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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 396 · 1980

Meerut Cantonment

Winner — 1980

AJIT SINGH SETHI
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 49.4%BJP 17.7%15 others 32.8%
Votes
26,857
49.5% share
Winning margin
17,231
31.7% of votes
Total candidates
17
Turnout
40.4%
of 1,34,517

Meerut Cantonment is a safe seat — AJIT SINGH SETHI won by 31.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

17 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AJIT SINGH SETHI
INC(I)
Congress (I)
26,85749.5%
2
MULAKHRAJ KHANNA
BJP
9,62617.7%
3
MAHAVIR PRASHAD JAIN
IND
8,25915.2%
4
DESHRAJ
JNP(SC)
6,51512.0%
5
SHEORAJ SINGH
IND
5301.0%
6
NAGIN CHAND
IND
5080.9%
7
OMPAL SHARMA
IND
4750.9%
8
BASANT LAL
IND
3220.6%
9
GURJIT SINGH
IND
2220.4%
10
DEVRAJ SHARMA
IND
2070.4%
11
MASHI TULLA
IND
1720.3%
12
ASHOK KUMAR
IND
1440.3%
13
KUBER SINGH
IND
1250.2%
14
YESH PAL
IND
1090.2%
15
GHAMANDI SINGH
IND
1030.2%
16
MASROOR AHMED
770.1%
17
AJIT SINGH
IND
640.1%

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.

Low turnout (342nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
31.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.7% · min 0.9% · max 31.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
55%
lowerhigher
342nd of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
293rd of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
125th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 49.5%BJP 17.7%IND 15.2%JNP(SC) 12.0%OTH 5.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
24,96,970
Density
567 / km²
Sex ratio
903 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,405 km²
SC population26.5%
ST population0.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.8%Muslim 7.8%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water11.3%
Electricity37.4%
Sanitation26.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.1%
Children fully vaccinated68.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.4%
Children underweight (under 5)27.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.1%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.6%
Clean cooking fuel42.5%
Health insurance15.0%

What's nearby?

5 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Carpets🏺Metal Industry (Brass)
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A Life sized female figure known as Sankata Devi

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A Life sized female figure known as Sankata Devi

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Fragments of sculptures

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Fragments of sculptures

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Kshasthi Devi

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Kshasthi Devi

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Mound known as Sangram Sahi ki Pahari

🏛️MonumentASI

Mound known as Sangram Sahi ki Pahari

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Remains of a temple on an island

🏛️MonumentASI

Remains of a temple on an island

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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