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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 68 · 1962

Nighasan

Winner — 1962

RAM CHARAN SHAH
BJS 51.2%INC 29.8%2 others 19.1%
Votes
21,419
51.2% share
Winning margin
8,961
21.4% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
43.1%
of 97,108

Nighasan is a safe seat — RAM CHARAN SHAH won by 21.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAM CHARAN SHAH
21,41951.2%
2
KARAN SINGH
INC
12,45829.8%
3
SURATH BAHADUR SHAH
Praja Socialist Party
5,53513.2%
4
BHAGWATI PRASAD
Swatantra Party
2,4385.8%

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.

Average turnout (141st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
21.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.6% · min 1.2% · max 31.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
141st of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.31
fewer partiesmore parties
359th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
260th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.31EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJS 51.2%INC 29.8%PSP 13.2%SWA 5.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,99,171
Density
776 / km²
Sex ratio
896 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,512 km²
SC population20.7%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 77.4%Muslim 22.2%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water26.1%
Electricity38.4%
Sanitation44.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births83.5%
Children fully vaccinated67.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.6%
Children underweight (under 5)26.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.0%
Women literate69.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER12.8%
Clean cooking fuel48.4%
Health insurance20.5%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Ceramic Product
🏛️

A very large and lofty mound with a small village perched on the east north-eastern side of it

🏛️MonumentASI

A very large and lofty mound with a small village perched on the east north-eastern side of it

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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