Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Gopamau

Assembly constituency 157 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#157 · SC

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants10

Electors3,30,369

Votes polled2,00,780

Turnout60.8%

NOTA2,2520.7% of votes

WinnerShyam PrakashBharatiya Janata Party87,87143.3% of votes

MARGIN31,378 votes · 15.6 pp87,871 − 56,493

Runner-upRajeshwari Samajwadi Party56,49327.8% of votes

BJP 60.9% of top-two votesSP 39.1%

All candidates 10

01 Shyam PrakashBJP87,871 43.3%
02 RajeshwariSP56,493 27.8%
03 Meena KumariBSP49,847 24.6%
04 Mevaram VermaIND1,632 0.8%
05 Munshi LalRSVP1,386 0.7%
06 Tarun PratapIND1,346 0.7%
07 Shiv KumarIND767 0.4%
08 Raj BahadurBMP534 0.3%
09 ChakrapalIND487 0.2%
10 Ram LakhanBSS417 0.2%

Turnout 60.8%

Male 1.80 lakh54.5% Female 1.50 lakh45.5%

Share of 3,30,369 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males835
NOTAreported alongside the total2,252 · 0.7%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 10 candidates = 2,00,780Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
7.5 pp
AneelSamajwadi Party
2007
4.8 pp
Ishwar Chandra ShuklaIndian National Congress
2012
3.4 pp
Shyam PrakashSamajwadi Party
2017
15.6 pp
Shyam PrakashBharatiya Janata Party
2022
3.8 pp
Shyam PrakashBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 15.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 49,847 votes, 1.6× the 31,378-vote margin.
49,847 ÷ 31,378 = 1.6
The top two polled 71.9% of votes; the other 8 candidates 28.1% between them.
(87,871 + 56,493) ÷ 2,00,780 = 71.9% · 56,416 ÷ 2,00,780 = 28.1%
Turnout of 60.8% was 0.3 pp above the state's median seat (60.5%).
60.8 − 60.5 = +0.3
The margin widened from 3.4 pp in 2012 to 15.6 pp.
15.6 − 3.4 = +12.2 pp
Shyam Prakash also won in 2012.
2012 winner name = 2017 winner name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 10 candidate lines2,00,780
NOTAreported alongside the total2,252
Published totalVotes polled2,00,780
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