Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Mahoba

Assembly constituency 230 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#230 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants10

Electors2,98,831

Votes polled1,94,553

Turnout65.1%

NOTA2,7200.9% of votes

WinnerRakesh Kumar GoswamiBharatiya Janata Party88,29144.8% of votes

MARGIN31,387 votes · 16.1 pp88,291 − 56,904

Runner-upSiddh Gopal Sahu Samajwadi Party56,90428.9% of votes

BJP 60.8% of top-two votesSP 39.2%

All candidates 10

01 Rakesh Kumar GoswamiBJP88,291 44.8%
02 Siddh Gopal SahuSP56,904 28.9%
03 Arimardan SinghBSP41,915 21.3%
04 Munnalal DhuriyaBSCP1,670 0.9%
05 Uttam SinghRLD1,577 0.8%
06 Pramod KumarJAP1,227 0.6%
07 RamswaroopIND844 0.4%
08 Sanjay KumarIND843 0.4%
09 Rakesh SinghIND726 0.4%
10 Savita SinghFJP556 0.3%

Turnout 65.1%

Male 1.64 lakh54.9% Female 1.35 lakh45.1%

Share of 2,98,831 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males822
NOTAreported alongside the total2,720 · 0.9%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 10 candidates = 1,94,553Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
10.7 pp
Surendra Singh PatelApna Dal
2007
6.1 pp
Surendra Singh PatelSamajwadi Party
2012
0.2 pp
Rajnarain Alias RajjuBahujan Samaj Party
2017
16.1 pp
Rakesh Kumar GoswamiBharatiya Janata Party
2022
21.1 pp
Rakesh Kumar GoswamiBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 21.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 41,915 votes, 1.3× the 31,387-vote margin.
41,915 ÷ 31,387 = 1.3
The top two polled 74.6% of votes; the other 8 candidates 25.4% between them.
(88,291 + 56,904) ÷ 1,94,553 = 74.6% · 49,358 ÷ 1,94,553 = 25.4%
Turnout of 65.1% was 4.6 pp above the state's median seat (60.5%).
65.1 − 60.5 = +4.6
The margin widened from 0.2 pp in 2012 to 16.1 pp.
16.1 − 0.2 = +15.9 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 10 candidate lines1,94,553
NOTAreported alongside the total2,720
Published totalVotes polled1,94,553
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

Candidates10 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