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NaginaAssembly by-election result, 1998

Lovekush Kumar (BJP) won Nagina in the 1998 assembly by-election with 40.0% of the vote, beating Satish Kumar (SP) by 9,907 votes.

Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1974 election. In 1969, seat no. 20 was Afzalgarh. Seats were renumbered for the 2002 election, after Uttarakhand became a separate state. From 2002, seat no. 20 is Suar Tanda. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.

Winner

Lovekush Kumar
BJP 40.0%SP 29.2%9 others 30.8%
Votes
36,838
40.0% share
Winning margin
9,907
10.8% of votes
Candidates
11

A clear win with a 10.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
Lovekush Kumar
36,83840.0%
2
Satish Kumar
26,93129.2%
3
Dinesh Kumar
24,02326.1%
4
Doonger Singh
1,6501.8%
5
Manoj
IND
IND
1,3391.4%
6
Munne Singh
IND
IND
4710.5%
7
Ravinder Singh Ravi
BKKGP
BKKGP
3570.4%
8
Hargovind
ABHM
ABHM
3210.3%
9
Asharam
IND
IND
1230.1%
10
Samar Pal
IND
IND
750.1%
11
Amar Singh
IND
IND
560.1%

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A clear win, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
10.8%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
A crowded field

The top three took 95% of the votes.

Parties in the race 3.19

How did the vote split?

SEAT
40.0%won by BJP
BJP 40.0%SP 29.2%BSP 26.1%Others 4.8%

This seat number was reused from 2012. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2012, so they are not shown for earlier elections.

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Who has won Nagina, 1974–1996

  1. 1974GANGA DAI (INC), margin 4.5%
  2. 1977MANGAL RAM PREMI (JNP), margin 9.3%
  3. 1980BISHAN LAL (INC(I)), margin 13.1%
  4. 1985OMWATI (INC), margin 28.1%
  5. 1989RAMESHWARI (BSP), margin 6.7%
  6. 1991OM PRAKASH (BJP), margin 25.7%
  7. 1993SATISH KUMAR (JD), margin 2.2%
  8. 1996OMWATI DEVI (SP), margin 5.6%