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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 259 · 1996

Machhlishahr

Winner — 1996

JWALA PRASAD YADAV
SP· United Front
SP 33.0%BJP 31.7%8 others 35.3%
Votes
43,218
33.0% share
Winning margin
1,703
1.3% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
54.7%
of 2,39,407

Machhlishahr was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.3% — fewer than 1,703 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JWALA PRASAD YADAV
United Front
43,21833.0%
2
RAJ NARAIN BIND
BJP
41,51531.7%
3
SAMAR BAHADUR CHAUHAN
BSP
34,45826.3%
4
SHEELA VISHWKARMA
AD
8,7416.7%
5
BADE LAL PAL
BHJS
7410.6%
6
CH. KADE DIN
ABBP
6640.5%
7
GANGA PRASAD
5340.4%
8
PARAS NATH
IND
4780.4%
9
PHOOL CHANDRA YADAV
ABJS
2720.2%
10
LALJI PASI
IND
2410.2%

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.

Average turnout (304th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
1.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 5.4% · min 0.2% · max 19.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
57%
lowerhigher
304th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.82
fewer partiesmore parties
174th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
67th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
424 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.82EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SP 33.0%BJP 31.7%BSP 26.3%AD 6.7%OTH 2.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
59,54,391
Density
1086 / km²
Sex ratio
901 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,482 km²
SC population22.0%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.7%Muslim 13.4%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water28.1%
Electricity43.6%
Sanitation31.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.2%
Children fully vaccinated55.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.9%
Children underweight (under 5)32.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.4%
Women literate67.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.8%
Clean cooking fuel45.1%
Health insurance20.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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