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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 159 · 1969

Balrampur

Winner — 1969

MAHESHWAR DUTT SINGH
INC· INC
INC 41.7%BJS 39.9%3 others 18.4%
Votes
25,415
41.7% share
Winning margin
1,108
1.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
54.5%
of 1,11,714

Balrampur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.8% — fewer than 1,108 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MAHESHWAR DUTT SINGH
INC
25,41541.7%
2
LAT BUX SINGH
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
24,30739.9%
3
BABBAN SINGH
IND
8,20213.5%
4
PREM NARAIN TEWARI
1,6502.7%
5
PARAS RAM
Samyukta Socialist Party
1,3592.2%

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 (193rd), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.1% · min 1.8% · max 82.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
193rd of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.93
fewer partiesmore parties
5th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
122nd of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.93EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 41.7%BJS 39.9%IND 13.5%OTH 4.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
40,92,845
Density
684 / km²
Sex ratio
868 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,986 km²
SC population31.1%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.7%Muslim 13.6%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.3%
Electricity13.5%
Sanitation24.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births73.9%
Children fully vaccinated63.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.5%
Children underweight (under 5)33.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.7%
Women literate55.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.3%
Clean cooking fuel29.0%
Health insurance16.0%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️HandloomGI
🏛️

Large Dih covered with broken bricks & pottery crowned with a small ruined temple of the 10th…

🏛️MonumentASI

Large Dih covered with broken bricks & pottery crowned with a small ruined temple of the 10th century A.D, Kherwa & Kajhgaon.

🏛️

Memorial Cemetery, Madhoganj,Bilgram

🏛️MonumentASI

Memorial Cemetery,

🏛️

Well near the Dargah of Makhdum Shah,

🏛️MonumentASI

Well near the Dargah of Makhdum Shah,

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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