Nighasan | |
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Constituency for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | North India |
State | Uttar Pradesh |
District | Lakhimpur Kheri |
Established | 1956 |
Total electors | 320,502 (2012) |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent Shashank Verma | |
Party | BJP |
Nighasan Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Lakhimpur Kheri district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Kheri Lok Sabha constituency. First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1957 after the "DPACO (1956)" (delimitation order) was passed in 1956.[1] After the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order" was passed in 2008, the constituency was assigned identification number 138.[2][3][4][5]
Extent of Nighasan Assembly constituency is Nighasan Tehsil; PCs Benoura, Mallbehar, Ram Nagar Bagha, Gulariya T. Amethi, Ramiya Behar, Sujanpur, Jungle Sujanpur, Semri, Chandpura, Sohariya, Tahara of Ramiya Behar KC & Dhaurahra NP of Dhaurahra Tehsil.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Shashank Verma | 1,20,269 | 53.51 | ||
SP | Mohammad Kaiyum | 68,987 | 30.70 | ||
INC | Atal Kumar Shukla | 18,402 | 8.19 | ||
IND | Paramjeet Singh | 8,053 | 3.58 | ||
Majority | 51,282 | 22.82 | |||
Turnout | 2,24,742 | 66.87 | |||
BJP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Ajay Kumar Mishra | 75,005 | 36.39 | - | |
SP | R A Usmani | 43,966 | 21.33 | - | |
BSP | Daroga Singh | 35,798 | 17.37 | - | |
Remainder 11 candidates | 51,333 | 24.91 | - | ||
Majority | 31,039 | 15.06 | - | ||
Turnout | 206,102 | 64.31 | - | ||
BJP gain from SP | Swing |