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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 152 · 1985

Bahraich

Winner — 1985

MAHARAN NATH KAUL
INC· INC
INC 43.3%BJP 18.1%12 others 38.6%
Votes
19,990
43.3% share
Winning margin
11,654
25.2% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
31.2%
of 1,47,907

Bahraich is a safe seat — MAHARAN NATH KAUL won by 25.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MAHARAN NATH KAUL
INC
19,99043.3%
2
HARI NARAIN ALIAS RAJJOO BHAIYA
BJP
8,33618.1%
3
RADHEY SHYAM KHANNA
Janata
6,63414.4%
4
KAMAR AHMAD ANSARI
Left
3,0536.6%
5
ANWAR AZIZ
Lok Dal
2,9036.3%
6
RAFIQ AHMAD
IND
1,4703.2%
7
NAND KUMAR
1,0042.2%
8
YOGESH CHANDRA
IND
9172.0%
9
SATTAR
IND
6681.4%
10
NARESH KUMAR
IND
3460.8%
11
SURESH SHARMA
IND
3060.7%
12
LUKMAN
IND
2980.7%
13
RUSTAM ALI SAIDA BHARTIYA
IND
1410.3%
14
MOBIN AHMAD
IND
1040.2%

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.

High turnout (39th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
25.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.0% · min 0.5% · max 25.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
39th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.75
fewer partiesmore parties
203rd of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
192nd of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.75EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 43.3%BJP 18.1%JNP 14.4%CPI 6.6%LKD 6.3%OTH 11.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,83,992
Density
781 / km²
Sex ratio
888 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,743 km²
SC population32.3%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
79%HINDU
Hindu 79.3%Muslim 19.9%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water29.0%
Electricity12.9%
Sanitation18.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births84.8%
Children fully vaccinated65.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.8%
Children underweight (under 5)37.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.3%
Women literate53.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.8%
Clean cooking fuel31.5%
Health insurance23.2%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Carpets (Dari)
🏛️

Brick mound locally called Bhankargarh,

🏛️MonumentASI

Brick mound locally called Bhankargarh,

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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