Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Kasta

Assembly constituency 143 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#143 · SC

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants6

Electors2,98,932

Votes polled2,08,009

Turnout69.6%

NOTA1,9780.7% of votes

WinnerSaurabh SinghBharatiya Janata Party92,82444.2% of votes

MARGIN24,273 votes · 11.7 pp92,824 − 68,551

Runner-upSunil Kumar Lala Samajwadi Party68,55132.7% of votes

BJP 57.5% of top-two votesSP 42.5%

All candidates 6

01 Saurabh SinghBJP92,824 44.2%
02 Sunil Kumar LalaSP68,551 32.7%
03 Rajesh KumarBSP41,778 19.9%
04 Arvind KumarCPI(M)1,997 1.0%
05 Kusum DeviBSS1,864 0.9%
06 Ramesh ChandraIND995 0.5%

Turnout 69.6%

Male 1.61 lakh53.8% Female 1.38 lakh46.2%

Share of 2,98,932 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males860
NOTAreported alongside the total1,978 · 0.7%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 6 candidates = 2,08,009Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
17.9 pp
Ram Bishun AzadSamajwadi Party
2007
4.3 pp
Ram Bishun AzadSamajwadi Party
2012
13.7 pp
Sunil Kumar LalaSamajwadi Party
2017
11.7 pp
Saurabh SinghBharatiya Janata Party
2022
6.5 pp
Saurabh SinghBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 17.9 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 41,778 votes, 1.7× the 24,273-vote margin.
41,778 ÷ 24,273 = 1.7
The top two polled 77.6% of votes; the other 4 candidates 22.4% between them.
(92,824 + 68,551) ÷ 2,08,009 = 77.6% · 46,634 ÷ 2,08,009 = 22.4%
Turnout of 69.6% was 9.1 pp above the state's median seat (60.5%).
69.6 − 60.5 = +9.1
The margin narrowed from 13.7 pp in 2012 to 11.7 pp.
11.7 − 13.7 = −2.0 pp
Sunil Kumar Lala, the 2012 winner, finished second in 2017.
2012 winner name = 2017 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 6 candidate lines2,08,009
NOTAreported alongside the total1,978
Published totalVotes polled2,08,009
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

Candidates6 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