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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 375 · 2022

Ghazipur

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Winner — 2022

JAIKISHAN
SP· Samajwadi Alliance
SP 40.8%BJP 40.1%18 others 19.1%
Votes
92,472
40.8% share
Winning margin
1,692
0.8% of votes
Total candidates
19
Turnout
54.2%
of 4,18,071

Ghazipur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.8% — fewer than 1,692 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

5 of 19 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.19 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

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All Candidates

20 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAIKISHAN
SP
Samajwadi Alliance
92,47240.8%
2
DR. SANGEETA BALWANT
BJP
NDA
90,78040.1%
3
DR. RAJ KUMAR SINGH GAUTAM
BSP
BSP
33,93115.0%
4
MD. SAD ADIL
AIMIM
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (unaligned)
1,2600.6%
5
LAUTAN
INC
INC
1,2340.5%
6
SAMTA BIND
IND
1,1110.5%
7
KUSUM TIWARI
LOKJANP
7460.3%
8
RUDRA DUTT TIWARI
CPI
7280.3%
9
SURESH BIND
IND
6830.3%
10
LALIT MOHAN
IND
5120.2%
11
BIHARI LAL SINGH
AAP
5070.2%
12
SATYAADEV SINGH
RSTJLKPS
4820.2%
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NOTA
NOTA
4210.2%
14
DHANANJAY KUMAR TIWARI
IND
3700.2%
15
SANJAY KUMAR BIND
IND
2900.1%
16
DILSHAD AHMAD
HP
2750.1%
17
KESHA DEVI
BSSPA
2520.1%
18
CHHANGUR PRASAD MAURYA
BMUP
2120.1%
19
RAMCHANDRA
ABHSLP
2070.1%
20
SANTOSH SINGH KUSHWAHA
IND
1220.1%

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
0.8%
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 40.8%BJP 40.1%BSP 15.0%OTH 3.9%NOTA 0.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
5/19

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.19 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

📍Google MapsOSM
🏛️

Mound of ruins called Suiri-ka-Raj

🏛️MonumentASI

Mound of ruins called Suiri-ka-Raj

📍Google MapsOSM

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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