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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 371 · 1996

Gangiri

Winner — 1996

RAM SINGH
BJP· BJP
BJP 34.3%SP 33.8%3 others 31.9%
Votes
45,141
34.3% share
Winning margin
671
0.5% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
58.6%
of 2,24,680

Gangiri was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.5% — fewer than 671 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAM SINGH
BJP
45,14134.3%
2
VEERESHWAR URF VEERESH YADAV
United Front
44,47033.8%
3
RAJNESH YADAV
INC
38,62329.4%
4
RADHE SHAYAM
IND
2,7502.1%
5
HARDEV SINGH
BHJS
5810.4%

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 (337th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
0.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 6.6% · min 0.3% · max 23.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
56%
lowerhigher
337th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.01
fewer partiesmore parties
109th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
166th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
424 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.01EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 34.3%SP 33.8%INC 29.4%OTH 2.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,94,204
Density
1113 / km²
Sex ratio
1024 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,038 km²
SC population22.0%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 88.6%Muslim 10.8%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water20.3%
Electricity27.2%
Sanitation19.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births88.8%
Children fully vaccinated75.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.5%
Children underweight (under 5)30.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.0%
Women literate75.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.8%
Clean cooking fuel55.2%
Health insurance12.0%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Woollen Carpets (Dari)
🏛️

Gateway of Hazrat Chirag-I-Hind’s palace

🏛️MonumentASI

Gateway of Hazrat Chirag-I-Hind’s palace

🏛️

Walls of the old Kankar fort of Jayachandra

🏛️MonumentASI

Walls of the old Kankar fort of Jayachandra

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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