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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 252 · 1962

Shahganj

Winner — 1962

LAKSHAMI SHANKER
INC· INC
INC 56.0%IND 30.0%4 others 14.0%
Votes
32,260
56.0% share
Winning margin
14,994
26.0% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
60.0%
of 96,040

Shahganj is a safe seat — LAKSHAMI SHANKER won by 26.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LAKSHAMI SHANKER
INC
32,26056.0%
2
THAKUR PRASAD
IND
17,26630.0%
3
TUFAIL AHMED
Praja Socialist Party
3,4776.0%
4
JAGARNATH
IND
2,5874.5%
5
SARJU
IND
1,2892.2%
6
PRASIDH NARAIN PATHIK ALIAS PRASIDHI LAL
RRP
7231.3%

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 (173rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
26.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 0.2% · max 37.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
173rd of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.65
fewer partiesmore parties
247th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
42nd of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.65EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 56.0%IND 30.0%PSP 6.0%OTH 8.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
15,99,596
Density
899 / km²
Sex ratio
908 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,779 km²
SC population34.7%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.8%Muslim 13.8%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water9.7%
Electricity15.8%
Sanitation16.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births88.6%
Children fully vaccinated65.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.2%
Children underweight (under 5)36.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.4%
Women literate58.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER17.6%
Clean cooking fuel37.0%
Health insurance20.2%

What's nearby?

4 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Food Processing- Banana
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Artificial cave in the fane of the hill of Pabhosa

🏛️MonumentASI

Artificial cave in the fane of the hill of Pabhosa

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The ancient fortress

🏛️MonumentASI

The ancient fortress

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Traces of a large brick building on the summit of Pabhosa hill

🏛️MonumentASI

Traces of a large brick building on the summit of Pabhosa hill

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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