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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 338 · 1957

Nighasan

Winner — 1957

SURATH BAHADUR SHAH
PSP· Praja Socialist Party
PSP 48.4%INC 32.5%1 others 19.1%
Votes
16,193
48.4% share
Winning margin
5,329
15.9% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
36.9%
of 90,608

Nighasan is a safe seat — SURATH BAHADUR SHAH won by 15.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SURATH BAHADUR SHAH
16,19348.4%
2
KARAN SINGH
10,86432.5%
3
VIRRENDRA SINGH
6,37319.1%

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 (238th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
15.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.2% · min 0.7% · max 29.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
238th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.85
fewer partiesmore parties
164th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
315th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.85EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 48.4%INC 32.5%BJS 19.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
31,00,946
Density
1221 / km²
Sex ratio
1017 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,540 km²
SC population15.1%
ST population3.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.1%Muslim 11.6%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water23.2%
Electricity31.7%
Sanitation21.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.4%
Children fully vaccinated64.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.8%
Children underweight (under 5)39.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.8%
Women literate71.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.7%
Clean cooking fuel67.2%
Health insurance10.5%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Decorative Products,🏺Embroidery and Weaving (Knitting) Products🏺Readymade Garments
🏛️

Mound apparently the remains of Buddhist stupa

🏛️MonumentASI

Mound apparently the remains of Buddhist stupa

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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