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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 398 · 1962

Dasna

Winner — 1962

MEGHNATH SINGH SHISHODIA
IND
IND 46.6%INC 35.0%3 others 18.4%
Votes
24,420
46.6% share
Winning margin
6,078
11.6% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
63.5%
of 82,476

A clear win with a 11.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MEGHNATH SINGH SHISHODIA
IND
24,42046.6%
2
MAHMOOD ALI KHAN
INC
18,34235.0%
3
BHIKARI
SOC
6,26011.9%
4
OM PRAKASH
Praja Socialist Party
1,8993.6%
5
NIAZ ALI
IND
1,4572.8%

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 (201st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
11.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 2.3% · max 28.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
201st of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.83
fewer partiesmore parties
172nd of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
4th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.83EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 46.6%INC 35.0%SOC 11.9%OTH 6.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
24,96,970
Density
567 / km²
Sex ratio
903 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,405 km²
SC population26.5%
ST population0.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.8%Muslim 7.8%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water11.3%
Electricity37.4%
Sanitation26.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.1%
Children fully vaccinated68.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.4%
Children underweight (under 5)27.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.1%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.6%
Clean cooking fuel42.5%
Health insurance15.0%

What's nearby?

4 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Carpets🏺Metal Industry (Brass)
British Cemetery

British Cemetery

🏛️MonumentASI

British Cemetery

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British Cemetery

🏛️MonumentASI

British Cemetery

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DurgaKhoh

🏛️MonumentASI

DurgaKhoh

Iftekhar Khan’s Tomb

Iftekhar Khan’s Tomb

🏛️MonumentASI

Iftekhar Khan’s Tomb

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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