Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

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Assembly constituency 259 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#259 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants15

Electors3,10,761

Votes polled1,78,725

Turnout57.5%

NOTA2,4590.8% of votes

WinnerNeelam KarwariyaBharatiya Janata Party67,80737.4% of votes

MARGIN19,843 votes · 11.1 pp67,807 − 47,964

Runner-upRam Sewak Singh Samajwadi Party47,96426.5% of votes

BJP 58.6% of top-two votesSP 41.4%

All candidates 15

01 Neelam KarwariyaBJP67,807 37.4%
02 Ram Sewak SinghSP47,964 26.5%
03 SurendraBSP44,622 24.6%
04 Sarvesh ChandraNISHAD11,535 6.4%
05 Satyendra SinghIND1,434 0.8%
06 Surya Bhan SinghIND1,327 0.7%
07 HansrajRLD675 0.4%
08 Vimal ChandraIND546 0.3%
09 Anil KumarIND542 0.3%
10 LallanDSP526 0.3%
11 KrishnakantBMP509 0.3%
12 Mahendra Kumar RawatIND492 0.3%
13 JanardanLGP278 0.2%
14 Amit Raj AnandIND248 0.1%
15 Ravindra KumarPRAGAT220 0.1%

Turnout 57.5%

Male 1.72 lakh55.2% Female 1.39 lakh44.8%

Share of 3,10,761 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males812
NOTAreported alongside the total2,459 · 0.8%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 15 candidates = 1,78,725Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
4.2 pp
Dr. Narendra Kumar Singh GaurBharatiya Janata Party
2007
2.1 pp
Anugrah Narayan SinghIndian National Congress
2012
0.5 pp
Girish Chandra Alias Gama PandeySamajwadi Party
2017
11.1 pp
Neelam KarwariyaBharatiya Janata Party
2022
1.9 pp
Sandeep SinghSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 11.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 44,622 votes, 2.2× the 19,843-vote margin.
44,622 ÷ 19,843 = 2.2
The top two polled 64.8% of votes; the other 13 candidates 35.2% between them.
(67,807 + 47,964) ÷ 1,78,725 = 64.8% · 62,954 ÷ 1,78,725 = 35.2%
Turnout of 57.5% was 3.0 pp below the state's median seat (60.5%).
57.5 − 60.5 = −3.0
The margin widened from 0.5 pp in 2012 to 11.1 pp.
11.1 − 0.5 = +10.6 pp
The seat changed hands: SP in 2012, BJP in 2017.
2012 SP · 2017 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 15 candidate lines1,78,725
NOTAreported alongside the total2,459
Published totalVotes polled1,78,725
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

Candidates15 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