Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Barhapur

Assembly constituency 19 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#19 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants22

Electors3,38,084

Votes polled2,21,593

Turnout65.5%

NOTA5560.2% of votes

WinnerSushant KumarBharatiya Janata Party78,74435.5% of votes

MARGIN9,824 votes · 4.4 pp78,744 − 68,920

Runner-upHusain Ahmad Indian National Congress68,92031.0% of votes

BJP 53.3% of top-two votesINC 46.7%

All candidates 22

01 Sushant KumarBJP78,744 35.5%
02 Husain AhmadINC68,920 31.0%
03 Fahad YazdaniBSP50,684 22.8%
04 Dr Indra Dev SinghIND6,190 2.8%
05 RadhaRLD3,449 1.6%
06 Kulveer SinghIND3,164 1.4%
07 Nihal SinghBHP1,586 0.7%
08 Abid AnsariIND1,468 0.7%
09 Tahir HusainIND1,110 0.5%
10 Nirmal MishraIND963 0.4%
11 Ajay KumarGKP845 0.4%
12 Monika AhlawatIND748 0.3%
13 RohitashIND596 0.3%
14 BirjeshPECP562 0.3%
15 Chandra ShekharIND524 0.2%
16 Gajala TausifIND409 0.2%
17 Jaypal SinghIND358 0.2%
18 Toda SinghBSS345 0.2%
19 Samlesh SainiRLSP277 0.1%
20 Shailendra PratapIND253 0.1%
21 MukulIND206 0.1%
22 Sadhana SinghIND192 0.1%

Turnout 65.5%

Male 1.81 lakh53.6% Female 1.57 lakh46.4%

Share of 3,38,084 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males867
NOTAreported alongside the total556 · 0.2%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 22 candidates = 2,21,593Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
1.7 pp
Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Alias RakeshBharatiya Janata Party
2007
5.4 pp
Vijay Kumar Urf Vijay YadavBahujan Samaj Party
2012
13.5 pp
Mohd.GhaziBahujan Samaj Party
2017
4.4 pp
Sushant KumarBharatiya Janata Party
2022
6.0 pp
Kunwar Sushant SinghBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 13.5 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 50,684 votes, 5.2× the 9,824-vote margin.
50,684 ÷ 9,824 = 5.2
The top two polled 66.6% of votes; the other 20 candidates 33.4% between them.
(78,744 + 68,920) ÷ 2,21,593 = 66.6% · 73,929 ÷ 2,21,593 = 33.4%
Turnout of 65.5% was 5.0 pp above the state's median seat (60.5%).
65.5 − 60.5 = +5.0
The margin narrowed from 13.5 pp in 2012 to 4.4 pp.
4.4 − 13.5 = −9.1 pp
The seat changed hands: BSP in 2012, BJP in 2017.
2012 BSP · 2017 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 22 candidate lines2,21,593
NOTAreported alongside the total556
Published totalVotes polled2,21,593
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

Candidates22 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