NIJHAR
Assembly seat no. 161 in Gujarat · reserved for Scheduled Tribes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 8 times since 1975.
Winner, 2007
PARESHBHAI GOVINDBHAI VASAVA
INC
Elections held
8
1975–2007
Most successful party
INC
won 6 of 8
Margin, 2007
1,668
1.35% of valid votes
Result, 2007
Runner-up
BJPGAMIT KANTILALBHAI RESHMABHAI
- Votes
- 50,749
- Vote share
- 41.03%
- Behind by
- 1,668
Electors
1,88,403
Total votes polled
1,23,694
Valid votes
1,23,694
NOTA votes
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Turnout
65.7%
Full result, 2007
8 candidates · 1,23,694 valid votes
PARESHBHAI GOVINDBHAI VASAVAINCwon
52,417
42.4%
GAMIT KANTILALBHAI RESHMABHAIBJP
50,749
41.0%
VASAVA SUMANBHAI POSALYABHAIIND
9,017
7.3%
NAYIK AJABSINGBHAI NARSINHBHAIBJSH
2,968
2.4%
PADVI KESHAVCHANDRA MOHANSINGBHAIIND
2,371
1.9%
GAMIT MOVALYABHAI NOPARIYABHAIBSP
2,206
1.8%
PADVI MAHENDRABHAI GULABSINGJD(U)
2,116
1.7%
KOKANI RAMESHBHAI VARIYABHAIIND
1,850
1.5%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 8 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | PARESHBHAI GOVINDBHAI VASAVA | INC | 52,417 | 42.38% | GAMIT KANTILALBHAI RESHMABHAI | 1,668 |
| 2002 | VASAVA PARESHBHAI GOVINDBHAI | INC | 45,299 | 39.99% | PADVI SUBHASHBHAI ROTUBHAI | 16,463 |
| 1998 | VASAVA PARESHBHAI GOVINDBHAI | INC | 54,497 | 60.87% | SUBHASHBHAI ROTUBHAI PADAVI | 29,801 |
| 1995 | PAADVI SUBHASHBHAI ROTUBHAI | BJP | 37,330 | 35.14% | VALVI PUNJIBHAI GORJIBHAI | 11,265 |
| 1990 | VASAVA GOVINDBHAI BARKIABHAI | INC | 30,104 | 54.33% | PADVI SUBHASHBHAI ROTUBHAI | 11,680 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
