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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 147 · 1980
Fakharpur
Winner — 1980
RAM HARSH MISRA
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 41.8%BJP 41.1%5 others 17.1%
Votes
17,111
41.8% share
Winning margin
273
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
29.7%
of 1,37,968
Fakharpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 273 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAM HARSH MISRA |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 17,111 | 41.8% |
| 2 | SHAKUNTALA NAYAR | BJP | 16,838 | 41.1% |
| 3 | SHAKTI NATH SINGH | JNP(SC) | 2,881 | 7.0% |
| 4 | SHEO KUMAR SINGH | IND | 1,677 | 4.1% |
| 5 | BECHU BABU LAL | IND | 1,461 | 3.6% |
| 6 | BRIJ KISHORE TIWARI | 581 | 1.4% | |
| 7 | SOORYA KUMAR SINGH | JNP(JP) | 398 | 1.0% |
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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 (46th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.6% · min 0.1% · max 56.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
46th of 403How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.46
fewer partiesmore parties
307th of 403How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
131st of 403Where does the house stand?
SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 41.8%BJP 41.1%JNP(SC) 7.0%OTH 10.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,83,992
Density
781 / km²
Sex ratio
888 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,743 km²
SC population32.3%
ST population0.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
79%HINDU
Hindu 79.3%Muslim 19.9%Other 0.8%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water29.0%
Electricity12.9%
Sanitation18.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births84.8%
Children fully vaccinated65.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.8%
Children underweight (under 5)37.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.3%
Women literate53.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.8%
Clean cooking fuel31.5%
Health insurance23.2%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Carpets (Dari)
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.