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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 195 · 1962

Gorakhpur

Winner — 1962

NIAMATULLAH ANSARI
INC· INC
INC 44.8%BJS 36.6%4 others 18.6%
Votes
22,441
44.8% share
Winning margin
4,094
8.2% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
56.4%
of 88,950

A clear win with a 8.2% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NIAMATULLAH ANSARI
INC
22,44144.8%
2
LAKSHMI KANT CHATURVEDI
18,34736.6%
3
LAKSHMI SHANKER VERMA
3,8537.7%
4
JAGDISH PATHAK
Left
3,4556.9%
5
KESHAV SINGH
SOC
1,3292.6%
6
ABDUL MAROOF
Praja Socialist Party
6961.4%

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 (171st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.6% · min 1.6% · max 22.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
171st of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
292nd of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
308th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 44.8%BJS 36.6%HMS 7.7%CPI 6.9%OTH 4.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,85,204
Density
864 / km²
Sex ratio
874 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,181 km²
SC population16.6%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
85%HINDU
Hindu 84.7%Muslim 14.7%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water15.9%
Electricity28.6%
Sanitation36.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births69.3%
Children fully vaccinated68.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.8%
Children underweight (under 5)31.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.9%
Women literate63.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.8%
Clean cooking fuel45.5%
Health insurance13.5%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Farrukhabad PrintsGI🏺Zari Zardozi
Mosque and Sarai, Khudagan

Mosque and Sarai, Khudagan

🏛️MonumentASI

Mosque and Sarai

🏛️

Stone and its enclosure marking the place where the late Field Marshall Earl Roberts

🏛️MonumentASI

Stone and its enclosure marking the place where the late Field Marshall Earl Roberts

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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