Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2022

Meerganj

Assembly constituency 119 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

[01]Result · 2022

#119 · GEN

Poll date10 Feb 2022

Contestants7

Electors3,40,266

Votes polled2,27,225

Turnout66.8%

NOTA1,1620.3% of votes

WinnerDr. D. C. VermaBharatiya Janata Party1,16,43551.2% of votes

MARGIN32,480 votes · 14.3 pp1,16,435 − 83,955

Runner-upSultan Beg Samajwadi Party83,95537.0% of votes

BJP 58.1% of top-two votesSP 41.9%

All candidates 7

01 Dr. D. C. VermaBJP1,16,435 51.2%
02 Sultan BegSP83,955 37.0%
03 Kunwar Bhanu Pratap Singh Kunwar PratapBSP19,189 8.4%
04 Mu. IliyasINC5,288 2.3%
05 Yogesh KumarAAP818 0.4%
06 Laik Ahamad MansuriVANCHI808 0.4%
07 Javed KhanIND732 0.3%

Turnout 66.8%

Male 1.83 lakh53.7% Female 1.57 lakh46.1%

Share of 3,40,266 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males858
NOTAreported alongside the total1,162 · 0.3%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 202260.3%
ReconciliationΣ 7 candidates = 2,27,225Verified

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 88.2% of votes; the other 5 candidates 11.8% between them.
(1,16,435 + 83,955) ÷ 2,27,225 = 88.2% · 26,835 ÷ 2,27,225 = 11.8%
Turnout of 66.8% was 6.5 pp above the state's median seat (60.3%).
66.8 − 60.3 = +6.5
The margin narrowed from 26.1 pp in 2017 to 14.3 pp.
14.3 − 26.1 = −11.8 pp
Dr. D. C. Verma also won in 2017.
2017 winner name = 2022 winner name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 7 candidate lines2,27,225
NOTAreported alongside the total1,162
Published totalVotes polled2,27,225
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 2022 · Uttar Pradesh · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates7 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 403 seats on the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha 2022 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database