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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 13 · 1991

Nainital

Winner — 1991

BANSHI DHAR
BJP· BJP
BJP 39.1%INC 23.3%14 others 37.6%
Votes
32,215
39.1% share
Winning margin
13,069
15.9% of votes
Total candidates
16
Turnout
47.8%
of 1,72,118

Nainital is a safe seat — BANSHI DHAR won by 15.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

16 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BANSHI DHAR
BJP
32,21539.1%
2
SHER SINGH NAULIYA
INC
19,14623.3%
3
RANAYAN SINGH JANTWAL
UKD
9,03711.0%
4
UDAI RAJ
8,96810.9%
5
SHANKAR DATT DALAKOTI
Janata Dal
5,7817.0%
6
PRATAP BHAYYA
IND
1,8802.3%
7
SHIVA PRAKASH
JP
1,1521.4%
8
PURAN SINH
IND
1,0961.3%
9
JAI KISHAN
IND
7190.9%
10
TRI BHUWAN SINGH FARTIYAL
IPF
5940.7%
11
AN SINGH
IND
4540.6%
12
KISHAN PANT
IND
4340.5%
13
SURESH CHANDRA SANGURI
IND
4000.5%
14
BALKAR SINGH
2000.2%
15
PREM PURI
IND
1400.2%
16
BAL KISHAN
IND
1220.1%

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 (101st), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
15.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.0% · min 0.2% · max 56.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
101st of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.75
fewer partiesmore parties
200th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
344th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
419 seats · 210 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.75EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 39.1%INC 23.3%UKD 11.0%BSP 10.9%JD 7.0%OTH 8.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
41,43,512
Density
1034 / km²
Sex ratio
889 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,008 km²
SC population13.6%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
58%HINDU
Hindu 57.5%Muslim 41.3%Other 1.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water29.8%
Electricity54.0%
Sanitation66.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated69.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.8%
Children underweight (under 5)29.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.0%
Women literate72.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.3%
Clean cooking fuel59.8%
Health insurance8.2%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️JaggeryGI🏺Rim and Axle and Iron Work
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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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