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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 395 · 1996

Sardhana

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Winner — 1996

RAVINDRA PUNDIR
BJP· BJP
BJP 26.1%BSP 25.4%13 others 48.6%
Votes
37,552
26.1% share
Winning margin
1,021
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
15
Turnout
59.5%
of 2,42,247

Sardhana was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 1,021 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

15 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAVINDRA PUNDIR
BJP
BJP
37,55226.1%
2
HARPAL SAINI
BSP
BSP
36,53125.4%
3
VIJAY PAL SINGH TOMAR
JD
United Front
33,17923.0%
4
RAVINDRA
SJP(R)
16,64911.6%
5
SURENDRA
IND
14,77610.3%
6
YASH PAL
IND
2,0431.4%
7
OM KAR
KVP
8180.6%
8
DHARAM VEER
IND
6170.4%
9
VED PRAKASH
IND
5510.4%
10
MEHJABI
BSP(R)
4550.3%
11
RAJ KUMAR
IND
4390.3%
12
RAM PAL
IND
1630.1%
13
DIMAK SINGH
IND
1100.1%
14
RADHEY
IND
990.1%
15
AMAR SINGH
IND
600.0%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Low turnout (324th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.6% · min 0.7% · max 29.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
56%
lowerhigher
324th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.98
fewer partiesmore parties
124th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
10th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
424 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.98EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 26.1%BSP 25.4%JD 23.0%SJP(R) 11.6%IND 10.3%OTH 3.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
24,96,970
Density
567 / km²
Sex ratio
903 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,405 km²
SC population26.5%
ST population0.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.8%Muslim 7.8%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water11.3%
Electricity37.4%
Sanitation26.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.1%
Children fully vaccinated68.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.4%
Children underweight (under 5)27.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.1%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.6%
Clean cooking fuel42.5%
Health insurance15.0%

What's nearby?

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