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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 72 · 1991

Nighasan

Winner — 1991

NIRVENDRA KUMAR
IND
IND 27.9%BJP 26.4%19 others 45.7%
Votes
27,704
27.9% share
Winning margin
1,483
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
21
Turnout
46.3%
of 2,14,795

Nighasan was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 1,483 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

21 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NIRVENDRA KUMAR
IND
27,70427.9%
2
RAM ASREY
BJP
26,22126.4%
3
JOGENDRA SINGH
Janata Dal
16,67916.8%
4
RAMESH CHANDRA
INC
8,5308.6%
5
SATISH AJMANI
IND
5,3895.4%
6
DINESH SINGH
IND
3,7423.8%
7
SHAHABUDDIN
2,8762.9%
8
KAMAL AHMAD
JP
2,3392.4%
9
JAI MOHAN
IND
2,1702.2%
10
PREM PRAKASH
IND
8710.9%
11
RAM DARAS
IPF
5700.6%
12
SURENDRA KUMAR
IND
4920.5%
13
SHASHI KANT
IND
2940.3%
14
KRISHNA PAL VERMA
SSD
2410.2%
15
RAM BILAS
IND
2380.2%
16
MADHO
2250.2%
17
MO. MASOOM
IND
2140.2%
18
BIMAL NARAIN
IND
2010.2%
19
ASHOK KUMAR MISRA
IND
1400.1%
20
VENT SINGH
IND
1070.1%
21
SURENDRA PRASAD
980.1%

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 (124th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 0.5% · max 37.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
124th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.27
fewer partiesmore parties
365th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
329th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
419 seats · 210 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.27EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 27.9%BJP 26.4%JD 16.8%INC 8.6%IND 5.4%OTH 14.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
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?

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