Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2022

Gauriganj

Assembly constituency 185 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

[01]Result · 2022

#185 · GEN

Poll date10 Feb 2022

Contestants9

Electors3,50,840

Votes polled2,00,936

Turnout57.3%

NOTA1,9200.5% of votes

WinnerRakesh Pratap SinghSamajwadi Party79,04039.3% of votes

MARGIN6,963 votes · 3.5 pp79,040 − 72,077

Runner-upChandra Prakash Mishra Matiyari Bharatiya Janata Party72,07735.9% of votes

SP 52.3% of top-two votesBJP 47.7%

All candidates 9

01 Rakesh Pratap SinghSP79,040 39.3%
02 Chandra Prakash Mishra MatiyariBJP72,077 35.9%
03 Fateh BahadurINC28,964 14.4%
04 RamlakhanBSP9,872 4.9%
05 Chaudhary Nafees AhamadJDL7,056 3.5%
06 Shiv PrasadAAP1,673 0.8%
07 Hari BakshIND998 0.5%
08 SaritaIND713 0.4%
09 Mohd. Hasan LahriLKD543 0.3%

Turnout 57.3%

Male 1.83 lakh52.1% Female 1.67 lakh47.6%

Share of 3,50,840 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males914
NOTAreported alongside the total1,920 · 0.5%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 202260.3%
ReconciliationΣ 9 candidates = 2,00,936Verified

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 INC polled 28,964 votes, 4.2× the 6,963-vote margin.
28,964 ÷ 6,963 = 4.2
The top two polled 75.2% of votes; the other 7 candidates 24.8% between them.
(79,040 + 72,077) ÷ 2,00,936 = 75.2% · 49,819 ÷ 2,00,936 = 24.8%
Turnout of 57.3% was 3.0 pp below the state's median seat (60.3%).
57.3 − 60.3 = −3.0
The margin narrowed from 13.2 pp in 2017 to 3.5 pp.
3.5 − 13.2 = −9.7 pp
Rakesh Pratap Singh also won in 2017.
2017 winner name = 2022 winner name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 9 candidate lines2,00,936
NOTAreported alongside the total1,920
Published totalVotes polled2,00,936
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