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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 205 · 1980

Salempur

Winner — 1980

DURGA PRASAD MISRA
BJP· BJP
BJP 17.5%JNP(JP) 15.9%9 others 66.6%
Votes
13,039
17.5% share
Winning margin
1,190
1.6% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
46.0%
of 1,62,086

Salempur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.6% — fewer than 1,190 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DURGA PRASAD MISRA
BJP
13,03917.5%
2
HARIKEWAL
JNP(JP)
11,84915.9%
3
SURESH YADAVA
JNP(SC)
11,44215.3%
4
AWADHESH PRATAP
IND
9,29612.5%
5
SHRI KANT
INC(I)
Congress (I)
9,07312.2%
6
BIRJA NAND SINGH
6,0148.1%
7
ALLAUDDIN
JNP(SR)
5,9508.0%
8
AWADHESH
Left
3,9295.3%
9
RAM ADHAR
IND
2,9814.0%
10
AGARDI
IND
7411.0%
11
MOHAN YADAV
IND
2580.3%

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 (189th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.8% · min 0.5% · max 30.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
189th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.72
fewer partiesmore parties
216th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
184th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.72EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 17.5%JNP(JP) 15.9%JNP(SC) 15.3%IND 12.5%INC(I) 12.2%INC(U) 8.1%OTH 18.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,96,184
Density
595 / km²
Sex ratio
865 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,021 km²
SC population25.6%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 89.8%Muslim 9.8%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water16.2%
Electricity15.1%
Sanitation27.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births84.3%
Children fully vaccinated56.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.1%
Children underweight (under 5)32.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.9%
Women literate70.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER12.7%
Clean cooking fuel39.3%
Health insurance17.9%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Fragment of a pillar,

🏛️MonumentASI

Fragment of a pillar,

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Mound & the ancient pillar in a modern domed chamber together with the stone cock lying in front of…

🏛️MonumentASI

Mound & the ancient pillar in a modern domed chamber together with the stone cock lying in front of it,

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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