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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 70 · 1967Reserved (SC)

Bankeyganj

Winner — 1967

D. PRASAD
BJS· SVD (Samyukta Vidhayak Dal)
BJS 40.3%INC 38.3%1 others 21.4%
Votes
13,474
40.3% share
Winning margin
644
1.9% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
36.6%
of 91,503

Bankeyganj was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 644 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
D. PRASAD
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
13,47440.3%
2
C. L. CHAUDHARY
INC
12,83038.3%
3
C. LAL
Praja Socialist Party
7,15821.4%

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.

High turnout (75th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.9% · min 0.2% · max 34.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
75th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.60
fewer partiesmore parties
264th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
361st of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.60EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 40.3%INC 38.3%PSP 21.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,99,171
Density
776 / km²
Sex ratio
896 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,512 km²
SC population20.7%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.4%Muslim 22.2%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water26.1%
Electricity38.4%
Sanitation44.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.5%
Children fully vaccinated67.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.6%
Children underweight (under 5)26.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.0%
Women literate69.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER12.8%
Clean cooking fuel48.4%
Health insurance20.5%

What's nearby?

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