Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Faridpur

Assembly constituency 122 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#122 · SC

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants8

Electors3,07,006

Votes polled1,88,378

Turnout61.4%

NOTA1,8310.6% of votes

WinnerDr. Shyam Bihari LalBharatiya Janata Party83,65644.0% of votes

MARGIN24,721 votes · 13.1 pp83,656 − 58,935

Runner-upDr. Siya Ram Sagar Samajwadi Party58,93531.0% of votes

BJP 58.7% of top-two votesSP 41.3%

All candidates 8

01 Dr. Shyam Bihari LalBJP83,656 44.0%
02 Dr. Siya Ram SagarSP58,935 31.0%
03 Vijay Pal SinghBSP37,680 19.8%
04 Poonam SenRLD3,075 1.6%
05 Shalini SinghIND1,927 1.0%
06 Vijendra PalLKD1,208 0.6%
07 Ulfat Singh KatheriyaJSSP990 0.5%
08 Daulat RamPECP907 0.5%

Turnout 61.4%

Male 1.69 lakh54.9% Female 1.38 lakh45.1%

Share of 3,07,006 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males820
NOTAreported alongside the total1,831 · 0.6%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 8 candidates = 1,88,378Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
16.4 pp
Abbas Ali Zaidi Urf Rushdi MiyanSamajwadi Party
2007
2.9 pp
Abbas Ali Zaidi Alias Rushdi MianSamajwadi Party
2012
9.7 pp
Dr. Siaram SagarSamajwadi Party
2017
13.1 pp
Dr. Shyam Bihari LalBharatiya Janata Party
2022
1.4 pp
Prof. Shyam Bihari LalBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 16.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 37,680 votes, 1.5× the 24,721-vote margin.
37,680 ÷ 24,721 = 1.5
The top two polled 75.7% of votes; the other 6 candidates 24.3% between them.
(83,656 + 58,935) ÷ 1,88,378 = 75.7% · 45,787 ÷ 1,88,378 = 24.3%
Turnout of 61.4% was 0.9 pp above the state's median seat (60.5%).
61.4 − 60.5 = +0.9
The margin widened from 9.7 pp in 2012 to 13.1 pp.
13.1 − 9.7 = +3.4 pp
The seat changed hands: SP in 2012, BJP in 2017.
2012 SP · 2017 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 8 candidate lines1,88,378
NOTAreported alongside the total1,831
Published totalVotes polled1,88,378
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

Candidates8 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