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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 187 · 1996

Sahjanwa

Winner — 1996

TARKESHWAR PRASAD SHUKLA
BJP· BJP
BJP 29.2%BSP 28.2%11 others 42.6%
Votes
35,909
29.2% share
Winning margin
1,218
1.0% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
54.5%
of 2,25,684

Sahjanwa was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.0% — fewer than 1,218 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
TARKESHWAR PRASAD SHUKLA
BJP
35,90929.2%
2
DEO NARAIN URF G.M. SINGH
BSP
34,69128.2%
3
PRABHA RAWAT
United Front
26,65121.7%
4
ASHTBHUJA PRASAD TRIPATHI
IND
10,6018.6%
5
DIWAKAR SINGH
IND
5,5724.5%
6
PRADEEP
IND
2,0041.6%
7
KODAI NISHAD
IND
1,8221.5%
8
RADHEY SHYAM
JP
1,4561.2%
9
SHYAM DEO NISHAD
BHJS
1,3961.1%
10
RANJEET BAHADUR
IND
1,2431.0%
11
VIJAI NARAIN SINGH
QJD
7900.6%
12
PREM KUMAR VERMA
BKD(J)
7040.6%
13
RAJENDRA RAI
IND
1340.1%

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 (322nd), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.3% · min 0.1% · max 21.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
56%
lowerhigher
322nd of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.26
fewer partiesmore parties
40th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
113th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
424 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.26EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 29.2%BSP 28.2%SP 21.7%IND 8.6%OTH 12.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
37,97,117
Density
856 / km²
Sex ratio
983 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,436 km²
SC population22.4%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 82.2%Muslim 17.1%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.7%
Electricity37.2%
Sanitation16.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated80.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.4%
Children underweight (under 5)28.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.2%
Women literate71.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.9%
Clean cooking fuel33.7%
Health insurance20.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Food Processing🏺Iron and Steel Fabrication🏺Moonj products

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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