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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 187 · 1980

Sahjanwa

Winner — 1980

KISHORI SHUKLA
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 36.2%JNP(SC) 36.2%9 others 27.6%
Votes
23,753
36.2% share
Winning margin
34
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
46.9%
of 1,39,862

Sahjanwa was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 34 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KISHORI SHUKLA
INC(I)
Congress (I)
23,75336.2%
2
SHARDA PRASAD RAWAT
JNP(SC)
23,71936.2%
3
MITHAI LAL GUPTA
4,2136.4%
4
BANSH BAHADUR SINGH
Jana Sangh → BJP
4,0666.2%
5
SHITAL PANDEY ALIAS KEHSAV
JNP(JP)
3,0474.7%
6
SHYAMA NAND BATTA
IND
2,4653.8%
7
JAGANNATH PRASAD
SSD
1,2581.9%
8
YOGENDRA
IND
1,0971.7%
9
TEJ BAHADUR SINGH
JNP(SR)
1,0751.6%
10
RADHE SHYAM
IND
5490.8%
11
SANT KUMAR YADAV
IND
3460.5%

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 (322nd), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.3% · min 0.1% · max 21.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
56%
lowerhigher
322nd of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.26
fewer partiesmore parties
40th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
113th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.26EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 36.2%JNP(SC) 36.2%INC(U) 6.4%BJP 6.2%OTH 15.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
37,97,117
Density
856 / km²
Sex ratio
983 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,436 km²
SC population22.4%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 82.2%Muslim 17.1%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.7%
Electricity37.2%
Sanitation16.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated80.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.4%
Children underweight (under 5)28.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.2%
Women literate71.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.9%
Clean cooking fuel33.7%
Health insurance20.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Food Processing🏺Iron and Steel Fabrication🏺Moonj products

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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