Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

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Assembly constituency 10 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#10 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants12

Electors2,99,849

Votes polled1,95,446

Turnout65.2%

NOTA9010.3% of votes

WinnerTejendra NirwalBharatiya Janata Party70,08535.7% of votes

MARGIN29,720 votes · 15.2 pp70,085 − 40,365

Runner-upPankaj Kumar Malik Indian National Congress40,36520.6% of votes

BJP 63.5% of top-two votesINC 36.5%

All candidates 12

01 Tejendra NirwalBJP70,085 35.7%
02 Pankaj Kumar MalikINC40,365 20.6%
03 Bijendra SinghRLD33,551 17.1%
04 Manish KumarIND31,824 16.2%
05 Mohammad IslamBSP17,114 8.7%
06 Bilal APECP820 0.4%
07 Sanjeev KumarIND379 0.2%
08 SanjeevIND294 0.2%
09 Mohd. Gufran KazmiIND294 0.2%
10 Arvind KumarBMP278 0.1%
11 OmpalBJDT233 0.1%
12 Lokendra KumarIND209 0.1%

Turnout 65.2%

Male 1.66 lakh55.4% Female 1.34 lakh44.6%

Share of 2,99,849 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males806
NOTAreported alongside the total901 · 0.3%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 12 candidates = 1,95,446Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
18.1 pp
Devendra NagpalIndependent
2007
2.2 pp
Ferhat HasanBahujan Samaj Party
2012
2.2 pp
Pankaj Kumar MalikIndian National Congress
2017
15.2 pp
Tejendra NirwalBharatiya Janata Party
2022
3.4 pp
Persann KumarRashtriya Lok Dal

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 18.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed RLD polled 33,551 votes, 1.1× the 29,720-vote margin.
33,551 ÷ 29,720 = 1.1
The top two polled 56.5% of votes; the other 10 candidates 43.5% between them.
(70,085 + 40,365) ÷ 1,95,446 = 56.5% · 84,996 ÷ 1,95,446 = 43.5%
Turnout of 65.2% was 4.7 pp above the state's median seat (60.5%).
65.2 − 60.5 = +4.7
The margin widened from 2.2 pp in 2012 to 15.2 pp.
15.2 − 2.2 = +13.0 pp
Pankaj Kumar Malik, the 2012 winner, finished second in 2017.
2012 winner name = 2017 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 12 candidate lines1,95,446
NOTAreported alongside the total901
Published totalVotes polled1,95,446
Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2017 · Uttar Pradesh · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates12 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 403 seats on the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha 2017 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database