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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 396 · 1977

Meerut Cantonment

Winner — 1977

AJIT SINGH
INC· INC
INC 48.5%JNP 46.3%12 others 5.2%
Votes
29,659
48.5% share
Winning margin
1,331
2.2% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
53.6%
of 1,14,076

A closely fought contest. AJIT SINGH won with a 2.2% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AJIT SINGH
INC
29,65948.5%
2
RATAN LAL GARG
Janata
28,32846.3%
3
JAGAN NATH
IND
9731.6%
4
VIJAY SINGH
IND
6251.0%
5
PRAKASH CHANDER
IND
3690.6%
6
YASHPAL
IND
3620.6%
7
OM PRAKASH UPADHYAYA
IND
1750.3%
8
MAHMOOD KHAN
IND
1510.3%
9
KAMTA PRASAD
IND
1380.2%
10
JALALUDDIN
IND
1290.2%
11
RAJ PAL SINGH
IND
1280.2%
12
SHESH DUTT SHARMA
IND
790.1%
13
TIRATH SINGH
IND
420.1%
14
JASWANT KUMAR AGGARWAL
IND
340.1%

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.

Low turnout (342nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
2.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.7% · min 0.9% · max 31.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
55%
lowerhigher
342nd of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
293rd of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
125th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 48.5%JNP 46.3%OTH 5.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
24,96,970
Density
567 / km²
Sex ratio
903 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,405 km²
SC population26.5%
ST population0.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.8%Muslim 7.8%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water11.3%
Electricity37.4%
Sanitation26.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.1%
Children fully vaccinated68.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.4%
Children underweight (under 5)27.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.1%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.6%
Clean cooking fuel42.5%
Health insurance15.0%

What's nearby?

5 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Carpets🏺Metal Industry (Brass)
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A Life sized female figure known as Sankata Devi

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A Life sized female figure known as Sankata Devi

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Fragments of sculptures

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Fragments of sculptures

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Kshasthi Devi

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Kshasthi Devi

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Mound known as Sangram Sahi ki Pahari

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Mound known as Sangram Sahi ki Pahari

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Remains of a temple on an island

🏛️MonumentASI

Remains of a temple on an island

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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