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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 168 · 1974

Basti

Winner — 1974

SHYAMA DEVI
INC· Congress (R)
INC 37.3%BKD 23.0%9 others 39.7%
Votes
25,296
37.3% share
Winning margin
9,710
14.3% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
59.0%
of 1,15,032

A clear win with a 14.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHYAMA DEVI
Congress (R)
25,29637.3%
2
RAJA RAM
Grand Alliance
15,58623.0%
3
JAGDAMBA PRASAD
Grand Alliance
13,79820.3%
4
VIRENDRA PRATAP SHAHI
IND
5,7408.5%
5
MOHAMMAD RAFI SIDDIQI
IND
2,2003.2%
6
RAJENDRA KISHORI
2,0433.0%
7
SAKHAWAT
IND
9041.3%
8
KRISHNA BHAGWAN
Grand Alliance
8471.3%
9
RAM PIYARE
IND
7601.1%
10
KAMAL AHMAD KHAN
IND
3800.6%
11
SANKATA PRASAD SRIVASTAVA
2780.4%

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.

High turnout (66th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
14.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.1% · min 1.1% · max 27.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
66th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.67
fewer partiesmore parties
238th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
214th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
424 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.67EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 37.3%BKD 23.0%BJS 20.3%IND 8.5%OTH 10.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
45,89,838
Density
1816 / km²
Sex ratio
917 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,528 km²
SC population20.7%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.1%Muslim 21.5%Other 1.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water52.0%
Electricity70.8%
Sanitation65.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.3%
Children fully vaccinated68.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.1%
Children underweight (under 5)25.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.8%
Women literate78.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER9.9%
Clean cooking fuel78.3%
Health insurance15.8%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lucknow Chikan Craft & Lucknow 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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