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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 375 · 2012

Ghazipur

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Winner — 2012

VIJAY KUMAR MISHRA
SP· Samajwadi Party
SP 26.4%BSP 26.3%14 others 47.3%
Votes
49,561
26.4% share
Winning margin
241
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
16
Turnout
61.6%
of 3,04,680

Ghazipur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 241 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

6 of 16 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.12 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

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All Candidates

16 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VIJAY KUMAR MISHRA
SP
Samajwadi Party
49,56126.4%
2
RAJ KUMAR
BSP
BSP
49,32026.3%
3
ARUN KUMAR SINGH
BJP
NDA
41,56722.1%
4
OMKALA
QED
36,35319.4%
5
RAGHVENDRA PATHAK
INC
INC
2,1651.1%
6
SATYADEV YADAV
IND
1,4240.8%
7
LORIK
RLM
1,3830.7%
8
ISHWAR DEO SINGH
ARVP
9040.5%
9
BRAJ BHUSHAN DUBEY
IND
8560.5%
10
RAMASHRAY RAI
IOP
8060.4%
11
RAM BACHAN
PMSP
7930.4%
12
ANAND KUMAR CHAWRASIA
IND
7280.4%
13
KAMLAKAR
CPI(ML)(L)
6700.4%
14
JAICHANDRA
IND
6310.3%
15
MAHENDRA PRATAP SINGH
PSS
2910.2%
16
NARSINGH
JD(U)
2090.1%

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

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Low turnout (356th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.1% · min 0.1% · max 30.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
54%
lowerhigher
356th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.86
fewer partiesmore parties
161st of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.2%
lowerhigher
403rd of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
403 seats · 202 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.86EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SP 26.4%BSP 26.3%BJP 22.1%QED 19.4%OTH 5.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
6/16

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.12 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
36,20,268
Density
1072 / km²
Sex ratio
952 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,377 km²
SC population20.1%
ST population0.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.3%Muslim 10.2%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water11.2%
Electricity20.1%
Sanitation22.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births88.3%
Children fully vaccinated60.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.3%
Children underweight (under 5)38.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.7%
Women literate72.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.5%
Clean cooking fuel39.3%
Health insurance10.6%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Ghazipur Wall Hangings
Lord Cornwallis tomb

Lord Cornwallis tomb

🏛️MonumentASI

Lord Cornwallis tomb

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🏛️

Mound of ruins called Suiri-ka-Raj

🏛️MonumentASI

Mound of ruins called Suiri-ka-Raj

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