Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2022

Allahabad West

Assembly constituency 261 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

[01]Result · 2022

#261 · GEN

Poll date10 Feb 2022

Contestants12

Electors4,60,837

Votes polled2,21,343

Turnout48.0%

NOTA1,5180.3% of votes

WinnerSidharth Nath SinghBharatiya Janata Party1,18,75953.7% of votes

MARGIN29,933 votes · 13.5 pp1,18,759 − 88,826

Runner-upRicha Singh Samajwadi Party88,82640.1% of votes

BJP 57.2% of top-two votesSP 42.8%

All candidates 12

01 Sidharth Nath SinghBJP1,18,759 53.7%
02 Richa SinghSP88,826 40.1%
03 Gulam QadirBSP7,626 3.5%
04 Tasleem UddinINC2,295 1.0%
05 Ajeet Kumar ChaudharyPPID1,086 0.5%
06 Adv. Sushmita RaghavAAP601 0.3%
07 Ajay Kumar GuptaIND460 0.2%
08 Saklain MushtakIND374 0.2%
09 Kamlesh Kumar SinghPARIVA360 0.2%
10 Kamar JahanIND358 0.2%
11 Ganesh Ji TripathiIND338 0.2%
12 Dilshad AhmadNDPF260 0.1%

Turnout 48.0%

Male 2.51 lakh54.5% Female 2.09 lakh45.2%

Share of 4,60,837 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males831
NOTAreported alongside the total1,518 · 0.3%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 202260.3%
ReconciliationΣ 12 candidates = 2,21,343Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
10.8 pp
Atiq AhmadApna Dal
2007
8.6 pp
Pooja PalBahujan Samaj Party
2012
5.0 pp
Pooja PalBahujan Samaj Party
2017
12.9 pp
Sidharth Nath SinghBharatiya Janata Party
2022
13.5 pp
Sidharth Nath SinghBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 13.5 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 93.8% of votes; the other 10 candidates 6.2% between them.
(1,18,759 + 88,826) ÷ 2,21,343 = 93.8% · 13,758 ÷ 2,21,343 = 6.2%
Turnout of 48.0% was 12.3 pp below the state's median seat (60.3%).
48.0 − 60.3 = −12.3
The margin widened from 12.9 pp in 2017 to 13.5 pp.
13.5 − 12.9 = +0.6 pp
Sidharth Nath Singh also won in 2017.
2017 winner name = 2022 winner name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 12 candidate lines2,21,343
NOTAreported alongside the total1,518
Published totalVotes polled2,21,343
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

Candidates12 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