Nainital
Winner — 1991
Nainital is a safe seat — BANSHI DHAR won by 15.9%.
All Candidates
16 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BANSHI DHAR | BJP | 32,215 | 39.1% |
| 2 | SHER SINGH NAULIYA | INC | 19,146 | 23.3% |
| 3 | RANAYAN SINGH JANTWAL | UKD | 9,037 | 11.0% |
| 4 | UDAI RAJ | 8,968 | 10.9% | |
| 5 | SHANKAR DATT DALAKOTI | Janata Dal | 5,781 | 7.0% |
| 6 | PRATAP BHAYYA | IND | 1,880 | 2.3% |
| 7 | SHIVA PRAKASH | JP | 1,152 | 1.4% |
| 8 | PURAN SINH | IND | 1,096 | 1.3% |
| 9 | JAI KISHAN | IND | 719 | 0.9% |
| 10 | TRI BHUWAN SINGH FARTIYAL | IPF | 594 | 0.7% |
| 11 | AN SINGH | IND | 454 | 0.6% |
| 12 | KISHAN PANT | IND | 434 | 0.5% |
| 13 | SURESH CHANDRA SANGURI | IND | 400 | 0.5% |
| 14 | BALKAR SINGH | 200 | 0.2% | |
| 15 | PREM PURI | IND | 140 | 0.2% |
| 16 | BAL KISHAN | IND | 122 | 0.1% |
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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A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
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