Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

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Assembly constituency 13 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#13 · SC

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants10

Electors3,13,951

Votes polled2,03,180

Turnout64.7%

NOTA1,1390.4% of votes

WinnerPramod UtwalBharatiya Janata Party77,49137.9% of votes

MARGIN11,253 votes · 5.5 pp77,491 − 66,238

Runner-upDeepak Kumar Indian National Congress66,23832.4% of votes

BJP 53.9% of top-two votesINC 46.1%

All candidates 10

01 Pramod UtwalBJP77,491 37.9%
02 Deepak KumarINC66,238 32.4%
03 Anil KumarBSP46,401 22.7%
04 ChotiRLD8,227 4.0%
05 Uma KiranSP2,570 1.3%
06 KavitaNISHAD871 0.4%
07 Anil KumarBMP579 0.3%
08 Manoj KumarIND298 0.2%
09 Mitva BhanvarNLP260 0.1%
10 AatmaramIND245 0.1%

Turnout 64.7%

Male 1.72 lakh54.8% Female 1.42 lakh45.2%

Share of 3,13,951 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males824
NOTAreported alongside the total1,139 · 0.4%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 10 candidates = 2,03,180Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
11.0 pp
Aqeelur Rehman KhanBahujan Samaj Party
2007
0.7 pp
Aqeel-Ur-Rahman KhanBahujan Samaj Party
2012
5.3 pp
Anil KumarBahujan Samaj Party
2017
5.5 pp
Pramod UtwalBharatiya Janata Party
2022
3.0 pp
Anil KumarRashtriya Lok Dal

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 11.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 46,401 votes, 4.1× the 11,253-vote margin.
46,401 ÷ 11,253 = 4.1
The top two polled 70.7% of votes; the other 8 candidates 29.3% between them.
(77,491 + 66,238) ÷ 2,03,180 = 70.7% · 59,451 ÷ 2,03,180 = 29.3%
Turnout of 64.7% was 4.2 pp above the state's median seat (60.5%).
64.7 − 60.5 = +4.2
The margin widened from 5.3 pp in 2012 to 5.5 pp.
5.5 − 5.3 = +0.2 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 lines2,03,180
NOTAreported alongside the total1,139
Published totalVotes polled2,03,180
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