90,950

Balrampur South was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 55 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BABBAN SINGH
INC
20,43943.1%
2
PRATAP NARAIN
20,38443.0%
3
MAHESHWAR DATT
Swatantra Party
5,38211.3%
4
GOPI RAM
1,1972.5%

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 (314th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.9% · min 0.1% · max 64.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
57%
lowerhigher
314th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.83
fewer partiesmore parties
169th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
204th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.83EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 43.1%BJS 43.0%SWA 11.3%OTH 2.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
31,08,367
Density
682 / km²
Sex ratio
907 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,558 km²
SC population30.5%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 87.9%Muslim 11.7%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.1%
Electricity17.5%
Sanitation24.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.8%
Children fully vaccinated58.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.2%
Children underweight (under 5)29.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.9%
Women literate64.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.9%
Clean cooking fuel43.4%
Health insurance15.3%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Leather Products🏺Zari Zardozi
🏛️

Tomb of Qurban Mohammad,

🏛️MonumentASI

Tomb of Qurban Mohammad,

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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