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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 179 · 1974Reserved (SC)

Banisgaon

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Winner — 1974

MAHABIR PRASAD
INC· Congress (R)
INC 48.0%BKD 18.3%9 others 33.7%
Votes
21,427
48.0% share
Winning margin
13,270
29.8% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
36.8%
of 1,21,153

Banisgaon is a safe seat — MAHABIR PRASAD won by 29.8%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MAHABIR PRASAD
INC
Congress (R)
21,42748.0%
2
BABU LAL
BKD
Grand Alliance
8,15718.3%
3
BRIJ LAL
BJS
Grand Alliance
7,94717.8%
4
RAM DEO
IND
1,5893.6%
5
YASHODA
NCO
1,3463.0%
6
RAM NATH
SWA
Grand Alliance
1,2342.8%
7
BANSH RAJ
HMS
1,1352.5%
8
HARI PRASAD
IND
5241.2%
9
NARPATI
SSD
5161.2%
10
MITHAI
IND
4831.1%
11
MOLAI
SOP
2440.6%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (137th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
29.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.3% · min 0.6% · max 39.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
137th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.72
fewer partiesmore parties
215th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
25th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
424 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.72EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 48.0%BKD 18.3%BJS 17.8%OTH 15.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,05,559
Density
739 / km²
Sex ratio
943 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,609 km²
SC population30.3%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.4%Muslim 12.1%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water20.5%
Electricity40.3%
Sanitation18.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.5%
Children fully vaccinated71.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.0%
Children underweight (under 5)28.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.2%
Women literate62.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER14.3%
Clean cooking fuel39.4%
Health insurance16.8%

What's nearby?

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