Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2007

Amethi

Assembly constituency 105 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2007

[01]Result · 2007

#105 · GEN

Poll date7 Apr 2007

Contestants13

Electors2,78,649

Votes polled1,18,519

Turnout42.5%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerAmita SinghIndian National Congress48,10840.6% of votes

MARGIN12,424 votes · 10.5 pp48,108 − 35,684

Runner-upAshish Bahujan Samaj Party35,68430.1% of votes

INC 57.4% of top-two votesBSP 42.6%

All candidates 13

01 Amita SinghINC48,108 40.6%
02 AshishBSP35,684 30.1%
03 Rajesh KumarSP20,804 17.6%
04 Govind NarayanBJP6,340 5.4%
05 Vijay BahadurIND2,634 2.2%
06 Ashok KumarRLD1,478 1.3%
07 KrishnaRASHTR746 0.6%
08 Ram AbhilakhIND689 0.6%
09 BasdevIND539 0.5%
10 Mangaroo RamIND486 0.4%
11 AkhileshIND377 0.3%
12 Heera LalBRP333 0.3%
13 MathuraIND301 0.3%

Turnout 42.5%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 200746.5%
ReconciliationΣ 13 candidates = 1,18,519Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
14.2 pp
Amita SinghBharatiya Janata Party
2007
10.5 pp
Amita SinghIndian National Congress
2012
13.0 pp
Amit GauravSamajwadi Party
2017
17.6 pp
VirendraBharatiya Janata Party
2022
8.5 pp
Virendra Singh LodhiBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 17.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed SP polled 20,804 votes, 1.7× the 12,424-vote margin.
20,804 ÷ 12,424 = 1.7
The top two polled 70.7% of votes; the other 11 candidates 29.3% between them.
(48,108 + 35,684) ÷ 1,18,519 = 70.7% · 34,727 ÷ 1,18,519 = 29.3%
Turnout of 42.5% was 4.0 pp below the state's median seat (46.5%).
42.5 − 46.5 = −4.0
The margin narrowed from 14.2 pp in 2002 to 10.5 pp.
10.5 − 14.2 = −3.7 pp
Amita Singh also won in 2002.
2002 winner name = 2007 winner name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 13 candidate lines1,18,519
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,18,519
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 2007 · Uttar Pradesh · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates13 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 403 seats on the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha 2007 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database