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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 16 · 2009 by-elections

Moradabad West

Winner — 2009 by-elections

Balram Singh Saini
BSP 39.6%INC 27.2%16 others 33.3%
Votes
56,486
39.6% share
Winning margin
17,710
12.4% of votes
Total candidates
18

A clear win with a 12.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

18 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Balram Singh Saini
56,48639.6%
2
Saulat Ali
38,77627.1%
3
Bhupendra Singh
25,35917.8%
4
Ch. Rifaqat Hussain
12,3968.7%
5
Comrade Nem Singh
2,1301.5%
6
Harswroop Singh
IND
1,3230.9%
7
Matloob
1,0010.7%
8
Dinesh Singh Advocate
IND
9410.7%
9
Ram Rakshpal
IND
8090.6%
10
Meenu Ratnakar
IND
6830.5%
11
Shanti Devi
IND
5400.4%
12
Javed Rasheed
NLP
5350.4%
13
Omkar Sharma
ABHM
5290.4%
14
Mohd. Aslam
IND
3310.2%
15
Sohan Singh
IND
3090.2%
16
Harpal Urf G S.
2630.2%
17
Premshankar Sharma
IND
2350.2%
18
Kallu
IND
1530.1%

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.

High turnout (37th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
12.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.8% · min 0.1% · max 58.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
37th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.54
fewer partiesmore parties
280th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
354th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
16 seats · 9 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.54EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BSP 39.6%INC 27.1%BJP 17.8%SP 8.7%OTH 6.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
41,43,512
Density
1034 / km²
Sex ratio
889 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,008 km²
SC population13.6%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
58%HINDU
Hindu 57.5%Muslim 41.3%Other 1.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water29.8%
Electricity54.0%
Sanitation66.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated69.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.8%
Children underweight (under 5)29.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.0%
Women literate72.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.3%
Clean cooking fuel59.8%
Health insurance8.2%

What's nearby?

5 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️JaggeryGI🏺Rim and Axle and Iron Work
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Octagonal Well

🏛️MonumentASI

Octagonal Well

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Tomb of Diwan Saiyed Mohammad Khan

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Tomb of Diwan Saiyed Mohammad Khan

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Tomb of Saiyed Hussain, dated A.H. 1000 or 1592 A.D.

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Tomb of Saiyed Hussain, dated A.H. 1000 or 1592 A.D.

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Tomb of Saiyed Saif Khan and his mother

🏛️MonumentASI

Tomb of Saiyed Saif Khan and his mother

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Tomb of Saiyed Umar Nur Khan

🏛️MonumentASI

Tomb of Saiyed Umar Nur Khan

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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