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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 224 · 1962

Azamgarh

Winner — 1962

BHIMA PRASAD
PSP· Praja Socialist Party
PSP 48.8%INC 33.4%5 others 17.8%
Votes
21,885
48.8% share
Winning margin
6,929
15.4% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
55.1%
of 81,364

Azamgarh is a safe seat — BHIMA PRASAD won by 15.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BHIMA PRASAD
Praja Socialist Party
21,88548.8%
2
BRAHMCHARI CHANDRA BALI
INC
14,95633.4%
3
CHANDRA DEO
3,5167.8%
4
DEENBANDHU
Swatantra Party
1,4973.3%
5
LAXMI
SOC
1,3713.1%
6
KAMLAKAR
IND
1,2882.9%
7
SHITLA
IND
3280.7%

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 (73rd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
15.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.1% · min 1.6% · max 26.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
73rd of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.65
fewer partiesmore parties
246th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
19th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.65EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 48.8%INC 33.4%BJS 7.8%OTH 10.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
19,98,603
Density
398 / km²
Sex ratio
890 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,024 km²
SC population28.1%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
91%HINDU
Hindu 91.3%Muslim 7.4%Other 1.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water26.1%
Electricity51.2%
Sanitation41.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.9%
Children fully vaccinated44.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.9%
Children underweight (under 5)39.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.3%
Women literate69.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.1%
Clean cooking fuel51.9%
Health insurance11.4%

What's nearby?

7 locations
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Known forDISTRICT
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Chandel temple,

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Chandel temple,

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Chandel temple,.

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Chandel temple,.

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Gharao-ka-math,

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Gharao-ka-math,

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Remains of a Chandel temple

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Remains of a Chandel temple

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Remains of an oldest Chandel temple, of its style,

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Remains of an oldest Chandel temple, of its style,

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Ruins of two granite temples,

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Ruins of two granite temples,

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Sikhara-roofed temple called Marhia & dedicated to Gond Baba,

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Sikhara-roofed temple called Marhia & dedicated to Gond Baba,

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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