Back to Uttar Pradesh 1962 map
Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 79 · 1962

Biswan

Winner — 1962

GAYA PRASAD
BJS 52.8%INC 34.2%4 others 12.9%
Votes
24,240
52.8% share
Winning margin
8,530
18.6% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
49.8%
of 92,114

Biswan is a safe seat — GAYA PRASAD won by 18.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GAYA PRASAD
24,24052.8%
2
SURESH PRAKASH SINGH
INC
15,71034.3%
3
DIGVIJAYA SINGH
Left
2,2274.9%
4
RADHEY SHYAM TEWARI
1,5003.3%
5
CHHEDANA
IND
1,4353.1%
6
RAMESHWAR
IND
7581.6%

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 (113th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
18.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.2% · min 1.4% · max 24.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
113th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.70
fewer partiesmore parties
220th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
359th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.70EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 52.8%INC 34.3%OTH 12.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
15,64,708
Density
850 / km²
Sex ratio
871 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,840 km²
SC population24.8%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.3%Muslim 10.2%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water20.8%
Electricity51.8%
Sanitation28.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.3%
Children fully vaccinated71.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.1%
Children underweight (under 5)24.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.2%
Women literate65.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.1%
Clean cooking fuel46.5%
Health insurance10.9%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Hing (Asafoetida)🏺Ready Made Garments

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Ask the state

STATE INDICATORS · RBI 2024-25