Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Chandpur

Assembly constituency 23 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#23 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants11

Electors3,12,795

Votes polled2,17,552

Turnout69.6%

NOTA9320.3% of votes

WinnerKamlesh SainiBharatiya Janata Party92,34542.3% of votes

MARGIN35,649 votes · 16.4 pp92,345 − 56,696

Runner-upMohammad Iqbal Bahujan Samaj Party56,69626.0% of votes

BJP 62.0% of top-two votesBSP 38.0%

All candidates 11

01 Kamlesh SainiBJP92,345 42.3%
02 Mohammad IqbalBSP56,696 26.0%
03 Mo. ArshadSP36,531 16.7%
04 Sher Baaz KhanINC15,826 7.2%
05 Surendra Kumar VermaRLD11,880 5.4%
06 FarmanPECP1,457 0.7%
07 Amar SinghCPI(M)799 0.4%
08 BhupendraIND600 0.3%
09 RamcharanIND584 0.3%
10 Jagat SinghIND450 0.2%
11 IlyasIND384 0.2%

Turnout 69.6%

Male 1.67 lakh53.5% Female 1.45 lakh46.5%

Share of 3,12,795 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males868
NOTAreported alongside the total932 · 0.3%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 11 candidates = 2,17,552Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
8.4 pp
Kashi RamSamajwadi Party
2007
3.9 pp
Kashi RamBharatiya Janata Party
2012
8.0 pp
IqbalBahujan Samaj Party
2017
16.4 pp
Kamlesh SainiBharatiya Janata Party
2022
0.1 pp
Swami OmveshSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 16.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed SP polled 36,531 votes, 1.0× the 35,649-vote margin.
36,531 ÷ 35,649 = 1.0
The top two polled 68.5% of votes; the other 9 candidates 31.5% between them.
(92,345 + 56,696) ÷ 2,17,552 = 68.5% · 68,511 ÷ 2,17,552 = 31.5%
Turnout of 69.6% was 9.1 pp above the state's median seat (60.5%).
69.6 − 60.5 = +9.1
The margin widened from 8.0 pp in 2012 to 16.4 pp.
16.4 − 8.0 = +8.4 pp
The seat changed hands: BSP in 2012, BJP in 2017.
2012 BSP · 2017 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 11 candidate lines2,17,552
NOTAreported alongside the total932
Published totalVotes polled2,17,552
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

Candidates11 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