Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Sawaijpur

Assembly constituency 154 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#154 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants15

Electors3,84,714

Votes polled2,30,011

Turnout59.8%

NOTA1,8310.5% of votes

WinnerKunvar Madhvendra PratapBharatiya Janata Party92,60139.9% of votes

MARGIN26,970 votes · 11.7 pp92,601 − 65,631

Runner-upPadamrag Singh Yadav Samajwadi Party65,63128.3% of votes

BJP 58.5% of top-two votesSP 41.5%

All candidates 15

01 Kunvar Madhvendra PratapBJP92,601 39.9%
02 Padamrag Singh YadavSP65,631 28.3%
03 Dr. Anupam Dubey AdvocateBSP59,791 25.8%
04 Yadunandan LalJAM3,569 1.5%
05 Neeraj KumarIND1,620 0.7%
06 Mohammad Alay RazaRLD1,503 0.7%
07 Sunit Kumar SinghMD1,150 0.5%
08 Sudhir KumarIND980 0.4%
09 Jag JivanIND754 0.3%
10 Anil KumarBMP627 0.3%
11 Ajay Pratap SinghIND411 0.2%
12 Raj Prakash SinghRSVP400 0.2%
13 Ramesh ChandraBKD341 0.2%
14 Udit Pratap SinghRJP329 0.1%
15 Manoj KumarRJP304 0.1%

Turnout 59.8%

Male 2.13 lakh55.4% Female 1.71 lakh44.6%

Share of 3,84,714 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males804
NOTAreported alongside the total1,831 · 0.5%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 15 candidates = 2,30,011Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
5.5 pp
Kamal Yusuf MalikSamajwadi Party
2007
0.8 pp
Taufique AhmadBahujan Samaj Party
2012
2.1 pp
Rajani TiwariBahujan Samaj Party
2017
11.7 pp
Kunvar Madhvendra PratapBharatiya Janata Party
2022
10.4 pp
Madhavendra Pratap SinghBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 11.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 59,791 votes, 2.2× the 26,970-vote margin.
59,791 ÷ 26,970 = 2.2
The top two polled 68.8% of votes; the other 13 candidates 31.2% between them.
(92,601 + 65,631) ÷ 2,30,011 = 68.8% · 71,779 ÷ 2,30,011 = 31.2%
Turnout of 59.8% was 0.7 pp below the state's median seat (60.5%).
59.8 − 60.5 = −0.7
The margin widened from 2.1 pp in 2012 to 11.7 pp.
11.7 − 2.1 = +9.6 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 15 candidate lines2,30,011
NOTAreported alongside the total1,831
Published totalVotes polled2,30,011
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

Candidates15 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