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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 216 · 2017

Kanpur Cantonment

Winner — 2017

SOHIL AKHTAR ANSARI
INC· SP-Congress Alliance
INC 46.0%BJP 40.7%14 others 13.3%
Votes
81,169
46.0% share
Winning margin
9,364
5.3% of votes
Total candidates
15
Turnout
52.6%
of 3,35,587

A clear win with a 5.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

16 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SOHIL AKHTAR ANSARI
SP-Congress Alliance
81,16946.0%
2
RAGHUNANDAN SINGH BHADAURIA
NDA
71,80540.7%
3
NASEEM AHMAD
BSP
14,0798.0%
4
MOHD. HASSAN ROOMI
5,9543.4%
NOTA
NOTA
7290.4%
6
RANJIT SINGH SANGAR
4220.2%
7
MANOJ KUMAR
3930.2%
8
DHARMENDRA SINGH
RLD
3070.2%
9
SUDHA GUPTA
BSCP
2930.2%
10
MOHD SHAHABUDDIN
RUC
2740.2%
11
MOHIT
SARSAMP
2290.1%
12
SANTOSH KUMAR KUSHAWAHA
IND
2210.1%
13
DANISH ALI
NPPS
2150.1%
14
MOHD. FIROJ
SAJPCS
1480.1%
15
GAURAV KUMAR MISHRA
SASPA
1400.1%
16
DINESH KUMAR GUPTA
RVLP
840.1%

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.

Low turnout (380th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
5.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.3% · min 0.7% · max 42.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
52%
lowerhigher
380th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.43
fewer partiesmore parties
321st of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
365th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
403 seats · 202 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.0%BJP 40.7%BSP 8.0%OTH 4.9%NOTA 0.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
45,81,268
Density
1452 / km²
Sex ratio
863 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,155 km²
SC population17.8%
ST population0.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 82.8%Muslim 15.7%Other 1.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water33.0%
Electricity63.0%
Sanitation63.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.6%
Children fully vaccinated72.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.6%
Children underweight (under 5)27.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.0%
Women literate81.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.9%
Clean cooking fuel76.9%
Health insurance16.1%

What's nearby?

4 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Hosiery and Textile Products🏺Leather Products
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Iona Cross Garden.

🏛️MonumentASI

Iona Cross Garden.

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Sawada Kothi, Monument including flight of steps with the surrounding plateau.

🏛️MonumentASI

Sawada Kothi, Monument including flight of steps with the surrounding plateau.

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Wheeler0s Entrenchment.

🏛️MonumentASI

Wheeler0s Entrenchment.

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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