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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 10 · 1996

Almora

Winner — 1996

RAGHUNATH SINGH CHAUHAN
BJP· BJP
BJP 50.1%INC 30.0%6 others 19.9%
Votes
41,739
50.1% share
Winning margin
16,729
20.1% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
41.5%
of 2,00,458

Almora is a safe seat — RAGHUNATH SINGH CHAUHAN won by 20.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAGHUNATH SINGH CHAUHAN
BJP
41,73950.1%
2
GOVIND SINGH KUNJWAL
INC
25,01030.0%
3
BIPIN CHANDRA TRIPATHI
UKKD
8,0629.7%
4
NARAYAN SINGH BHAKUNI
AIIC(T)
5,8197.0%
5
CHANDRA SEKHAR BHATT
CPI(ML)(L)
9471.1%
6
HARBANS BHARTI
IND
7160.9%
7
YASWANT SINGH
IND
6740.8%
8
NITYANAND JOSHI
IND
3220.4%

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 (55th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
20.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.8% · min 2.2% · max 29.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
55th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.24
fewer partiesmore parties
375th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
372nd of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
424 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.24EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 50.1%INC 30.0%UKKD 9.7%AIIC(T) 7.0%OTH 3.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
41,43,512
Density
1034 / km²
Sex ratio
889 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,008 km²
SC population13.6%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
58%HINDU
Hindu 57.5%Muslim 41.3%Other 1.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water29.8%
Electricity54.0%
Sanitation66.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated69.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.8%
Children underweight (under 5)29.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.0%
Women literate72.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.3%
Clean cooking fuel59.8%
Health insurance8.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️JaggeryGI🏺Rim and Axle and Iron Work

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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