Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Ghatampur

Assembly constituency 218 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#218 · SC

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants8

Electors3,08,922

Votes polled1,89,059

Turnout61.2%

NOTA2,1600.7% of votes

WinnerKamal RaniBharatiya Janata Party92,77648.5% of votes

MARGIN45,178 votes · 23.9 pp92,776 − 47,598

Runner-upSaroj Kureel Bahujan Samaj Party47,59824.9% of votes

BJP 66.1% of top-two votesBSP 33.9%

All candidates 8

01 Kamal RaniBJP92,776 48.5%
02 Saroj KureelBSP47,598 24.9%
03 Nandram SonkerINC40,465 21.2%
04 RajendraNISHAD2,813 1.5%
05 RamjeevanBSCP2,016 1.1%
06 BaburamJAM1,609 0.8%
07 Shrawan KumarIND910 0.5%
08 Vijay GautamOP872 0.5%

Turnout 61.2%

Male 1.69 lakh54.7% Female 1.40 lakh45.3%

Share of 3,08,922 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males828
NOTAreported alongside the total2,160 · 0.7%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 8 candidates = 1,89,059Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
4.8 pp
Chhedi RamSamajwadi Party
2007
6.6 pp
Vijay KumarBahujan Samaj Party
2012
0.4 pp
Indrajeet KoriSamajwadi Party
2017
23.9 pp
Kamal RaniBharatiya Janata Party
2022
7.4 pp
SarojApna Dal (Soneylal)

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 23.9 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 74.2% of votes; the other 6 candidates 25.8% between them.
(92,776 + 47,598) ÷ 1,89,059 = 74.2% · 48,685 ÷ 1,89,059 = 25.8%
Turnout of 61.2% was 0.7 pp above the state's median seat (60.5%).
61.2 − 60.5 = +0.7
The margin widened from 0.4 pp in 2012 to 23.9 pp.
23.9 − 0.4 = +23.5 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 8 candidate lines1,89,059
NOTAreported alongside the total2,160
Published totalVotes polled1,89,059
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

Candidates8 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