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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 373 · 1974

Aligarh

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Winner — 1974

INDRA PAL SINGH
BJS· Grand Alliance
BJS 36.7%INC 35.8%9 others 27.4%
Votes
25,756
36.7% share
Winning margin
619
0.9% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
71.2%
of 98,567

Aligarh was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.9% — fewer than 619 votes separated winner from runner-up.

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All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
INDRA PAL SINGH
BJS
Grand Alliance
25,75636.7%
2
KHWAHAMOHD. HALEEM
INC
Congress (R)
25,13735.9%
3
AHSAN AHMAD
BKD
Grand Alliance
9,99214.3%
4
MOHD. FARAHIN
MUL
6,6939.5%
5
SAHAR BANO
RPK
9971.4%
6
AMAR NATH
IND
5660.8%
7
MOHD. FARUKH QURASHI
IND
2890.4%
8
AZIZ AHMAD SIDDIQUI
NCO
2390.3%
9
ABDUL MATIN
IND
2260.3%
10
HAR PRASAD NIDAR
IND
1690.2%
11
KANCHAN SINGH DAS
RPI
620.1%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (200th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
0.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 6.2% · min 0.9% · max 21.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
200th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.03
fewer partiesmore parties
96th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
220th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
424 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.03EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 36.7%INC 35.9%BKD 14.3%MUL 9.5%OTH 3.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
36,20,268
Density
1072 / km²
Sex ratio
952 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,377 km²
SC population20.1%
ST population0.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.3%Muslim 10.2%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water11.2%
Electricity20.1%
Sanitation22.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births88.3%
Children fully vaccinated60.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.3%
Children underweight (under 5)38.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.7%
Women literate72.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.5%
Clean cooking fuel39.3%
Health insurance10.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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