Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Bhognipur

Assembly constituency 208 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#208 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants15

Electors3,33,033

Votes polled2,11,102

Turnout63.4%

NOTA1,5650.5% of votes

WinnerVinod Kumar KatiyarBharatiya Janata Party71,46633.6% of votes

MARGIN19,005 votes · 9.0 pp71,466 − 52,461

Runner-upDharmpal Singh Bhadauria Bahujan Samaj Party52,46124.7% of votes

BJP 57.7% of top-two votesBSP 42.3%

All candidates 15

01 Vinod Kumar KatiyarBJP71,466 33.6%
02 Dharmpal Singh BhadauriaBSP52,461 24.7%
03 Yogendra Pal SinghSP48,181 22.7%
04 Juned KhanPECP18,380 8.6%
05 Ajay Singh BhadauriaNISHAD11,415 5.4%
06 Neetam SachanINC2,833 1.3%
07 Dharampal SinghIND1,018 0.5%
08 Col Vinod Kumar (RETD)BIRP962 0.5%
09 Deewan SinghBSCP918 0.4%
10 Sundar Lal KisanIND755 0.4%
11 Neeraj ShuklaIND693 0.3%
12 Om PrakashBMP662 0.3%
13 Jagram SinghIND554 0.3%
14 Kilkil SachanIND485 0.2%
15 Mahendra SinghNAP319 0.2%

Turnout 63.4%

Male 1.79 lakh53.7% Female 1.54 lakh46.3%

Share of 3,33,033 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males863
NOTAreported alongside the total1,565 · 0.5%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 15 candidates = 2,11,102Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
5.6 pp
Jiyauddin RijviSamajwadi Party
2007
6.6 pp
ShribhagwanBahujan Samaj Party
2012
2.4 pp
Yogendra Pal SinghSamajwadi Party
2017
9.0 pp
Vinod Kumar KatiyarBharatiya Janata Party
2022
5.5 pp
Rakesh SachanBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 9.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed SP polled 48,181 votes, 2.5× the 19,005-vote margin.
48,181 ÷ 19,005 = 2.5
The top two polled 58.7% of votes; the other 13 candidates 41.3% between them.
(71,466 + 52,461) ÷ 2,11,102 = 58.7% · 87,175 ÷ 2,11,102 = 41.3%
Turnout of 63.4% was 2.9 pp above the state's median seat (60.5%).
63.4 − 60.5 = +2.9
The margin widened from 2.4 pp in 2012 to 9.0 pp.
9.0 − 2.4 = +6.6 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 15 candidate lines2,11,102
NOTAreported alongside the total1,565
Published totalVotes polled2,11,102
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

Candidates15 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