Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2022

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Assembly constituency 25 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

[01]Result · 2022

#25 · GEN

Poll date10 Feb 2022

Contestants15

Electors3,90,417

Votes polled2,72,808

Turnout69.9%

NOTA1,0310.3% of votes

WinnerKamal AkhtarSamajwadi Party1,34,69249.4% of votes

MARGIN43,178 votes · 15.8 pp1,34,692 − 91,514

Runner-upRajesh Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party91,51433.6% of votes

SP 59.5% of top-two votesBJP 40.5%

All candidates 15

01 Kamal AkhtarSP1,34,692 49.4%
02 Rajesh Kumar SinghBJP91,514 33.6%
03 Afaq Ali KhanBSP36,341 13.3%
04 RaisuddinAIMIM2,886 1.1%
05 Kailash Kumar SainiLSP2,208 0.8%
06 Mohd IsrarINC1,470 0.5%
07 Omkar SinghIND856 0.3%
08 Mujfafar KhanIND743 0.3%
09 Dushyant SinghIND455 0.2%
10 Rajesh KumarRASHTR438 0.2%
11 Tirilok Chandra DiwakerAAP285 0.1%
12 Humaira AkhtarIND283 0.1%
13 Mohd AslamIND277 0.1%
14 Nar Singh SainiJAP204 0.1%
15 Nadir Ali MansooriPECP156 0.1%

Turnout 69.9%

Male 2.07 lakh53.0% Female 1.84 lakh47.1%

Share of 3,90,417 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males888
NOTAreported alongside the total1,031 · 0.3%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 202260.3%
ReconciliationΣ 15 candidates = 2,72,808Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
4.0 pp
Ajit Kumar Urf Raju YadavJanata Dal (United)
2007
35.0 pp
Mulayam Singh YadavSamajwadi Party
2012
0.8 pp
AneesurrehmanPeace Party
2017
0.9 pp
Rajesh Kumar Singh (CHUNNU)Bharatiya Janata Party
2022
15.8 pp
Kamal AkhtarSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 35.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 82.9% of votes; the other 13 candidates 17.1% between them.
(1,34,692 + 91,514) ÷ 2,72,808 = 82.9% · 46,602 ÷ 2,72,808 = 17.1%
Turnout of 69.9% was 9.6 pp above the state's median seat (60.3%).
69.9 − 60.3 = +9.6
The margin widened from 0.9 pp in 2017 to 15.8 pp.
15.8 − 0.9 = +14.9 pp
The seat changed hands: BJP in 2017, SP in 2022.
2017 BJP · 2022 SP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 15 candidate lines2,72,808
NOTAreported alongside the total1,031
Published totalVotes polled2,72,808
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 2022 · Uttar Pradesh · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates15 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 403 seats on the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha 2022 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database