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Nainital, Uttar Pradesh — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Nainital (Uttar Pradesh) was won by Narayan Datt Tiwari (Indian National Congress) at the 1999 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 112,407 votes over Balraj Passi. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Nainital, Uttar Pradesh, from 1957 to 1999.

Full Election History, 1957–1999

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 C. D. Pande Indian National Congress 79,221 40.9% Sybil Khan (Independent) 29,487 (15.2 pts)
1962 Krishna Chandra Pant Alias Raja Indian National Congress 113,083 48.9% Sybil Khan (Praja Socialist Party) 64,643 (28.0 pts)
1967 K. C. Pant Indian National Congress 91,048 39.7% D. K. Pande (Independent) 33,859 (14.8 pts)
1971 Krishan Chandra Pant Indian National Congress 159,937 69.1% Daya Kishan (Congress (O)) 99,997 (43.2 pts)
1977 Bharat Bhushan Bharatiya Lok Dal 196,304 61.7% Krishna Chandra Pant (Indian National Congress) 84,646 (26.6 pts)
1980 Narayana Datt Tewari Congress (I) 163,117 50.6% Bharat Bhushan (Janata Party) 104,422 (32.4 pts)
1984 Satendra Chandra Indian National Congress 274,557 64.4% Akbar Ahmad (Independent) 166,660 (39.1 pts)
1989 Mahendra Singh Pal Janata Dal 181,938 38.3% Satyaendra Chandra Guriya (Indian National Congress) 20,448 (4.3 pts)
1991 Balraj Pasi Bharatiya Janata Party 167,509 34.4% Narayan Datt Tiwari (Indian National Congress) 11,429 (2.4 pts)
1996 Narayan Dutt Tiwari AIIC(T) 307,449 39.9% Balraj Pasi (Bharatiya Janata Party) 155,845 (20.2 pts)
1998 Ila Pant Bharatiya Janata Party 292,761 38.5% Narayan Datt Tiwari (Indian National Congress) 15,577 (2.1 pts)
1999 Narayan Datt Tiwari Indian National Congress 350,381 44.1% Balraj Passi (Bharatiya Janata Party) 112,407 (14.2 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
C. D. Pande Indian National Congress 79,221 40.9%
Sybil Khan Independent 49,734 25.7%
Shobbawati Mittal Praja Socialist Party 47,695 24.6%
Om Prakash Bharatiya Jana Sangh 17,052 8.8%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Krishna Chandra Pant Alias Raja Indian National Congress 113,083 48.9%
Sybil Khan Praja Socialist Party 48,440 21.0%
Mahendra Pratap Singh Jharkhand Party 29,806 12.9%
Abdul Qayum Independent 15,597 6.7%
Lal Singh Socialist Party 15,192 6.6%
Satya Prakash Independent 9,016 3.9%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
K. C. Pant Indian National Congress 91,048 39.7%
D. K. Pande Independent 57,189 24.9%
C. Singh Independent 47,047 20.5%
Ramji Independent 13,230 5.8%
K. Shah Communist Party of India 12,234 5.3%
A. L . Siddiqui Samyukta Socialist Party 4,949 2.2%
P. Kumar Independent 2,530 1.1%
H. Ballabh Independent 1,263 0.6%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Krishan Chandra Pant Indian National Congress 159,937 69.1%
Daya Kishan Congress (O) 59,940 25.9%
Jan Priya Gautam Independent 5,569 2.4%
Naeroom Begum Independent 3,975 1.7%
A. Rauf Independent 2,021 0.9%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bharat Bhushan Bharatiya Lok Dal 196,304 61.7%
Krishna Chandra Pant Indian National Congress 111,658 35.1%
Daulat Singh Independent 6,202 1.9%
Yakub Ali Khan Independent 4,006 1.3%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Narayana Datt Tewari Congress (I) 163,117 50.6%
Bharat Bhushan Janata Party 58,695 18.2%
Partap Singh Alias Partap Bhayya Janata Party (Secular) 49,506 15.4%
Dungar Singh Congress (U) 19,973 6.2%
Ram Kishore Independent 12,761 4.0%
Raj Kumar Independent 5,423 1.7%
Daulat Singh Independent 4,148 1.3%
Dilsad Husain Independent 3,565 1.1%
Kallu Shah Independent 2,565 0.8%
Sayed Imdad Husain Independent 1,508 0.5%
M.C. Pant Independent 1,216 0.4%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Satendra Chandra Indian National Congress 274,557 64.4%
Akbar Ahmad Independent 107,897 25.3%
Lakhan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 16,276 3.8%
Govind Singh LKD 8,505 2.0%
Nitya Nand Independent 2,431 0.6%
Pulin Kumar Independent 2,258 0.5%
Jhabban Singh Independent 1,960 0.5%
Amrik Singh Independent 1,917 0.4%
Sami Independent 1,814 0.4%
Khim Singh Independent 1,714 0.4%
Dharam Pal DDP 1,710 0.4%
I.S. Jodha Independent 1,658 0.4%
Balbir Singh Independent 1,327 0.3%
Rajendra Mohan Singh Jaira Independent 1,177 0.3%
Daulat Singh 'Ragi Baba' Independent 812 0.2%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mahendra Singh Pal Janata Dal 181,938 38.3%
Satyaendra Chandra Guriya Indian National Congress 161,490 34.0%
Khushi Ram Silpkar Bahujan Samaj Party 30,391 6.4%
Vishnu Sahay Bharatiya Janata Party 28,027 5.9%
Vijay UKD 25,254 5.3%
Ramesh Chandra Independent 11,202 2.4%
Rana Veer Independent 8,652 1.8%
Rajeshwar Alias Raja Bahuguna IPF 5,410 1.1%
Dharam Singh DDP 4,955 1.0%
Ishwar Singh Independent 4,903 1.0%
Dalip Chandra Independent 3,133 0.7%
Goss Raza Independent 2,876 0.6%
Anop Singh Independent 2,633 0.6%
Umesh Chandra Independent 2,391 0.5%
Vijaya Pant Independent 1,310 0.3%
Vindesh Kumar Independent 919 0.2%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Balraj Pasi Bharatiya Janata Party 167,509 34.4%
Narayan Datt Tiwari Indian National Congress 156,080 32.0%
Mahendra Singh Pal Janata Dal 81,936 16.8%
Jhag Urf Bhag Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 34,707 7.1%
Bharat Bhushan Janata Party 14,507 3.0%
Puran Singh Independent 7,005 1.4%
Vijay Pal Singh Independent 3,738 0.8%
Kanchan Singh Independent 3,339 0.7%
Avtar Singh Independent 2,351 0.5%
Kishan Pant Independent 2,298 0.5%
Kuldeep Singh Sandhu Independent 2,177 0.4%
Ranveer Singh Independent 1,918 0.4%
Ranveer Independent 1,671 0.3%
Teja Singh DDP 1,574 0.3%
Umesh Chandra Independent 1,548 0.3%
Surendra Singh Independent 1,372 0.3%
Barit Chandra Independent 1,207 0.2%
Janak Raj Independent 1,104 0.2%
Mushir Ahmadlari Independent 1,095 0.2%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Narayan Dutt Tiwari AIIC(T) 307,449 39.9%
Balraj Pasi Bharatiya Janata Party 151,604 19.7%
Bhag Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 129,457 16.8%
Narayan Pal Samajwadi Party 113,313 14.7%
Prayag Dutt Bhat Indian National Congress 15,612 2.0%
Radhakant Sarkar Independent 8,482 1.1%
Rana Veer Singha Independent 5,383 0.7%
Satish Chandera Independent 3,205 0.4%
Nisar Ahmed Independent 3,104 0.4%
H.B Kshatri Independent 3,093 0.4%
Vipin Kumar Independent 2,969 0.4%
Jagdeep Singh Independent 2,273 0.3%
Chuttu Prasad Independent 1,738 0.2%
Pati Ram Independent 1,689 0.2%
Rakesh Chabra Janata Party 1,597 0.2%
Raj Kumar Independent 1,530 0.2%
Natthu Lal Independent 1,506 0.2%
Lal Singh Independent 1,424 0.2%
Umesh Chandra Independent 1,282 0.2%
Santokh Singh Independent 1,151 0.1%
Vijendara Pal Singh Independent 1,002 0.1%
Rajendera Kumar Independent 923 0.1%
Girija Pathak CPI (ML) Liberation 904 0.1%
Suraj Kukrati Independent 863 0.1%
Surender Kumar Independent 857 0.1%
Sita Ram Independent 763 0.1%
Avdash Kumar Independent 678 0.1%
Harpal Singh Independent 623 0.1%
Jakir Independent 618 0.1%
Bhola Nath Independent 617 0.1%
Saty Prakash Independent 557 0.1%
Jirav Ahmed Independent 548 0.1%
Abdul Waheed Independent 496 0.1%
Satish Kumar Gakhar Independent 487 0.1%
Avtar Singh Independent 388 0.1%
Ak Ram Arya Independent 372 0.0%
Mohan Singh Independent 365 0.0%
Sanjay Kumar Independent 319 0.0%
Vishambhar Nath Independent 289 0.0%
Ramesh Chandra Independent 274 0.0%
Kanchan Singh Independent 265 0.0%
Hiraballabh Paneru Independent 249 0.0%
Yakoob Ali Independent 216 0.0%
Akil Ahmed Independent 174 0.0%
Devender Kumar Independent 156 0.0%
Shrikant Independent 152 0.0%
Munabbar Shah Khan Independent 92 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ila Pant Bharatiya Janata Party 292,761 38.5%
Narayan Datt Tiwari Indian National Congress 277,184 36.5%
Niranjan Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 102,831 13.5%
Abdul Raoof Siddique Samajwadi Party 75,912 10.0%
Raja Bahuguna CPI (ML) Liberation 2,818 0.4%
Nishan Singh Independent 2,129 0.3%
Raja Ram Singh Independent 2,037 0.3%
M.S. Rathor Independent 1,737 0.2%
Reva Lal AD 1,664 0.2%
Ramsaran Arya BVP 585 0.1%
Suresh Kumar Independent 415 0.1%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Narayan Datt Tiwari Indian National Congress 350,381 44.1%
Balraj Passi Bharatiya Janata Party 237,974 30.0%
Naina Ahmad Bahujan Samaj Party 123,509 15.6%
Muzaffar Ali Samajwadi Party 63,293 8.0%
Kashmir Singh Independent 5,008 0.6%
Tej Ram Arya Independent 2,059 0.3%
Ganga Singh Independent 1,930 0.2%
Raja Bahuguna CPI (ML) Liberation 1,789 0.2%
Darshan Singh UKKD 1,661 0.2%
Raja Ram Independent 1,501 0.2%
Radha Kant Sarkar AD 1,433 0.2%
Inder Pal Independent 1,218 0.2%
Nar Ram Koli Independent 927 0.1%
Ranaveer Singha Independent 874 0.1%
Rajeev Independent 362 0.0%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1957: Indian National Congress margin 15.2 pts 1962: Indian National Congress margin 28.0 pts 1967: Indian National Congress margin 14.8 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 43.2 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 26.6 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 32.4 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 39.1 pts 1989: Janata Dal margin 4.3 pts 1991: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 2.4 pts 1996: AIIC(T) margin 20.2 pts 1998: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 2.1 pts 1999: Indian National Congress margin 14.2 pts 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999

Trend

Nainital has been contested at 12 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Janata Dal, Bharatiya Janata Party, AIIC(T).

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Nainital in the 1999 Lok Sabha election?

Narayan Datt Tiwari (Indian National Congress) won Nainital, Uttar Pradesh, in 1999 with 350,381 votes (44.1%), a margin of 112,407 votes over Balraj Passi.

Which parties have won Nainital since 1957?

Since 1957, Nainital has been won by: AIIC(T), Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Indian National Congress, Janata Dal.

What was the closest result in Nainital?

The closest result on record for Nainital was 1998, when Bharatiya Janata Party beat Indian National Congress by just 15,577 votes (2.1 percentage points).

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