NIJHAR
Assembly seat no. 161 in Gujarat · reserved for Scheduled Tribes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 8 times since 1975.
Winner, 1998
VASAVA PARESHBHAI GOVINDBHAI
INC
Elections held
8
1975–2007
Most successful party
INC
won 6 of 8
Margin, 1998
29,801
33.28% of valid votes
Result, 1998
Runner-up
BJPSUBHASHBHAI ROTUBHAI PADAVI
- Votes
- 24,696
- Vote share
- 27.58%
- Behind by
- 29,801
Electors
1,56,241
Total votes polled
89,535
Valid votes
89,535
NOTA votes
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Turnout
57.3%
Full result, 1998
7 candidates · 89,535 valid votes
VASAVA PARESHBHAI GOVINDBHAIINCwon
54,497
60.9%
SUBHASHBHAI ROTUBHAI PADAVIBJP
24,696
27.6%
VASAVA MANJIBHAI DEVALIYABHAIAIRJP
3,206
3.6%
DONVALA NARAYANBHAI HARJIBHAIIND
2,494
2.8%
GAMIT JAGDISHBHAI DHONABHAIJD
2,282
2.5%
VASAVA MANJIBHAI FULJIBHAICPI
1,696
1.9%
KUNWAR SHANKARBHAI RAMBHAIIND
664
0.7%
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
