Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2002

Chunar

Assembly constituency 247 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2002

[01]Result · 2002

#247 · GEN

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants10

Electors2,82,948

Votes polled1,63,589

Turnout57.8%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerOm Prakash SinghBharatiya Janata Party56,17134.5% of votes

MARGIN24,952 votes · 15.3 pp56,171 − 31,219

Runner-upProf. Tarak Nath Bahujan Samaj Party31,21919.2% of votes

BJP 64.3% of top-two votesBSP 35.7%

All candidates 10

01 Om Prakash SinghBJP56,171 34.5%
02 Prof. Tarak NathBSP31,219 19.2%
03 Lalata PrasadSP30,166 18.5%
04 RamrajAD24,064 14.8%
05 Asha DeviINC11,144 6.8%
06 Satya NarainPMSP3,648 2.2%
07 RamkirtiCPI(ML)L2,205 1.4%
08 Ratnesh ChandIND1,783 1.1%
09 ManjulataRKP1,563 1.0%
10 PramodIND1,090 0.7%

Turnout 57.8%

Male 1.56 lakh55.0% Female 1.27 lakh45.0%

Share of 2,82,948 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males818
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 200255.8%
ReconciliationΣ 10 candidates = 1,63,053Residual 536

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
15.3 pp
Om Prakash SinghBharatiya Janata Party
2007
2.3 pp
Om Prakash SinghBharatiya Janata Party
2012
5.1 pp
Raja RamSamajwadi Party
2017
12.0 pp
Rakesh Kumar Verma Alias Dr.R.K.VermaApna Dal (Soneylal)
2022
24.1 pp
Jeet LalApna Dal (Soneylal)

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 24.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed SP polled 30,166 votes, 1.2× the 24,952-vote margin.
30,166 ÷ 24,952 = 1.2
The top two polled 53.4% of votes; the other 8 candidates 46.3% between them.
(56,171 + 31,219) ÷ 1,63,589 = 53.4% · 75,663 ÷ 1,63,589 = 46.3%
Turnout of 57.8% was 2.0 pp above the state's median seat (55.8%).
57.8 − 55.8 = +2.0

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 10 candidate lines1,63,053
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,63,589
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 536

Candidate votes miss the published total by 536, with NOTA counted inside or outside 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: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 403 seats on the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha 2002 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database