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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 274 · 1962

Chunar

Winner — 1962

RAJ NARAIN
INC· INC
INC 44.0%BJS 30.5%3 others 25.5%
Votes
18,799
44.0% share
Winning margin
5,745
13.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
49.6%
of 86,172

A clear win with a 13.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAJ NARAIN
INC
18,79944.0%
2
SHIVANATH
13,05430.5%
3
SHIVA DAS
SOC
6,12114.3%
4
KANHAIYA
IND
3,1487.4%
5
PREM CHAND
IND
1,6183.8%

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 (129th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
13.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.4% · min 0.9% · max 48.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
129th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.62
fewer partiesmore parties
257th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
249th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.62EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 44.0%BJS 30.5%SOC 14.3%IND 7.4%OTH 3.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
24,70,996
Density
1056 / km²
Sex ratio
962 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,341 km²
SC population22.5%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
85%HINDU
Hindu 84.8%Muslim 14.8%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water21.7%
Electricity30.6%
Sanitation22.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.1%
Children fully vaccinated68.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.6%
Children underweight (under 5)27.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.3%
Women literate73.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.6%
Clean cooking fuel41.3%
Health insurance19.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️JaggeryGI

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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