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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 136 · 1969

Ayodhya

Winner — 1969

VISHWANATH KAPOOR
INC· INC
INC 37.8%BKD 30.2%4 others 32.0%
Votes
19,569
37.8% share
Winning margin
3,917
7.6% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
52.8%
of 98,104

A clear win with a 7.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VISHWANATH KAPOOR
INC
19,56937.8%
2
RAM NARAIN TRIPATHI
15,65230.2%
3
MAHENDRA PRATAP SINGH
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
14,29127.6%
4
P . K . SINGH
MAP
1,0202.0%
5
KRISHNA PAL SINGH
Samyukta Socialist Party
6461.3%
6
MAHADEO PRASAD BARAI
IND
5861.1%

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 (143rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.4% · min 0.5% · max 26.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
143rd of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.64
fewer partiesmore parties
251st of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
333rd of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.64EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 37.8%BKD 30.2%BJS 27.6%OTH 4.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,06,538
Density
685 / km²
Sex ratio
872 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,388 km²
SC population17.7%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
80%HINDU
Hindu 80.2%Muslim 17.6%Other 2.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water28.6%
Electricity22.2%
Sanitation38.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births63.3%
Children fully vaccinated76.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.5%
Children underweight (under 5)34.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.3%
Women literate56.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.9%
Clean cooking fuel40.4%
Health insurance14.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Zari and Zardozi

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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