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Uttarakhand · Assembly Constituency 49 · 2017

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Winner — 2017

SURENDER SINGH JEENA
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 49.2%INC 42.5%9 others 8.3%
Votes
21,581
49.2% share
Winning margin
2,904
6.6% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
45.9%
of 95,735

A clear win with a 6.6% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SURENDER SINGH JEENA
BJP
BJP (NDA)
21,58149.2%
2
GANGA PANCHOLI
INC
UPA
18,67742.5%
—
NOTA
NOTA
8121.9%
4
BHUVAN JOSHI
IND
6691.5%
5
BHOLE SHANKAR
BSP
BSP
6641.5%
6
GANGA DEVI
UKDD
4591.1%
7
NARAYAN SINGH
UPP
2680.6%
8
MAHIPAL SINGH
IND
2620.6%
9
RAKESH SINGH BISHT
UKKD
1870.4%
10
BHAGAWAT SINGH
IND
1840.4%
11
KUBER SINGH MANRAL
IND
1320.3%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Low turnout (69th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
6.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 6.8% · min 3.3% · max 11.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
46%
lowerhigher
69th of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
40th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
44th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
70 seats · 36 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 49.2%INC 42.5%OTH 6.4%NOTA 1.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
6,22,506
Density
198 / km²
Sex ratio
1139 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,144 km²
SC population24.3%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
98%HINDU
Hindu 98.2%Other 1.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water80.5%
Electricity78.9%
Sanitation55.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.1%
Children fully vaccinated85.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.0%
Children underweight (under 5)22.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.4%
Women literate86.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER1.5%
Clean cooking fuel35.9%
Health insurance66.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bal Mithai

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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