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Uttarakhand · Assembly Constituency 68

SitarganjAssembly by-election result, 2012

V. Bahuguna (INC) won Sitarganj in the 2012 assembly by-election with 77.1% of the vote, beating P. Pant (BJP) by 39,954 votes.

20122012 by-elections20172022

Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 2012 election. In 2007, seat no. 68 was Didihat. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.

Winner

V. Bahuguna
INC
INC 77.1%BJP 19.8%4 others 3.0%
Votes
53,766
77.1% share
Winning margin
39,954
57.3% of votes
Candidates
6

A comfortable win — V. Bahuguna won by 57.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
V. Bahuguna
INC
INC
53,76677.1%
2
P. Pant
BJP
BJP
13,81219.8%
3
S. Ali
IND
IND
7931.1%
4
D.S. Bisht
UPP
UPP
6681.0%
5
P. Singh
IND
IND
4380.6%
6
A. Parsad
IND
IND
2180.3%

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A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
57.3%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
Essentially two

INC and BJP took 97% of the votes.

Parties in the race 1.58

How did the vote split?

SEAT
77.1%won by INC
INC 77.1%BJP 19.8%Others 3.0%

Udham Singh Nagar district · 16.5 lakh people · Census 2011

Known for Moonj Grass product.

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Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,48,902
Density
649 / km²
Sex ratio
920 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,542 km²
SC population14.4%
ST population7.5%
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What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
67%HINDU
  • Hindu67.0%
  • Muslim22.6%
  • Sikh9.9%
  • Christian0.4%
  • Jain<0.1%
  • Buddhist<0.1%
  • Other religions (incl. tribal faiths)<0.1%
  • Not stated0.1%

Homes with tap water, electricity and a toilet

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 · SHARE OF HOUSEHOLDS
Tap water36.8%
Electric lighting84.9%
Toilet at home69.3%

Health and family

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.1%
Children fully vaccinated83.2%
Children stunted (under 5)26.8%
Children underweight (under 5)22.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)51.0%
Women literate70.4%
Women married before 1814.6%
Clean cooking fuel64.0%
Health insurance59.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Moonj Grass product

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 Sitarganj, 2012–2022

  1. 2012KIRAN CHAND MANDAL (BJP), margin 17.1%
  2. 2017SAURABH BAHUGUNA (BJP), margin 32.5%
  3. 2022Saurabh Bahuguna (BJP), margin 11.3%