Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2022

Rasulabad

Assembly constituency 205 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

[01]Result · 2022

#205 · SC

Poll date10 Feb 2022

Contestants11

Electors3,21,055

Votes polled1,94,963

Turnout60.7%

NOTA1,2980.4% of votes

WinnerPoonam SankhwarBharatiya Janata Party91,78347.1% of votes

MARGIN21,512 votes · 11.0 pp91,783 − 70,271

Runner-upKamlesh Chandra Diwakar Samajwadi Party70,27136.0% of votes

BJP 56.6% of top-two votesSP 43.4%

All candidates 11

01 Poonam SankhwarBJP91,783 47.1%
02 Kamlesh Chandra DiwakarSP70,271 36.0%
03 Sima SinghBSP28,189 14.5%
04 ManoramaINC1,310 0.7%
05 Santoshi Lal KamalIND955 0.5%
06 B.D. KamalvanshiIND503 0.3%
07 NeelamIND500 0.3%
08 Ram SumerIND421 0.2%
09 Om PrakashBMP418 0.2%
10 Ram SajeevanIND357 0.2%
11 Rakesh BabuVPI256 0.1%

Turnout 60.7%

Male 1.74 lakh54.1% Female 1.50 lakh46.7%

Share of 3,21,055 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males864
NOTAreported alongside the total1,298 · 0.4%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 202260.3%
ReconciliationΣ 11 candidates = 1,94,963Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
8.3 pp
Ghoora RamBahujan Samaj Party
2007
3.1 pp
Ghoora RamBahujan Samaj Party
2012
9.9 pp
Shiv Kumar BeriaSamajwadi Party
2017
17.8 pp
Nirmala SankhwarBharatiya Janata Party
2022
11.0 pp
Poonam SankhwarBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 17.8 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 28,189 votes, 1.3× the 21,512-vote margin.
28,189 ÷ 21,512 = 1.3
The top two polled 83.1% of votes; the other 9 candidates 16.9% between them.
(91,783 + 70,271) ÷ 1,94,963 = 83.1% · 32,909 ÷ 1,94,963 = 16.9%
Turnout of 60.7% was 0.4 pp above the state's median seat (60.3%).
60.7 − 60.3 = +0.4
The margin narrowed from 17.8 pp in 2017 to 11.0 pp.
11.0 − 17.8 = −6.8 pp
BJP held the seat it won in 2017.
2017 BJP · 2022 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 11 candidate lines1,94,963
NOTAreported alongside the total1,298
Published totalVotes polled1,94,963
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

Candidates11 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