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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 371 · 1962

Goverdhan

Winner — 1962

ACHARYA JUGAL KISHORE
INC· INC
INC 35.6%BJS 24.2%5 others 40.3%
Votes
17,621
35.6% share
Winning margin
5,648
11.4% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
48.2%
of 1,02,815

A clear win with a 11.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ACHARYA JUGAL KISHORE
INC
17,62135.6%
2
WAZIR CHAND
11,97324.2%
3
JAGAN
IND
7,11814.4%
4
KHAJANI
REP
6,51013.1%
5
UDAIVIR SINGH
SOC
3,1756.4%
6
JANGI RAM
Swatantra Party
1,8983.8%
7
KARAN SINGH
IND
1,2642.5%

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.

Low turnout (337th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
11.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 6.6% · min 0.3% · max 23.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
56%
lowerhigher
337th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.01
fewer partiesmore parties
109th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
166th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.01EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 35.6%BJS 24.2%IND 14.4%REP 13.1%SOC 6.4%OTH 6.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,94,204
Density
1113 / km²
Sex ratio
1024 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,038 km²
SC population22.0%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 88.6%Muslim 10.8%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water20.3%
Electricity27.2%
Sanitation19.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births88.8%
Children fully vaccinated75.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.5%
Children underweight (under 5)30.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.0%
Women literate75.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.8%
Clean cooking fuel55.2%
Health insurance12.0%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Woollen Carpets (Dari)
🏛️

Gateway of Hazrat Chirag-I-Hind’s palace

🏛️MonumentASI

Gateway of Hazrat Chirag-I-Hind’s palace

🏛️

Walls of the old Kankar fort of Jayachandra

🏛️MonumentASI

Walls of the old Kankar fort of Jayachandra

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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