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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 259 · 1980

Machhlishahr

Winner — 1980

KESHRI PRASAD
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 28.6%JNP(SC) 28.4%9 others 43.0%
Votes
17,238
28.6% share
Winning margin
110
0.2% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
46.5%
of 1,29,695

Machhlishahr was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.2% — fewer than 110 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KESHRI PRASAD
INC(I)
Congress (I)
17,23828.6%
2
BINDRA PRASAD
JNP(SC)
17,12828.4%
3
SAMAR BAHADUR
BJP
7,36912.2%
4
SITARAM
Left
6,87511.4%
5
CHOTE LAL SAROJ
IND
3,3465.5%
6
MEHANDI JAFRI
JNP(SR)
3,3155.5%
7
MUMTAJ
1,5222.5%
8
CHANDRA KESH PANDEY
IND
1,4572.4%
9
ANJANI NANDAN
IND
9241.5%
10
MATASHANKAR
IND
6631.1%
11
HARILAL
JNP(JP)
5050.8%

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 (304th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
0.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 5.4% · min 0.2% · max 19.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
57%
lowerhigher
304th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.82
fewer partiesmore parties
174th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
67th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.82EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 28.6%JNP(SC) 28.4%BJP 12.2%CPI 11.4%IND 5.5%JNP(SR) 5.5%OTH 8.4%

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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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