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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 72 · 1969

Nighasan

Winner — 1969

KARAN SINGH
INC· INC
INC 36.4%BJS 35.6%2 others 28.0%
Votes
18,956
36.4% share
Winning margin
393
0.8% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
44.5%
of 1,16,957

Nighasan was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.8% — fewer than 393 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KARAN SINGH
INC
18,95636.4%
2
RAM CHARAN SHAH
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
18,56335.6%
3
S . B . SHAH ALIAS SURATH
Praja Socialist Party
12,09823.2%
4
WALI ULLAM SIDDIQI
2,4774.8%

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

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.8%
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
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.27EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 36.4%BJS 35.6%PSP 23.2%OTH 4.8%

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?

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