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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 229 · 1996

Zahoorabad

Winner — 1996

GANESH
BJP· BJP
BJP 34.6%SP 33.0%13 others 32.4%
Votes
51,895
34.6% share
Winning margin
2,356
1.6% of votes
Total candidates
15
Turnout
59.9%
of 2,50,582

Zahoorabad was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.6% — fewer than 2,356 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

15 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GANESH
BJP
51,89534.6%
2
SHIV PUJAN
United Front
49,53933.0%
3
SURENDRA SINGH
BSP
38,07125.4%
4
SHRIRAM
IND
3,7442.5%
5
ROOP CHANDRA
IND
2,0641.4%
6
RAMA SHANKAR
ABAS
1,1980.8%
7
DEO NATH
6020.4%
8
SUDAMA
BHJS
5800.4%
9
GULAM KADIR
IND
4530.3%
10
KANHIYA
BSP(R)
4490.3%
11
DEENA NATH
CPI(ML)(L)
3680.3%
12
HARI LAL
IND
2950.2%
13
AMIT
ABBP
2940.2%
14
KAPIL DEO CHAUHAN
SSD
2840.2%
15
ASHOK
IND
2130.1%

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 (109th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.7% · min 0.6% · max 43.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
109th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.58
fewer partiesmore parties
270th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.6%
lowerhigher
6th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
424 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.58EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 34.6%SP 33.0%BSP 25.4%OTH 7.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
11,04,285
Density
275 / km²
Sex ratio
861 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,021 km²
SC population21.8%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
91%HINDU
Hindu 91.5%Muslim 8.3%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.3%
Electricity26.7%
Sanitation32.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.3%
Children fully vaccinated77.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.0%
Children underweight (under 5)36.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.1%
Women literate69.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.5%
Clean cooking fuel29.0%
Health insurance21.9%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Shoes
🏛️

Certain mounds covered with broken statues and sculptures,

🏛️MonumentASI

Certain mounds covered with broken statues and sculptures,

🏛️

Closed British Cemetery,

🏛️MonumentASI

Closed British Cemetery,

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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