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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 66 · 1969

Shahjahanpur

Winner — 1969

UMA SHANKAR SHUKLA
BJS· Bharatiya Jana Sangh
BJS 39.3%INC 38.5%8 others 22.2%
Votes
22,757
39.3% share
Winning margin
463
0.8% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
54.8%
of 1,05,794

Shahjahanpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.8% — fewer than 463 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
UMA SHANKAR SHUKLA
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
22,75739.3%
2
MOHD. RAFI KHAN
INC
22,29438.5%
3
ASHOK KUMAR
3,1015.3%
4
JALIL KHAN
IND
3,0955.3%
5
WAHABUDDIN
IND
2,4104.2%
6
DAMODAR SWARUP VIDROHI
1,6002.8%
7
MOTI LAL
Swatantra Party
1,4872.6%
8
RAJENDRA KUMAR SHUKLA
MAP
9061.6%
9
ABRARHASAN KHAN
IND
1520.3%
10
NARENDRA KUMAR
Samyukta Socialist Party
1150.2%

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 (97th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.8% · min 0.8% · max 35.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
97th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.37
fewer partiesmore parties
341st of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
261st of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.37EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 39.3%INC 38.5%RPI 5.3%IND 5.3%OTH 11.5%

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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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