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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 159 · 1978 by-elections

Mankapur

Winner — 1978 by-elections

C.C.LAL
INC(I)
INC(I) 51.9%JNP 35.9%6 others 12.2%
Votes
25,490
51.9% share
Winning margin
7,888
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
8

Mankapur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 7,888 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
C.C.LAL
INC(I)
25,4900.0%
2
S.NATH
17,6020.0%
3
R.RAJ
1,5480.0%
4
LALLE
IND
1,1890.0%
5
P.LAL
IND
1,0390.0%
6
GURBACHAN
IND
9590.0%
7
JAGRUP
IND
8020.0%
8
D.DULCHARANNATH
IND
4490.0%

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 (193rd), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.1% · min 1.8% · max 82.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
193rd of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.93
fewer partiesmore parties
5th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
122nd of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
2 seats · 2 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
DOESN'T APPLY

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
40,92,845
Density
684 / km²
Sex ratio
868 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,986 km²
SC population31.1%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.7%Muslim 13.6%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.3%
Electricity13.5%
Sanitation24.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births73.9%
Children fully vaccinated63.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.5%
Children underweight (under 5)33.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.7%
Women literate55.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.3%
Clean cooking fuel29.0%
Health insurance16.0%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️HandloomGI
🏛️

Large Dih covered with broken bricks & pottery crowned with a small ruined temple of the 10th…

🏛️MonumentASI

Large Dih covered with broken bricks & pottery crowned with a small ruined temple of the 10th century A.D, Kherwa & Kajhgaon.

🏛️

Memorial Cemetery, Madhoganj,Bilgram

🏛️MonumentASI

Memorial Cemetery,

🏛️

Well near the Dargah of Makhdum Shah,

🏛️MonumentASI

Well near the Dargah of Makhdum Shah,

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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