Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Najibabad

Assembly constituency 17 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#17 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants13

Electors3,29,545

Votes polled2,14,420

Turnout65.1%

NOTA1,5160.5% of votes

WinnerTasleem AhmadSamajwadi Party81,08237.6% of votes

MARGIN2,002 votes · 0.9 pp81,082 − 79,080

Runner-upRajiv Kumar Agarwal Bharatiya Janata Party79,08036.6% of votes

SP 50.6% of top-two votesBJP 49.4%

All candidates 13

01 Tasleem AhmadSP81,082 37.6%
02 Rajiv Kumar AgarwalBJP79,080 36.6%
03 Jameel AhmadBSP45,070 20.9%
04 Leena SinghalRLD3,587 1.7%
05 Tazeem SiddiquiAIMIM2,094 1.0%
06 Umesh Kushwaha DaniIND848 0.4%
07 Dhara SinghIND784 0.4%
08 Sampurnanand PandeySAMPOO447 0.2%
09 Asarpat SinghIND439 0.2%
10 Ashfak MahigeerADP393 0.2%
11 HemendraBMF237 0.1%
12 KuldeepBBPP184 0.1%
13 Mohd UmarGKP175 0.1%

Turnout 65.1%

Male 1.75 lakh53.0% Female 1.55 lakh47.0%

Share of 3,29,545 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males886
NOTAreported alongside the total1,516 · 0.5%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 13 candidates = 2,14,420Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
14.7 pp
Sandeep AgarwalBharatiya Janata Party
2007
35.8 pp
Sandeep AgrawalSamajwadi Party
2012
6.2 pp
TasleemBahujan Samaj Party
2017
0.9 pp
Tasleem AhmadSamajwadi Party
2022
10.3 pp
Tasleem AhmadSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 35.8 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 45,070 votes, 23× the 2,002-vote margin.
45,070 ÷ 2,002 = 22.5
The top two polled 74.7% of votes; the other 11 candidates 25.3% between them.
(81,082 + 79,080) ÷ 2,14,420 = 74.7% · 54,258 ÷ 2,14,420 = 25.3%
Turnout of 65.1% was 4.6 pp above the state's median seat (60.5%).
65.1 − 60.5 = +4.6
The margin narrowed from 6.2 pp in 2012 to 0.9 pp.
0.9 − 6.2 = −5.3 pp
The seat changed hands: BSP in 2012, SP in 2017.
2012 BSP · 2017 SP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 13 candidate lines2,14,420
NOTAreported alongside the total1,516
Published totalVotes polled2,14,420
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

Candidates13 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