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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 243 · 1967

Chandauli

Winner — 1967

C . SHEKHAR
SSP· SVD (Samyukta Vidhayak Dal)
SSP 38.3%INC 37.6%3 others 24.1%
Votes
22,916
38.3% share
Winning margin
397
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
57.9%
of 1,03,390

Chandauli was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 397 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
C . SHEKHAR
Samyukta Socialist Party
22,91638.3%
2
KAMALAPATI
INC
22,51937.6%
3
R . NARAIN
Praja Socialist Party
9,50315.9%
4
R . NATH
IND
2,5124.2%
5
K . NATH
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
2,4494.1%

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 (274th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 0.7% · max 39.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
274th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.93
fewer partiesmore parties
140th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
45th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.93EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SSP 38.3%INC 37.6%PSP 15.9%OTH 8.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
26,32,733
Density
634 / km²
Sex ratio
901 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,152 km²
SC population24.8%
ST population0.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 86.4%Muslim 13.3%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water13.8%
Electricity15.9%
Sanitation24.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births81.4%
Children fully vaccinated55.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.1%
Children underweight (under 5)38.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.0%
Women literate62.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.4%
Clean cooking fuel38.9%
Health insurance16.8%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bedsheets🏺Iron Fabrication Work
🏛️

Circular mound, the site of a temple,

🏛️MonumentASI

Circular mound, the site of a temple,

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Extensive mound called eGarhi ,

🏛️MonumentASI

Extensive mound called eGarhi ,

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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