Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2022

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Assembly constituency 181 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

[01]Result · 2022

#181 · SC

Poll date10 Feb 2022

Contestants9

Electors3,49,177

Votes polled1,98,281

Turnout56.8%

NOTA2,0420.6% of votes

WinnerAshok KumarBharatiya Janata Party87,71544.2% of votes

MARGIN2,111 votes · 1.1 pp87,715 − 85,604

Runner-upJagdish Prasad Samajwadi Party85,60443.2% of votes

BJP 50.6% of top-two votesSP 49.4%

All candidates 9

01 Ashok KumarBJP87,715 44.2%
02 Jagdish PrasadSP85,604 43.2%
03 Arjun KumarINC11,439 5.8%
04 Svati SinghBSP9,335 4.7%
05 Shakti ShekharIND1,468 0.7%
06 KamaleshIND938 0.5%
07 Sudarshan RamBPP632 0.3%
08 RadheyshyamAAP622 0.3%
09 Amit KumarJD(U)528 0.3%

Turnout 56.8%

Male 1.84 lakh52.6% Female 1.66 lakh47.4%

Share of 3,49,177 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males901
NOTAreported alongside the total2,042 · 0.6%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 202260.3%
ReconciliationΣ 9 candidates = 1,98,281Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
10.0 pp
Kr. Ratan Jeet Pratap Narayan SinghIndian National Congress
2007
3.7 pp
Kuwar Ratanjit Pratap Narayan SinghIndian National Congress
2012
12.0 pp
AshakishoreSamajwadi Party
2017
8.5 pp
Dal BahadurBharatiya Janata Party
2022
1.1 pp
Ashok KumarBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 12.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed INC polled 11,439 votes, 5.4× the 2,111-vote margin.
11,439 ÷ 2,111 = 5.4
The top two polled 87.4% of votes; the other 7 candidates 12.6% between them.
(87,715 + 85,604) ÷ 1,98,281 = 87.4% · 24,962 ÷ 1,98,281 = 12.6%
Turnout of 56.8% was 3.5 pp below the state's median seat (60.3%).
56.8 − 60.3 = −3.5
The margin narrowed from 8.5 pp in 2017 to 1.1 pp.
1.1 − 8.5 = −7.4 pp
BJP held the seat it won in 2017.
2017 BJP · 2022 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 9 candidate lines1,98,281
NOTAreported alongside the total2,042
Published totalVotes polled1,98,281
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 2022 · Uttar Pradesh · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates9 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 403 seats on the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha 2022 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database