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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 285 · 2012

Mahsi

Winner — 2012

KRISHNA KUMAR OJHA
BSP· BSP
BSP 25.0%BJP 23.5%14 others 51.5%
Votes
40,546
25.0% share
Winning margin
2,489
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
16
Turnout
61.9%
of 2,61,811

Mahsi was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 2,489 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

16 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KRISHNA KUMAR OJHA
BSP
40,54625.0%
2
SURESHWAR SINGH
NDA
38,05723.5%
3
DR.RAJESH TIWARI
Samajwadi Party
37,14222.9%
4
DEVESH CHANDRA MANJANU MISHRA
INC
32,05319.8%
5
SITARAM JAYSWAL
IND
2,7491.7%
6
RAM SAMUJH YADAV
PECP
2,4011.5%
7
RAM ADHAR
IND
1,6261.0%
8
IQBAL NARAYAN
1,2560.8%
9
SHATROHAN LAL VERMA
JaKP
1,1300.7%
10
MUHAMMAD.KALEEM
RUC
1,1130.7%
11
AWDHESH KUMAR NAG
IND
7950.5%
12
JAGDISH BAKSH SINGH
7250.5%
13
PANKAJ KUMAR PATHAK
IJP
7020.4%
14
DINESH KUMAR SHUKLA
6830.4%
15
MOH. UJAIR ALIAS SHADAB
VAJP
5050.3%
16
JAGDAMBA PRASAD
SHSP
4630.3%

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 (127th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.6% · min 0.2% · max 29.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
127th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.37
fewer partiesmore parties
344th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
51st of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
403 seats · 202 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.37EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BSP 25.0%BJP 23.5%SP 22.9%INC 19.8%OTH 8.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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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