Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2022

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Assembly constituency 186 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

[01]Result · 2022

#186 · GEN

Poll date10 Feb 2022

Contestants14

Electors3,50,302

Votes polled1,88,658

Turnout53.9%

NOTA1,2060.3% of votes

WinnerMaharaji PrajapatiSamajwadi Party88,21746.8% of votes

MARGIN18,096 votes · 9.6 pp88,217 − 70,121

Runner-upDr.Sanjay Sinh Bharatiya Janata Party70,12137.2% of votes

SP 55.7% of top-two votesBJP 44.3%

All candidates 14

01 Maharaji PrajapatiSP88,217 46.8%
02 Dr.Sanjay SinhBJP70,121 37.2%
03 Ashish ShuklaINC14,080 7.5%
04 RaginiBSP10,202 5.4%
05 Sanjay SinghIND978 0.5%
06 AnuragAAP935 0.5%
07 Anju PalRUP793 0.4%
08 RamrajMAP670 0.4%
09 Ashok KumarIND574 0.3%
10 PawanIND522 0.3%
11 Krishna KumarJAP494 0.3%
12 Shatrunjay Pratap SinghLP378 0.2%
13 Pradeep KumarRDF361 0.2%
14 RajuVIP333 0.2%

Turnout 53.9%

Male 1.84 lakh52.6% Female 1.65 lakh47.2%

Share of 3,50,302 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males897
NOTAreported alongside the total1,206 · 0.3%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 202260.3%
ReconciliationΣ 14 candidates = 1,88,658Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
10.8 pp
Anugrah Narain Alias Khokha SinghSamajwadi Party
2007
5.1 pp
SureshBahujan Samaj Party
2012
5.4 pp
Gayatri PrasadSamajwadi Party
2017
2.7 pp
Garima SinghBharatiya Janata Party
2022
9.6 pp
Maharaji PrajapatiSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 10.8 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 83.9% of votes; the other 12 candidates 16.1% between them.
(88,217 + 70,121) ÷ 1,88,658 = 83.9% · 30,320 ÷ 1,88,658 = 16.1%
Turnout of 53.9% was 6.4 pp below the state's median seat (60.3%).
53.9 − 60.3 = −6.4
The margin widened from 2.7 pp in 2017 to 9.6 pp.
9.6 − 2.7 = +6.9 pp
The seat changed hands: BJP in 2017, SP in 2022.
2017 BJP · 2022 SP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 14 candidate lines1,88,658
NOTAreported alongside the total1,206
Published totalVotes polled1,88,658
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

Candidates14 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