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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 254 · 1980

Jaunpur

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Winner — 1980

KAMLA PRASAD SINGH
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 45.9%JNP(SC) 32.4%8 others 21.7%
Votes
30,614
45.9% share
Winning margin
9,019
13.5% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
48.7%
of 1,36,955

A clear win with a 13.5% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KAMLA PRASAD SINGH
INC(I)
Congress (I)
30,61445.9%
2
LAL CHAND
JNP(SC)
21,59532.4%
3
DAYA SHANKAR
BJP
BJP
5,6138.4%
4
HANIF
CPI
Left
5,0247.5%
5
RAM DHARI
IND
1,6712.5%
6
RAM PRASAD
IND
4860.7%
7
RAJAI
IND
4770.7%
8
SUHEL AHMED
JNP(SR)
4010.6%
9
CHANDRA KUMAR SRIVASTAVA
IND
4000.6%
10
TRIBHUWAN
IND
3740.6%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (296th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
13.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.4% · min 0.4% · max 27.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
57%
lowerhigher
296th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.96
fewer partiesmore parties
129th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.2%
lowerhigher
399th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.96EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 45.9%JNP(SC) 32.4%BJP 8.4%CPI 7.5%OTH 5.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
59,54,391
Density
1086 / km²
Sex ratio
901 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,482 km²
SC population22.0%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.7%Muslim 13.4%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water28.1%
Electricity43.6%
Sanitation31.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.2%
Children fully vaccinated55.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.9%
Children underweight (under 5)32.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.4%
Women literate67.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.8%
Clean cooking fuel45.1%
Health insurance20.6%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Extensive mound called HatgauhaDih

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Extensive mound called HatgauhaDih

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Large mound called Surya Bhita

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Large mound called Surya Bhita

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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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