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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 223 · 1996

Chilkahar

Winner — 1996

CHHOTE LAL
BSP· BSP
BSP 30.8%BJP 28.9%15 others 40.3%
Votes
39,649
30.8% share
Winning margin
2,519
2.0% of votes
Total candidates
17
Turnout
57.2%
of 2,24,889

Chilkahar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 2.0% — fewer than 2,519 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

17 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHHOTE LAL
BSP
39,64930.8%
2
RAM IQBAL
BJP + allies
37,13028.9%
3
SANGRAM SINGH YADAV
United Front
25,43519.8%
4
RAM GOVIND CHAUDHARY
SJP(R)
16,19312.6%
5
SANATAN PANDEY
NLP
6,6285.2%
6
JANGBAHADUR KUSHWAHA
IND
9190.7%
7
KAMESHWAR
BHJS
4190.3%
8
KUBER
IND
3170.3%
9
NAND JI
IND
2900.2%
10
DAYA SHANKAR
IND
2850.2%
11
RAM BADAN YADAV
BSP(R)
2700.2%
12
LALITA PRASAD
IND
2500.2%
13
BODHIRAM
IND
2410.2%
14
MADAN
IND
2350.2%
15
SHIV SHANKAR
IND
1890.1%
16
RAMESHWAR
IND
1200.1%
17
AKHILESH
IND
1010.1%

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 (233rd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.4% · min 0.1% · max 30.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
233rd of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
359th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
270th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
424 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BSP 30.8%BJP 28.9%SP 19.8%SJP(R) 12.6%NLP 5.2%OTH 2.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
19,98,603
Density
398 / km²
Sex ratio
890 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,024 km²
SC population28.1%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
91%HINDU
Hindu 91.3%Muslim 7.4%Other 1.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water26.1%
Electricity51.2%
Sanitation41.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.9%
Children fully vaccinated44.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.9%
Children underweight (under 5)39.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.3%
Women literate69.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.1%
Clean cooking fuel51.9%
Health insurance11.4%

What's nearby?

6 locations
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Chhatari of Raja Gangadhar Rao and tank,

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Chhatari of Raja Gangadhar Rao and tank,

Jhansi Fort.

Jhansi Fort.

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Jhansi Fort.

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Memorial Cemetery, south of fort of Phuta Darwaza Road.

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Memorial Cemetery, south of fort of Phuta Darwaza Road.

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Monument of Major F.W. Pinkney, situated on the hillock near the premises of Messers Eduljee Boyce…

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Monument of Major F.W. Pinkney, situated on the hillock near the premises of Messers Eduljee Boyce & Co.

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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