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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 284 · 2012

Matera

Winner — 2012

YASAR SHAH
SP· Samajwadi Party
SP 26.2%INC 24.4%13 others 49.4%
Votes
41,944
26.2% share
Winning margin
2,801
1.8% of votes
Total candidates
15
Turnout
60.1%
of 2,66,769

Matera was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.8% — fewer than 2,801 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

5 of 15 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.32 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

15 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
YASAR SHAH
Samajwadi Party
41,94426.2%
2
ALI AKBAR
INC
39,14324.4%
3
PADAM SEN CHAUDHARY
NDA
29,13718.2%
4
IZHAR AHMAD ALIAS BABUSHAH
BSP
27,78817.3%
5
JUMAI KHAN
PECP
9,2095.8%
6
SIYARAM
IND
2,5371.6%
7
ASHOK KUMAR
IND
2,1061.3%
8
RUDRA PRATAP ALIAS BADKAU YADAV
1,4770.9%
9
GANGARAM
SP(I)
1,3520.8%
10
VINOD SRIVASTAV
IND
1,2640.8%
11
ABDUL MOBIN KHAN
RUC
1,1970.8%
12
RAIS AHMAD
ARVP
8360.5%
13
JEETAN
JaKP
7690.5%
14
OM PRAKASH
IND
7620.5%
15
UDAYRAJ
6990.4%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Average turnout (162nd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.4% · min 0.8% · max 46.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
162nd of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
340th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
16th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
403 seats · 202 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SP 26.2%INC 24.4%BJP 18.2%BSP 17.3%PECP 5.8%OTH 8.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
5/15

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.32 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,87,731
Density
666 / km²
Sex ratio
892 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,237 km²
SC population14.6%
ST population0.3%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%HINDU
Hindu 65.7%Muslim 33.5%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water31.5%
Electricity14.4%
Sanitation15.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births67.7%
Children fully vaccinated51.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.1%
Children underweight (under 5)38.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.8%
Women literate38.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.5%
Clean cooking fuel38.2%
Health insurance10.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Food Processing🏺Wheat Stalk Handicrafts

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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