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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 121 · 2002Reserved (SC)

Sohawal

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Winner — 2002

AWADHESH PRASAD
SP· Samajwadi Alliance
SP 35.4%BJP 28.7%9 others 35.9%
Votes
43,398
35.4% share
Winning margin
8,156
6.7% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
53.3%
of 2,30,327

A clear win with a 6.7% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AWADHESH PRASAD
SP
Samajwadi Alliance
43,39835.4%
2
RAMU PRIYADARSHI
BJP
NDA
35,24228.7%
3
HARIRAM
BSP
BSP
18,31614.9%
4
HUBRAJ
INC
INC
13,87911.3%
5
SATENDRA KUMAR
AD
6,1335.0%
6
LACHHIMAN
IND
2,0591.7%
7
ANANT PRASAD
IND
1,2181.0%
8
RAM SARAN
IND
7300.6%
9
MIGRAM
IND
6460.5%
10
ONKARNATH
SHSP
6300.5%
11
CHHABI LAL
IND
4780.4%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

High turnout (49th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
6.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.4% · min 2.4% · max 97.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
49th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
355th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
200th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
403 seats · 202 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SP 35.4%BJP 28.7%BSP 14.9%INC 11.3%AD 5.0%OTH 4.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,48,359
Density
1080 / km²
Sex ratio
887 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,120 km²
SC population12.5%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
64%HINDU
Hindu 63.6%Muslim 34.5%Other 1.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water43.4%
Electricity36.6%
Sanitation62.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births75.1%
Children fully vaccinated70.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.9%
Children underweight (under 5)35.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.8%
Women literate53.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.4%
Clean cooking fuel54.6%
Health insurance18.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bamboo Products🏺Goldsmith Industry🏺Zari and Zardozi

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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