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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 79 · 1974

Sitapur

Winner — 1974

SHYAM KISHOR
INC· Congress (R)
INC 50.5%BJS 37.4%7 others 12.1%
Votes
27,251
50.5% share
Winning margin
7,075
13.1% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
51.2%
of 1,05,245

A clear win with a 13.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHYAM KISHOR
Congress (R)
27,25150.5%
2
SHARDA NAND
Grand Alliance
20,17637.4%
3
MATHRA PRASAD RATHORE
IND
1,8373.4%
4
ZAHID HUSSAIN
Grand Alliance
1,5552.9%
5
LAXMAN DAS
1,3702.5%
6
KRISHNA CHANDRA
Grand Alliance
7911.5%
7
CHANDRIKA PRASAD SINHA
IND
5020.9%
8
PREM CHANDRA AGARWAL
LTD
3530.7%
9
SANKTHA PRASAD
IND
960.2%

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 (113th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
13.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.2% · min 1.4% · max 24.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
113th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.70
fewer partiesmore parties
220th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
359th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
424 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.70EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 50.5%BJS 37.4%OTH 12.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
15,64,708
Density
850 / km²
Sex ratio
871 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,840 km²
SC population24.8%
ST population0.0%

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 water20.8%
Electricity51.8%
Sanitation28.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.3%
Children fully vaccinated71.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.1%
Children underweight (under 5)24.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.2%
Women literate65.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.1%
Clean cooking fuel46.5%
Health insurance10.9%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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