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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 320 · 1985

Naraini

Winner — 1985

SHRENDER PAL VERMA
CPI· Left
CPI 40.6%INC 39.3%12 others 20.2%
Votes
22,845
40.6% share
Winning margin
717
1.3% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
36.4%
of 1,54,798

Naraini was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.3% — fewer than 717 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHRENDER PAL VERMA
Left
22,84540.6%
2
KANTA DEV
INC
22,12839.3%
3
SHRIDHAR SHUKLA
BJP
3,8936.9%
4
RAM LAKHAN
Lok Dal
1,4892.6%
5
KUWAR PRASAD AKALA
ICJ
1,0641.9%
6
SHARVAN KUMAR
IND
9971.8%
7
PHOOL CHANDER
IND
8081.4%
8
RAM CHANDER
IND
5741.0%
9
SAKET BIHARI
IND
5681.0%
10
MAN MOHAN
IND
5561.0%
11
RAM SWAROOP
Janata
4240.8%
12
MANGAL PRASAD
3960.7%
13
KHALIL KHAN
IND
3350.6%
14
RAM AUWOTAR
IND
2530.5%

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 (272nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.7% · min 1.3% · max 21.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
272nd of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
347th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
283rd of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 40.6%INC 39.3%BJP 6.9%OTH 13.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,40,895
Density
1337 / km²
Sex ratio
950 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,321 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.3%Muslim 9.1%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water34.3%
Electricity42.7%
Sanitation30.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.6%
Children fully vaccinated67.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Children underweight (under 5)33.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.9%
Women literate68.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER14.6%
Clean cooking fuel66.8%
Health insurance17.9%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Gorakhpur TerracottaGI🏺Readymade Garments
🏛️

Large and high mound, the ruins of the ancient Domangarh

🏛️MonumentASI

Large and high mound, the ruins of the ancient Domangarh

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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