Nirmala Sankhwar is an Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly,

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of India. She represents the ‘

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’ constituency in

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district of

Political career

Nirmala Sankhwar contested Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election as

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candidate and defeated her close contestant Arun Kumar Kori from

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with a margin of 33,394 votes.

Posts held

References

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