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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 338 · 1985

Karhal

Winner — 1985

BABU RAM YADAV
LKD· Lok Dal
LKD 59.1%INC 36.2%8 others 4.7%
Votes
49,087
59.1% share
Winning margin
19,027
22.9% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
54.9%
of 1,51,168

Karhal is a safe seat — BABU RAM YADAV won by 22.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BABU RAM YADAV
Lok Dal
49,08759.1%
2
SHEOMANGAL SINGH
INC
30,06036.2%
3
HARI RAM SHAKYA
BJP
1,1371.4%
4
TIKA RAM
IND
8451.0%
5
DEVEND
Janata
5670.7%
6
PANCHAM SINGH
4450.5%
7
RADHE LAL
IND
4420.5%
8
SHANTI DEVI
IND
2210.3%
9
GENDA LAL JATAV
IND
1720.2%
10
BARE LAL
IND
810.1%

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.

Average turnout (238th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
22.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.2% · min 0.7% · max 29.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
238th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.85
fewer partiesmore parties
164th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
315th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.85EFFECTIVE PARTIES
LKD 59.1%INC 36.2%OTH 4.7%

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?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Decorative Products,🏺Embroidery and Weaving (Knitting) Products🏺Readymade Garments
🏛️

Mound apparently the remains of Buddhist stupa

🏛️MonumentASI

Mound apparently the remains of Buddhist stupa

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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