Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

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Assembly constituency 258 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#258 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants9

Electors3,69,535

Votes polled1,99,709

Turnout54.0%

NOTA2,4140.7% of votes

WinnerHakim LalBahujan Samaj Party72,44635.8% of votes

MARGIN8,526 votes · 4.3 pp72,446 − 63,920

Runner-upPramila Devi Apna Dal (Soneylal)63,92031.6% of votes

BSP 53.1% of top-two votesADS 46.9%

All candidates 9

01 Hakim LalBSP72,446 35.8%
02 Pramila DeviADS63,920 31.6%
03 Nidhi YadavSP55,403 27.4%
04 Awadhesh KumarIND2,995 1.5%
05 Mithai LalBAP1,448 0.7%
06 Vijay BahadurRLD1,349 0.7%
07 Prabhat TripathiIND973 0.5%
08 Sneh Lata YadavNSD588 0.3%
09 Mangala PrasadIND587 0.3%

Turnout 54.0%

Male 2.04 lakh55.1% Female 1.66 lakh44.9%

Share of 3,69,535 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males815
NOTAreported alongside the total2,414 · 0.7%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 9 candidates = 1,99,709Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
2.0 pp
Ansar AhmadApna Dal
2007
6.2 pp
Guru Prasad MauryaBahujan Samaj Party
2012
24.9 pp
Maheshnarayan SinghSamajwadi Party
2017
4.3 pp
Hakim LalBahujan Samaj Party
2022
1.7 pp
Hakim Lal BindSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 24.9 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed SP polled 55,403 votes, 6.5× the 8,526-vote margin.
55,403 ÷ 8,526 = 6.5
The top two polled 68.3% of votes; the other 7 candidates 31.7% between them.
(72,446 + 63,920) ÷ 1,99,709 = 68.3% · 63,343 ÷ 1,99,709 = 31.7%
Turnout of 54.0% was 6.5 pp below the state's median seat (60.5%).
54.0 − 60.5 = −6.5
The margin narrowed from 24.9 pp in 2012 to 4.3 pp.
4.3 − 24.9 = −20.6 pp
The seat changed hands: SP in 2012, BSP in 2017.
2012 SP · 2017 BSP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 9 candidate lines1,99,709
NOTAreported alongside the total2,414
Published totalVotes polled1,99,709
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

Candidates9 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