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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 295 · 1980Reserved (SC)

Bhognipur

Winner — 1980

GANGA SAGAR SANKHWAR
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 43.3%IND 22.6%9 others 34.2%
Votes
25,433
43.3% share
Winning margin
12,178
20.7% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
42.1%
of 1,39,709

Bhognipur is a safe seat — GANGA SAGAR SANKHWAR won by 20.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GANGA SAGAR SANKHWAR
INC(I)
Congress (I)
25,43343.3%
2
KESHARI LAL
IND
13,25522.6%
3
MAUGI LAL KUREEL
JNP(SC)
7,91913.5%
4
RAM BADAN KAUL
IND
4,5487.7%
5
GANGA RAM KISHORE
BJP
3,2625.5%
6
LAL CHAND
1,3672.3%
7
HARI SHANKER SONKAR
IND
8831.5%
8
HARI NATH
IND
6761.1%
9
SURESH
IND
6341.1%
10
PURAN LAL
IND
4810.8%
11
DAYA RAM SANKHWAR
JNP(JP)
2970.5%

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 (264th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
20.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.6% · min 1.1% · max 50.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
264th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.45
fewer partiesmore parties
312th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
78th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.45EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 43.3%IND 22.6%JNP(SC) 13.5%IND 7.7%BJP 5.5%OTH 7.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,33,919
Density
858 / km²
Sex ratio
922 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,003 km²
SC population15.5%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
80%HINDU
Hindu 79.8%Muslim 19.8%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water35.1%
Electricity19.4%
Sanitation12.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births81.8%
Children fully vaccinated59.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.9%
Children underweight (under 5)28.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.3%
Women literate57.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.4%
Clean cooking fuel56.2%
Health insurance13.4%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Food Processing (Pulses)
🏛️

A mound, Pachran, Tehsil – Gonda

🏛️MonumentASI

A mound

🏛️

Mound covered with bricks with the ruins of the temple of Asokanath Mahadeva.

🏛️MonumentASI

Mound covered with bricks with the ruins of the temple of Asokanath Mahadeva.

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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