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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 12 · 1980
Ranikhet
Winner — 1980
JASWANT SINGH BIST
IND
IND 34.5%INC(I) 33.7%6 others 31.8%
Votes
10,089
34.5% share
Winning margin
251
0.9% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
21.1%
of 1,38,503
Ranikhet was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.9% — fewer than 251 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JASWANT SINGH BIST | IND | 10,089 | 34.5% |
| 2 | PURAN SINGH MAHRA |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 9,838 | 33.6% |
| 3 | PRAMOD CHANDRA PANDEY | BJP | 6,053 | 20.7% |
| 4 | PRATAP SINGH | 1,582 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | RAM LAL VIDYARTHI | 562 | 1.9% | |
| 6 | DAYAKRISHNA JOSHI | IND | 435 | 1.5% |
| 7 | NANDA BALLABH PADALIYA | IND | 364 | 1.3% |
| 8 | DIWAN SINGH BHANDARI | IND | 312 | 1.1% |
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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.
High turnout (65th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean0.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.6% · min 0.9% · max 43.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
67%
lowerhigher
65th of 403How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.66
fewer partiesmore parties
240th of 403How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
363rd of 403Where does the house stand?
SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.66EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 34.5%INC(I) 33.6%BJP 20.7%INC(U) 5.4%OTH 5.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
41,43,512
Density
1034 / km²
Sex ratio
889 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,008 km²
SC population13.6%
ST population0.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
58%HINDU
Hindu 57.5%Muslim 41.3%Other 1.2%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water29.8%
Electricity54.0%
Sanitation66.0%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated69.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.8%
Children underweight (under 5)29.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.0%
Women literate72.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.3%
Clean cooking fuel59.8%
Health insurance8.2%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️JaggeryGI🏺Rim and Axle and Iron Work
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.