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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 236 · 2002Reserved (SC)

Kerakat

Winner — 2002

SOMARU RAM SAROJ
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 32.9%BSP 32.1%5 others 35.0%
Votes
41,788
32.9% share
Winning margin
961
0.8% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
49.5%
of 2,56,731

Kerakat was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.8% — fewer than 961 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SOMARU RAM SAROJ
NDA (NDA)
41,78832.9%
2
NAND KISHORE
BSP
40,82732.1%
3
VIJAY KUMAR SONKAR
Samajwadi Party
32,98926.0%
4
DR. SOCHAN RAM SONKAR
INC
4,8593.8%
5
RAM MURAT KANNAUJIA
RTKP
3,6512.9%
6
BACHAU RAM
IND
1,7781.4%
7
JIYALAL PASI
AD
1,1180.9%

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 (118th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.3% · min 0.0% · max 31.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
118th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.00
fewer partiesmore parties
110th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
14th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
403 seats · 202 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.00EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 32.9%BSP 32.1%SP 26.0%OTH 9.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
9,91,730
Density
308 / km²
Sex ratio
879 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,216 km²
SC population26.9%
ST population0.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 96.3%Other 3.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water13.9%
Electricity24.5%
Sanitation16.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births81.1%
Children fully vaccinated63.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.5%
Children underweight (under 5)41.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.6%
Women literate56.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.8%
Clean cooking fuel31.2%
Health insurance17.4%

What's nearby?

5 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Wooden Toys and Wood Art Products
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City Cemetery,

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City Cemetery,

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Fort with the fortification walls and the three ruined Jain temples & one ruined Hindu temple…

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Fort with the fortification walls and the three ruined Jain temples & one ruined Hindu temple inside the fort,

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Ruins of an old Jain temple called Haihaiti Mandir together with fragments of statues about the…

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Ruins of an old Jain temple called Haihaiti Mandir together with fragments of statues about the fort of he hill, Khoh, Karvi.

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Stone temple,

🏛️MonumentASI

Stone temple,

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Temple, Karvi.

🏛️MonumentASI

Temple, Karvi.

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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