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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 129 · 1996

Katehari

Winner — 1996

DHARMRAJ NISHAD
BSP· BSP
BSP 35.4%BJP 31.6%9 others 33.0%
Votes
53,212
35.4% share
Winning margin
5,764
3.8% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
59.9%
of 2,50,975

A closely fought contest. DHARMRAJ NISHAD won with a 3.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DHARMRAJ NISHAD
BSP
53,21235.4%
2
ANIL KUMAR TEWARI
BJP
47,44831.6%
3
RAM DEO PATEL
United Front
42,95028.6%
4
JAI PRAKASH PATEL
AD
1,9361.3%
5
RAM PRAKASH SINGH
SJP(R)
1,6001.1%
6
SABHA JEET VERMA
IND
7710.5%
7
GIRJA PRASAD
NLP
6850.5%
8
DILEEP KUMAR VIMAL
IND
4890.3%
9
SATI RAM
BHJS
4210.3%
10
SHRI RAM AMBESH
CPI(ML)(L)
3850.3%
11
RAM NEWAL
IND
3020.2%

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 (25th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
3.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.6% · min 0.3% · max 35.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
70%
lowerhigher
25th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.40
fewer partiesmore parties
332nd of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
245th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
424 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.40EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BSP 35.4%BJP 31.6%SP 28.6%OTH 4.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,31,007
Density
551 / km²
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,686 km²
SC population16.4%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
71%HINDU
Hindu 71.3%Muslim 24.1%Other 4.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water27.1%
Electricity23.0%
Sanitation44.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births76.2%
Children fully vaccinated92.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.9%
Children underweight (under 5)39.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.0%
Women literate54.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.2%
Clean cooking fuel48.1%
Health insurance21.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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