Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Malihabad

Assembly constituency 168 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#168 · SC

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants8

Electors3,40,473

Votes polled2,26,032

Turnout66.4%

NOTA1,6920.5% of votes

WinnerJai DeviBharatiya Janata Party94,67741.6% of votes

MARGIN22,668 votes · 10.0 pp94,677 − 72,009

Runner-upRajbala Samajwadi Party72,00931.6% of votes

BJP 56.8% of top-two votesSP 43.2%

All candidates 8

01 Jai DeviBJP94,677 41.6%
02 RajbalaSP72,009 31.6%
03 Satya Kumar GautamBSP53,481 23.5%
04 Jagdish RawatRLD1,972 0.9%
05 KalluBMP1,351 0.6%
06 Pawan Kumar SarojRSVP897 0.4%
07 Ramesh KumarIND853 0.4%
08 Jitendra KumarIND792 0.4%

Turnout 66.4%

Male 1.84 lakh53.9% Female 1.57 lakh46.1%

Share of 3,40,473 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males854
NOTAreported alongside the total1,692 · 0.5%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 8 candidates = 2,26,032Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
16.7 pp
Jitendra Kumar Jaiswal Urf Pappu BhaiyaIndependent
2007
6.9 pp
Jamuna NisadBahujan Samaj Party
2012
1.1 pp
Indal KumarSamajwadi Party
2017
10.0 pp
Jai DeviBharatiya Janata Party
2022
3.2 pp
Jai DeviBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 16.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 53,481 votes, 2.4× the 22,668-vote margin.
53,481 ÷ 22,668 = 2.4
The top two polled 73.7% of votes; the other 6 candidates 26.3% between them.
(94,677 + 72,009) ÷ 2,26,032 = 73.7% · 59,346 ÷ 2,26,032 = 26.3%
Turnout of 66.4% was 5.9 pp above the state's median seat (60.5%).
66.4 − 60.5 = +5.9
The margin widened from 1.1 pp in 2012 to 10.0 pp.
10.0 − 1.1 = +8.9 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 8 candidate lines2,26,032
NOTAreported alongside the total1,692
Published totalVotes polled2,26,032
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

Candidates8 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