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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 339 · 1980

Shikohabad

Winner — 1980

JAGDISH SINGH
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 30.3%JNP(SC) 29.2%7 others 40.4%
Votes
16,397
30.3% share
Winning margin
588
1.1% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
40.6%
of 1,33,030

Shikohabad was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.1% — fewer than 588 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAGDISH SINGH
INC(I)
Congress (I)
16,39730.3%
2
GANGA SAHAI YADAV
JNP(SC)
15,80929.3%
3
J. S. YADAV
JNP(SR)
7,56714.0%
4
PADAM SINGH BAGHEL
6,36711.8%
5
SHYAM BEHARI
IND
4,5168.3%
6
GANGA SINGH KUSHWAH
IND
1,1352.1%
7
GOPA YADAV
BJP
1,1322.1%
8
VIJAI BAHADUR SINGH
IND
6131.1%
9
NEPAL SINGH
IND
5171.0%

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 (290th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.3% · min 1.1% · max 41.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
290th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.86
fewer partiesmore parties
160th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
165th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.86EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 30.3%JNP(SC) 29.3%JNP(SR) 14.0%INC(U) 11.8%IND 8.3%OTH 6.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
31,00,946
Density
1221 / km²
Sex ratio
1017 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,540 km²
SC population15.1%
ST population3.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.1%Muslim 11.6%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water23.2%
Electricity31.7%
Sanitation21.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.4%
Children fully vaccinated64.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.8%
Children underweight (under 5)39.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.8%
Women literate71.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.7%
Clean cooking fuel67.2%
Health insurance10.5%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Decorative Products,🏺Embroidery and Weaving (Knitting) Products🏺Readymade Garments
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Ancient site, Khukhundu&Sajhwar

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient site

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Long low mound of ruins

🏛️MonumentASI

Long low mound of ruins

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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