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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 97 · 1996

Purwa

Winner — 1996

UDAI RAJ
SP· United Front
SP 30.3%BJP 28.9%6 others 40.8%
Votes
40,573
30.3% share
Winning margin
1,810
1.4% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
59.3%
of 2,26,295

Purwa was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.4% — fewer than 1,810 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
UDAI RAJ
United Front
40,57330.3%
2
HRIDAI NARAIN
BJP
38,76328.9%
3
M.H. KHAN
BSP
37,45227.9%
4
PREM SHANKAR URF BACHCHA DIXIT
IND
13,87010.3%
5
MAHAVIR
BHJS
1,4221.1%
6
RAM NARAIN
IND
9070.7%
7
POOT SINGH
IND
6400.5%
8
RAMU
IND
4440.3%

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.

Average turnout (249th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
1.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 7.7% · min 0.2% · max 18.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
249th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.23
fewer partiesmore parties
45th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
319th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
424 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.23EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SP 30.3%BJP 28.9%BSP 27.9%IND 10.3%OTH 2.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
24,98,156
Density
1038 / km²
Sex ratio
875 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,407 km²
SC population19.0%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.7%Muslim 12.6%Other 1.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.9%
Electricity47.6%
Sanitation35.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.1%
Children fully vaccinated67.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.9%
Children underweight (under 5)25.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.1%
Women literate71.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.8%
Clean cooking fuel53.5%
Health insurance13.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Firozabad GlassGI

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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