Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Shahabad

Assembly constituency 155 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#155 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants14

Electors3,43,834

Votes polled2,17,324

Turnout63.2%

NOTA2,6150.8% of votes

WinnerRajani TiwariBharatiya Janata Party99,62445.3% of votes

MARGIN4,260 votes · 2.0 pp99,624 − 95,364

Runner-upAsif Khan Bahujan Samaj Party95,36443.4% of votes

BJP 51.1% of top-two votesBSP 48.9%

All candidates 14

01 Rajani TiwariBJP99,624 45.3%
02 Asif KhanBSP95,364 43.4%
03 Sartaj KhanSP15,767 7.2%
04 Shobhit PathakRLD1,477 0.7%
05 Saurabh KumarIND1,469 0.7%
06 AshutoshIND704 0.3%
07 Furqan KhanIND581 0.3%
08 Dinesh KumarBSS448 0.2%
09 PradeepRSVP361 0.2%
10 Shahwaz Husain KhanMKP351 0.2%
11 MahendraJAM338 0.2%
12 Rajkumar JindalBMP314 0.1%
13 Pramod KumarLKD297 0.1%
14 RajdeviBMP229 0.1%

Turnout 63.2%

Male 1.85 lakh53.8% Female 1.59 lakh46.2%

Share of 3,43,834 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males859
NOTAreported alongside the total2,615 · 0.8%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 14 candidates = 2,17,324Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
7.5 pp
Mata Prasad PandeySamajwadi Party
2007
1.8 pp
Mata Prasad PandeySamajwadi Party
2012
5.5 pp
Babu KhanSamajwadi Party
2017
2.0 pp
Rajani TiwariBharatiya Janata Party
2022
2.8 pp
Rajni TiwariBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 7.5 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed SP polled 15,767 votes, 3.7× the 4,260-vote margin.
15,767 ÷ 4,260 = 3.7
The top two polled 89.7% of votes; the other 12 candidates 10.3% between them.
(99,624 + 95,364) ÷ 2,17,324 = 89.7% · 22,336 ÷ 2,17,324 = 10.3%
Turnout of 63.2% was 2.7 pp above the state's median seat (60.5%).
63.2 − 60.5 = +2.7
The margin narrowed from 5.5 pp in 2012 to 2.0 pp.
2.0 − 5.5 = −3.5 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 14 candidate lines2,17,324
NOTAreported alongside the total2,615
Published totalVotes polled2,17,324
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

Candidates14 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