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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 315

PharendaAssembly by-election result, 2015

Vinod (SP) won Pharenda in the 2015 assembly by-election with 37.8% of the vote, beating Virendra Chaudhary (INC) by 9,231 votes.

20122015 by-elections20172022

Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 2012 election. In 2007, seat no. 315 was Garoutha. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.

Winner

Vinod
SP
SP 37.8%INC 32.4%5 others 29.8%
Votes
64,878
37.8% share
Winning margin
9,231
5.4% of votes
Candidates
7

A clear win with a 5.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
Vinod
SP
SP
64,87837.8%
2
Virendra Chaudhary
INC
INC
55,64732.4%
3
Bajrang Bahadur Singh
BJP
BJP
41,24724.0%
4
Vijay
IND
IND
5,7203.3%
5
Kishun
IND
IND
1,9601.1%
6
Lalji
IND
IND
1,2130.7%
7
Shivakumari
IND
IND
9760.6%

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The RecordThe PlaceThe State

A clear win, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
5.4%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
A crowded field

The top three took 94% of the votes.

Parties in the race 3.26

How did the vote split?

SEAT
37.8%won by SP
SP 37.8%INC 32.4%BJP 24.0%Others 5.8%

Mahrajganj district · 26.8 lakh people · Census 2011

Known for Furniture.

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Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
26,84,703
Density
909 / km²
Sex ratio
943 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,952 km²
SC population18.4%
ST population0.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
  • Hindu81.8%
  • Muslim17.1%
  • Buddhist0.6%
  • Christian0.1%
  • Sikh0.1%
  • Jain<0.1%
  • Other religions (incl. tribal faiths)<0.1%
  • Not stated0.3%

Homes with tap water, electricity and a toilet

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 · SHARE OF HOUSEHOLDS
Tap water46.6%
Electric lighting21.8%
Toilet at home18.8%

Health and family

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.3%
Children fully vaccinated70.7%
Children stunted (under 5)42.3%
Children underweight (under 5)33.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)49.4%
Women literate65.6%
Women married before 1820.8%
Clean cooking fuel28.2%
Health insurance16.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Furniture

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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Who has won Pharenda, 2012–2022

  1. 2012BAJRANG BAHADUR SINGH (BJP), margin 7.3%
  2. 2017BAJRANG BAHADUR SINGH (BJP), margin 1.2%
  3. 2022Virendra Chaudhary (INC), margin 0.6%