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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 287 · 1968 by-elections

Kishanpur

Winner — 1968 by-elections

INDRAJIT
INC 41.4%BJS 30.3%5 others 28.3%
Votes
12,011
41.4% share
Winning margin
3,229
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
7

Kishanpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 3,229 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
INDRAJIT
12,0110.0%
2
S.PRASAD
8,7820.0%
3
JAGESHWAR
6,3130.0%
4
R.SAHAI
IND
7700.0%
5
R.D.SONKAR
IND
4680.0%
6
B.SINGH
IND
4480.0%
7
B.DIN
IND
2160.0%

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 (247th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.5% · min 0.6% · max 47.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
247th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.43
fewer partiesmore parties
322nd of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
60th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
1 seats · 1 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
DOESN'T APPLY

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,87,731
Density
666 / km²
Sex ratio
892 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,237 km²
SC population14.6%
ST population0.3%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%HINDU
Hindu 65.7%Muslim 33.5%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water31.5%
Electricity14.4%
Sanitation15.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births67.7%
Children fully vaccinated51.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.1%
Children underweight (under 5)38.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.8%
Women literate38.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.5%
Clean cooking fuel38.2%
Health insurance10.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Food Processing🏺Wheat Stalk Handicrafts

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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