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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 138 · 2019 by-elections

Nighasan

Winner — 2019 by-elections

SHASHANK VERMA
BJP 54.0%SP 31.0%5 others 15.0%
Votes
1,20,269
54.0% share
Winning margin
51,282
23.0% of votes
Total candidates
7

Nighasan is a safe seat — SHASHANK VERMA won by 23.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHASHANK VERMA
1,20,26954.0%
2
MOHAMMAD KAIYUM
68,98731.0%
3
ATAL KUMAR SHUKLA
18,4028.3%
4
PARAMJEET SINGH
IND
8,0533.6%
5
ASHARFIPAL DHANGAR
SBSP
2,5311.1%
6
AMAR SINGH CHAUHAN
RTJPS
2,3971.1%
7
GYANENDRA SINGH MAURYA
Shreshthatam Rashtra Party
1,9500.9%

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.

High turnout (27th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
23.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.8% · min 0.6% · max 36.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
27th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
338th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
75th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
14 seats · 8 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 54.0%SP 31.0%INC 8.3%OTH 6.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
40,21,243
Density
524 / km²
Sex ratio
894 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,680 km²
SC population26.4%
ST population1.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 76.5%Muslim 20.1%Other 3.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water28.5%
Electricity17.3%
Sanitation24.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births82.8%
Children fully vaccinated69.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.6%
Children underweight (under 5)36.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.0%
Women literate57.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.7%
Clean cooking fuel35.9%
Health insurance22.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jaggery Products🏺Tribal craft

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