Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

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Assembly constituency 236 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#236 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants12

Electors3,56,623

Votes polled2,17,670

Turnout61.0%

NOTA3,5291.0% of votes

WinnerChandrika Prasad UpadhyayBharatiya Janata Party90,36640.9% of votes

MARGIN26,936 votes · 12.4 pp90,366 − 63,430

Runner-upVeer Singh Samajwadi Party63,43028.7% of votes

BJP 58.8% of top-two votesSP 41.2%

All candidates 12

01 Chandrika Prasad UpadhyayBJP90,366 40.9%
02 Veer SinghSP63,430 28.7%
03 Jagdish Prasad GautamBSP47,780 21.6%
04 Amit YadavCPI3,378 1.5%
05 UgrasenNISHAD2,679 1.2%
06 ChhedilalJAM2,543 1.2%
07 Chandra Kishor DwivediABHM1,746 0.8%
08 Ashish SinghRLD1,237 0.6%
09 Shiva Kant ShastriIND1,186 0.5%
10 DurgeshBMP1,147 0.5%
11 SatynarayanIND1,136 0.5%
12 Chandan SinghSJP1,042 0.5%

Turnout 61.0%

Male 1.93 lakh54.2% Female 1.63 lakh45.8%

Share of 3,56,623 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males845
NOTAreported alongside the total3,529 · 1.0%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 12 candidates = 2,17,670Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
0.8 pp
Somaru Ram SarojBharatiya Janata Party
2007
8.8 pp
Biraju RamBahujan Samaj Party
2012
8.8 pp
Veer SinghSamajwadi Party
2017
12.4 pp
Chandrika Prasad UpadhyayBharatiya Janata Party
2022
8.7 pp
Anil Kumar Anil PradhanSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 12.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 47,780 votes, 1.8× the 26,936-vote margin.
47,780 ÷ 26,936 = 1.8
The top two polled 70.7% of votes; the other 10 candidates 29.3% between them.
(90,366 + 63,430) ÷ 2,17,670 = 70.7% · 63,874 ÷ 2,17,670 = 29.3%
Turnout of 61.0% was 0.5 pp above the state's median seat (60.5%).
61.0 − 60.5 = +0.5
The margin widened from 8.8 pp in 2012 to 12.4 pp.
12.4 − 8.8 = +3.6 pp
Veer Singh, the 2012 winner, finished second in 2017.
2012 winner name = 2017 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 12 candidate lines2,17,670
NOTAreported alongside the total3,529
Published totalVotes polled2,17,670
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

Candidates12 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