Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Balamau

Assembly constituency 160 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#160 · SC

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants14

Electors3,47,436

Votes polled1,85,992

Turnout53.5%

NOTA2,0050.6% of votes

WinnerRam Pal VermaBharatiya Janata Party74,91739.9% of votes

MARGIN22,888 votes · 12.3 pp74,917 − 52,029

Runner-upNeelu Satyarthi Bahujan Samaj Party52,02927.7% of votes

BJP 59.0% of top-two votesBSP 41.0%

All candidates 14

01 Ram Pal VermaBJP74,917 39.9%
02 Neelu SatyarthiBSP52,029 27.7%
03 Sushila SarojSP43,507 23.1%
04 Surendra KumarJAM7,734 4.1%
05 Dilip ManjhiSARVSA1,165 0.6%
06 RajeswariRLD1,087 0.6%
07 Nawal KishorIND1,003 0.5%
08 Dr. Ashok KumarUPRP868 0.5%
09 Hari KaranIND781 0.4%
10 Arun KumarIND688 0.4%
11 Bhagwan DeenBSS668 0.4%
12 PappuBMP632 0.3%
13 Tilak ChandraLKD544 0.3%
14 Pankaj KumarBKD369 0.2%

Turnout 53.5%

Male 1.91 lakh54.8% Female 1.57 lakh45.2%

Share of 3,47,436 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males824
NOTAreported alongside the total2,005 · 0.6%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 14 candidates = 1,85,992Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
8.6 pp
Abdul KalamSamajwadi Party
2007
5.4 pp
Abdul KalamSamajwadi Party
2012
0.1 pp
Anil VermaSamajwadi Party
2017
12.3 pp
Ram Pal VermaBharatiya Janata Party
2022
13.9 pp
Rampal VermaBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 13.9 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed SP polled 43,507 votes, 1.9× the 22,888-vote margin.
43,507 ÷ 22,888 = 1.9
The top two polled 68.3% of votes; the other 12 candidates 31.7% between them.
(74,917 + 52,029) ÷ 1,85,992 = 68.3% · 59,046 ÷ 1,85,992 = 31.7%
Turnout of 53.5% was 7.0 pp below the state's median seat (60.5%).
53.5 − 60.5 = −7.0
The margin widened from 0.1 pp in 2012 to 12.3 pp.
12.3 − 0.1 = +12.2 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 lines1,85,992
NOTAreported alongside the total2,005
Published totalVotes polled1,85,992
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