Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 195 · 2017

Bhojpur

1951 1957 1962 1967 1969 1974 1977 1980 1985 1989 1991 1993 1996 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022

Winner — 2017

NAGENDRA SINGH RATHORE

BJP· NDA (NDA)

BJP 49.9%SP 31.3%19 others 18.8%

Votes

93,673

49.9% share

Winning margin

34,877

18.6% of votes

Total candidates

Turnout

61.1%

of 3,07,153

Bhojpur is a safe seat — NAGENDRA SINGH RATHORE won by 18.6%.

Seat history

3 of 20 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.14 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

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All Candidates

21 total

#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Flags
1	NAGENDRA SINGH RATHORE	BJP NDA (NDA)	93,673	49.9%
2	ARSHAD JAMAL SIDDIQUI	SP	58,796	31.3%
3	NITIN SINGH JAIMINI RAJPUT	BSP BSP	25,838	13.8%	DL
4	URMILA	LD	2,116	1.1%	DL
5	DALGANJAN SINGH	IND	994	0.5%	DL
6	JAGPAL	IND	958	0.5%	DL
7	JALALUDDIN	IND	769	0.4%	DL
8	AJAJ AHAMAD	IND	686	0.4%	DL
9	DHARMENDRA SINGH PAL	JAM	530	0.3%	DL
10	VISHRAM SINGH	RLD RLD	524	0.3%	DL
11	AVNEET KUMAR	IND	501	0.3%	DL
12	REETA	IND	449	0.2%	DL
13	MO. TAMJEED	PECP	371	0.2%	DL
—	NOTA	NOTA	299	0.2%
15	ARVIND KUMAR	IND	221	0.1%	DL
16	RAMTIRTH	BSRD	193	0.1%	DL
17	ARVIND	IND	182	0.1%	DL
18	SAYED ANWAR ALI	RSJNP	177	0.1%	DL
19	SHAILENDRA SINGH	IND	154	0.1%	DL
20	SRINIVAS	PSWAM	142	0.1%	DL
21	VIJAY LAXMI	BMUP	135	0.1%	DL

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

The Record The Place The State

Average turnout (171st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT

lean

18.6%

MORE COMPETITIVESAFER

mean 12.6% · min 1.6% · max 22.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT

62%

lowerhigher

171st of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT

2.51

fewer partiesmore parties

292nd of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT

0.5%

lowerhigher

308th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT

403 seats · 202 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT

2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES

BJP 49.9%SP 31.3%BSP 13.8%OTH 4.9%NOTA 0.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT

3/20

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.14 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011

Population

18,85,204

Density

864 / km²

Sex ratio

874 ♀/1000 ♂

Area

2,181 km²

SC population16.6%

ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01

85%HINDU

Hindu 84.7%Muslim 14.7%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011

Tap water15.9%

Electricity28.6%

Sanitation36.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21

Institutional births69.3%

Children fully vaccinated68.5%

Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.8%

Children underweight (under 5)31.1%

Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.9%

Women literate63.1%

Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER18.8%

Clean cooking fuel45.5%

Health insurance13.5%

What's nearby?

2 locations

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI

Known forDISTRICT

🏷️Farrukhabad PrintsGI🏺Zari Zardozi

Mosque and Sarai, Khudagan

🏛️MonumentASI

Mosque and Sarai

📍Google Maps OSM

🏛️

Stone and its enclosure marking the place where the late Field Marshall Earl Roberts

🏛️MonumentASI

Stone and its enclosure marking the place where the late Field Marshall Earl Roberts

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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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