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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 313 · 1996

Kaimganj

Winner — 1996

SUSHIL SHAKYA
BJP· BJP
BJP 31.1%BSP 29.3%8 others 39.6%
Votes
43,929
31.1% share
Winning margin
2,534
1.8% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
56.8%
of 2,48,634

Kaimganj was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.8% — fewer than 2,534 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SUSHIL SHAKYA
BJP
43,92931.1%
2
IZHAR ALAM KHAN
BSP
41,39529.3%
3
ANWAR JAMAL KHAN
United Front
30,89521.9%
4
RAJENDRA SINGH
IND
17,94612.7%
5
CHOTE LAL
IND
3,2662.3%
6
SUDHIR YADAV
IND
1,8581.3%
7
USHA
IND
7240.5%
8
RAM SANEHI
AD
4720.3%
9
NAWAB SINGH
IND
4440.3%
10
MAHESH CHANDRA
BHJS
3990.3%

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.

Low turnout (354th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
1.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 7.8% · min 0.8% · max 20.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
54%
lowerhigher
354th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
4.41
fewer partiesmore parties
1st of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
292nd of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
424 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
4.41EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 31.1%BSP 29.3%SP 21.9%IND 12.7%OTH 5.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,15,183
Density
1042 / km²
Sex ratio
972 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,646 km²
SC population21.5%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
76%HINDU
Hindu 75.8%Muslim 23.6%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water35.6%
Electricity30.8%
Sanitation15.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.6%
Children fully vaccinated80.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.3%
Children underweight (under 5)34.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.5%
Women literate61.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.8%
Clean cooking fuel58.1%
Health insurance20.4%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Mound of ruins called Sahiya

🏛️MonumentASI

Mound of ruins called Sahiya

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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