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Orai

Assembly constituency 221 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#221 · SC
Poll date4 Mar 2017
Contestants7
Electors4,23,923
Votes polled2,62,973
Turnout62.0%
NOTA2,1690.5% of votes
WinnerGauri ShankarBharatiya Janata Party1,40,48553.0% of votes
MARGIN78,879 votes · 30.0 pp1,40,485 − 61,606
Runner-upMahendra Singh Samajwadi Party61,60623.2% of votes
BJP 69.5% of top-two votesSP 30.5%

All candidates 7

  1. 01 Gauri ShankarBJP1,40,485 53.0%
  2. 02 Mahendra SinghSP61,606 23.2%
  3. 03 Vijay ChaudhariBSP57,541 21.7%
  4. 04 Shyam KumarBSCP1,051 0.4%
  5. 05 KailashRVP940 0.4%
  6. 06 Dwarika PrasadSJP678 0.3%
  7. 07 Sukhram SinghhBMP672 0.3%

Turnout 62.0%

025507510062.0%TURNOUT◦ state median 60.5%
Male 2.31 lakh54.6% Female 1.93 lakh45.4%

Share of 4,23,923 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males833
  • NOTAreported alongside the total2,169 · 0.5%
  • State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
  • ReconciliationΣ 7 candidates = 2,62,973Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

  1. 2002
    0.0 pp
    Prabhu NarayanSamajwadi Party
  2. 2007
    11.7 pp
    Sushil KumarBahujan Samaj Party
  3. 2012
    3.0 pp
    DayashankarSamajwadi Party
  4. 2017
    30.0 pp
    Gauri ShankarBharatiya Janata Party
  5. 2022
    14.0 pp
    Gauri ShankarBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 30.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 76.8% of votes; the other 5 candidates 23.2% between them.

    (1,40,485 + 61,606) ÷ 2,62,973 = 76.8% · 60,882 ÷ 2,62,973 = 23.2%

  2. Turnout of 62.0% was 1.5 pp above the state's median seat (60.5%).

    62.0 − 60.5 = +1.5

  3. The margin widened from 3.0 pp in 2012 to 30.0 pp.

    30.0 − 3.0 = +27.0 pp

  4. 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 7 candidate lines2,62,973
  • NOTAreported alongside the total2,169
  • Published totalVotes polled2,62,973
  • 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

Candidates7 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

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