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Uttarakhand · Assembly Constituency 29 · 2005 by-elections

Kotdwar

Winner — 2005 by-elections

Surendra Singh Negi
INC 56.0%BJP 37.9%3 others 6.1%
Votes
24,429
56.0% share
Winning margin
7,900
18.1% of votes
Total candidates
5

Kotdwar is a safe seat — Surendra Singh Negi won by 18.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Surendra Singh Negi
24,42956.0%
2
Anil Kumar Baluni
16,52937.9%
3
Arvind Singh
UKKD(D)
1,4303.3%
4
Sanjeev Aggarwal
6401.5%
5
Kailash Chandra Istwal
UKKD
5741.3%

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.

High turnout (6th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
18.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.0% · min 1.5% · max 26.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
6th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.14
fewer partiesmore parties
15th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
66th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
1 seats · 1 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.14EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 56.0%BJP 37.9%OTH 6.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,90,422
Density
801 / km²
Sex ratio
881 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,360 km²
SC population21.8%
ST population0.3%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
64%HINDU
Hindu 64.3%Muslim 34.3%Other 1.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water40.5%
Electricity85.8%
Sanitation66.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.8%
Children fully vaccinated76.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.1%
Children underweight (under 5)27.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.8%
Women literate73.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER9.9%
Clean cooking fuel61.5%
Health insurance46.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jaggery

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