Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Auraiya

Assembly constituency 204 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#204 · SC

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants10

Electors3,19,330

Votes polled1,83,629

Turnout57.5%

NOTA1,1910.4% of votes

WinnerRamesh ChandraBharatiya Janata Party83,58045.2% of votes

MARGIN31,862 votes · 17.4 pp83,580 − 51,718

Runner-upBhimrao Ambedkar Bahujan Samaj Party51,71828.0% of votes

BJP 61.8% of top-two votesBSP 38.2%

All candidates 10

01 Ramesh ChandraBJP83,580 45.2%
02 Bhimrao AmbedkarBSP51,718 28.0%
03 Madan Singh Gautam Alias SantoshSP39,201 21.2%
04 KantiNISHAD5,141 2.8%
05 Alok KumarJAM1,139 0.6%
06 Man SinghPECP794 0.4%
07 Sanjeev Kumar VermaLKD659 0.4%
08 Kamla DeviBMP555 0.3%
09 Lakshmi DeviIND553 0.3%
10 Sarman Singh SardarVPI289 0.2%

Turnout 57.5%

Male 1.75 lakh54.8% Female 1.44 lakh45.2%

Share of 3,19,330 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males826
NOTAreported alongside the total1,191 · 0.4%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 10 candidates = 1,83,629Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
21.5 pp
Mokhtar AnsariIndependent
2007
4.7 pp
Mukhtar AnsariIndependent
2012
6.9 pp
Madan Singh Alias SantoshSamajwadi Party
2017
17.4 pp
Ramesh ChandraBharatiya Janata Party
2022
11.5 pp
Gudiya KatheriyaBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 21.5 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed SP polled 39,201 votes, 1.2× the 31,862-vote margin.
39,201 ÷ 31,862 = 1.2
The top two polled 73.7% of votes; the other 8 candidates 26.3% between them.
(83,580 + 51,718) ÷ 1,83,629 = 73.7% · 48,331 ÷ 1,83,629 = 26.3%
Turnout of 57.5% was 3.0 pp below the state's median seat (60.5%).
57.5 − 60.5 = −3.0
The margin widened from 6.9 pp in 2012 to 17.4 pp.
17.4 − 6.9 = +10.5 pp
The seat changed hands: SP in 2012, BJP in 2017.
2012 SP · 2017 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 10 candidate lines1,83,629
NOTAreported alongside the total1,191
Published totalVotes polled1,83,629
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

Candidates10 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