Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Meerganj

Assembly constituency 119 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#119 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants10

Electors3,24,803

Votes polled2,08,527

Turnout64.2%

NOTA1,7490.5% of votes

WinnerDr. D.C. VermaBharatiya Janata Party1,08,78951.7% of votes

MARGIN54,500 votes · 26.1 pp1,08,789 − 54,289

Runner-upSultan Beg Bahujan Samaj Party54,28925.8% of votes

BJP 66.7% of top-two votesBSP 33.3%

All candidates 10

01 Dr. D.C. VermaBJP1,08,789 51.7%
02 Sultan BegBSP54,289 25.8%
03 Narendra Pal SinghINC36,938 17.6%
04 Bhanu Pratap SinghMD2,267 1.1%
05 Shakeel AhmadPECP1,696 0.8%
06 Ganga Singh VermaRLD1,255 0.6%
07 Champat RamBSS1,125 0.5%
08 Laik Ahmad MansuriBIP746 0.4%
09 Amit SinghIND715 0.3%
10 Chandra Bhoj PathakIND707 0.3%

Turnout 64.2%

Male 1.76 lakh54.2% Female 1.49 lakh45.8%

Share of 3,24,803 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males845
NOTAreported alongside the total1,749 · 0.5%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 10 candidates = 2,08,527Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
5.1 pp
Sita Ram NishadSamajwadi Party
2007
6.4 pp
Jitendra Kumar Bablu BhaiyaBahujan Samaj Party
2012
4.3 pp
Sultan BaigBahujan Samaj Party
2017
26.1 pp
Dr. D.C. VermaBharatiya Janata Party
2022
14.3 pp
Dr. D. C. VermaBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 26.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 78.2% of votes; the other 8 candidates 21.8% between them.
(1,08,789 + 54,289) ÷ 2,08,527 = 78.2% · 45,449 ÷ 2,08,527 = 21.8%
Turnout of 64.2% was 3.7 pp above the state's median seat (60.5%).
64.2 − 60.5 = +3.7
The margin widened from 4.3 pp in 2012 to 26.1 pp.
26.1 − 4.3 = +21.8 pp
The seat changed hands: BSP in 2012, BJP in 2017.
2012 BSP · 2017 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 10 candidate lines2,08,527
NOTAreported alongside the total1,749
Published totalVotes polled2,08,527
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

Candidates10 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