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Uttarakhand · Assembly Constituency 28Reserved (SC)

BhagwanpurAssembly by-election result, 2015

Mamta Rakesh (INC) won Bhagwanpur in the 2015 assembly by-election with 71.5% of the vote, beating Rajpal Singh (BJP) by 36,909 votes.

Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 2012 election. In 2007, seat no. 28 was Yamakeshwar. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.

Winner

Mamta Rakesh
INC 71.5%BJP 26.9%4 others 1.6%
Votes
59,205
71.5% share
Winning margin
36,909
44.5% of votes
Candidates
6

A comfortable win — Mamta Rakesh won by 44.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
Mamta Rakesh
59,20571.5%
2
Rajpal Singh
22,29626.9%
3
Pritam Singh
IND
IND
2690.3%
4
Darshana Devi Rathor
IND
IND
2210.3%
5
Gurmel
IND
IND
2110.3%
6
Deepak Surya
IND
IND
1390.2%

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A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
44.5%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
Essentially two

INC and BJP took 98% of the votes.

Parties in the race 1.71

How did the vote split?

SEAT
71.5%won by INC
INC 71.5%BJP 26.9%Others 1.0%

Hardwar district · 18.9 lakh people · Census 2011

Known for Jaggery.

this districtdashed line = India

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%
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What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
64%HINDU
  • Hindu64.3%
  • Muslim34.3%
  • Sikh0.9%
  • Christian0.3%
  • Jain0.1%
  • Buddhist<0.1%
  • Not stated0.1%

Homes with tap water, electricity and a toilet

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 · SHARE OF HOUSEHOLDS
Tap water40.5%
Electric lighting85.8%
Toilet at home66.6%

Health and family

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.8%
Children fully vaccinated76.5%
Children stunted (under 5)31.1%
Children underweight (under 5)27.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)43.8%
Women literate73.7%
Women married before 189.9%
Clean cooking fuel61.5%
Health insurance46.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jaggery

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 Bhagwanpur, 2012–2022

  1. 2012SURENDRA RAKESH (BSP), margin 8.6%
  2. 2017MAMTA RAKESH (INC), margin 2.7%
  3. 2022Mamta Rakesh (INC), margin 4.9%