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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2002

Varanasi South

Assembly constituency 226 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2002

[01]Result · 2002

#226 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants10
Electors2,72,376
Votes polled82,567
Turnout30.3%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerShyam Dew Rai Chaudhari (dada)Bharatiya Janata Party43,45852.6% of votes
MARGIN20,805 votes · 25.2 pp43,458 − 22,653
Runner-upRakesh Jain Samajwadi Party22,65327.4% of votes
BJP 65.7% of top-two votesSP 34.3%

All candidates 10

  1. 01 Shyam Dew Rai Chaudhari (dada)BJP43,458 52.6%
  2. 02 Rakesh JainSP22,653 27.4%
  3. 03 Mani Shankar PandeyINC11,705 14.2%
  4. 04 Engineer Asalam PerwazeBSP2,080 2.5%
  5. 05 VijayRKP837 1.0%
  6. 06 Arun PathakSHS468 0.6%
  7. 07 Jyoti Prakash (vipul)IND443 0.5%
  8. 08 Anil Kumar Yadava (nilu)ABLTC338 0.4%
  9. 09 Bharat TiwariNCP303 0.4%
  10. 10 Jawed AnsariAD282 0.3%

Turnout 30.3%

025507510030.3%TURNOUT◦ state median 55.8%
Male 1.51 lakh55.5% Female 1.21 lakh44.5%

Share of 2,72,376 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males801
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 200255.8%
  • ReconciliationΣ 10 candidates = 82,567Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

  1. 2002
    25.2 pp
    Shyam Dew Rai Chaudhari (dada)Bharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2007
    19.2 pp
    Shyam Deo Roy Chaudhary DadaBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2012
    4.1 pp
    Ramesh Prasad KushwahaBahujan Samaj Party
  4. 2017
    21.8 pp
    Ramratan KushwahaBharatiya Janata Party
  5. 2022
    32.6 pp
    Ramratan KushwahaBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 32.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 80.1% of votes; the other 8 candidates 19.9% between them.

    (43,458 + 22,653) ÷ 82,567 = 80.1% · 16,456 ÷ 82,567 = 19.9%

  2. Turnout of 30.3% was 25.5 pp below the state's median seat (55.8%).

    30.3 − 55.8 = −25.5

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 10 candidate lines82,567
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled82,567
  • 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 2002 · 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 2002 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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