Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Gauriganj

Assembly constituency 185 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#185 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants19

Electors3,35,714

Votes polled1,99,893

Turnout59.5%

NOTA1,1550.3% of votes

WinnerRakesh Pratap SinghSamajwadi Party77,91538.8% of votes

MARGIN26,419 votes · 13.2 pp77,915 − 51,496

Runner-upMohammad Nayeem Indian National Congress51,49625.6% of votes

SP 60.2% of top-two votesINC 39.8%

All candidates 19

01 Rakesh Pratap SinghSP77,915 38.8%
02 Mohammad NayeemINC51,496 25.6%
03 Vijay KishorBSP33,848 16.8%
04 Uma Shankar PandeyBJP23,642 11.8%
05 Ravindra KumarRLD1,876 0.9%
06 Ram AchalIND1,750 0.9%
07 Mo. Hassan LahriSARVSA1,547 0.8%
08 Mo. MasoomIND1,017 0.5%
09 Shriram BaurasiIND975 0.5%
10 HarishchandraMSP901 0.5%
11 Dinesh ShuklaAVP800 0.4%
12 Vinod Kumar MauryaBMP624 0.3%
13 Kans RajKKD593 0.3%
14 Jagpat LalIND557 0.3%
15 Dr. Bajrang Bahadur SinghLKD541 0.3%
16 Sharad Kumar PandeyIND538 0.3%
17 Hari BaksaIND529 0.3%
18 Ram BhawanMNP424 0.2%
19 Mahadev PrasadVP320 0.2%

Turnout 59.5%

Male 1.77 lakh52.7% Female 1.59 lakh47.3%

Share of 3,35,714 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males896
NOTAreported alongside the total1,155 · 0.3%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 19 candidates = 1,99,893Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
4.0 pp
Shakir AliSamajwadi Party
2007
8.9 pp
Pramod SinghBahujan Samaj Party
2012
0.3 pp
Rakesh Pratap SinghSamajwadi Party
2017
13.2 pp
Rakesh Pratap SinghSamajwadi Party
2022
3.5 pp
Rakesh Pratap SinghSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 13.2 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 33,848 votes, 1.3× the 26,419-vote margin.
33,848 ÷ 26,419 = 1.3
The top two polled 64.7% of votes; the other 17 candidates 35.3% between them.
(77,915 + 51,496) ÷ 1,99,893 = 64.7% · 70,482 ÷ 1,99,893 = 35.3%
Turnout of 59.5% was 1.0 pp below the state's median seat (60.5%).
59.5 − 60.5 = −1.0
The margin widened from 0.3 pp in 2012 to 13.2 pp.
13.2 − 0.3 = +12.9 pp
Rakesh Pratap Singh 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 19 candidate lines1,99,893
NOTAreported alongside the total1,155
Published totalVotes polled1,99,893
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

Candidates19 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