Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Allahabad North

Assembly constituency 262 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#262 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants26

Electors4,13,412

Votes polled1,72,583

Turnout41.7%

NOTA6590.2% of votes

WinnerHarshvardhan BajpaiBharatiya Janata Party89,19151.5% of votes

MARGIN35,025 votes · 20.3 pp89,191 − 54,166

Runner-upAnugrah Narain Singh Indian National Congress54,16631.3% of votes

BJP 62.2% of top-two votesINC 37.8%

All candidates 26

01 Harshvardhan BajpaiBJP89,191 51.5%
02 Anugrah Narain SinghINC54,166 31.3%
03 AmitBSP23,388 13.5%
04 Badal ChatterjeeIND980 0.6%
05 Dhiraj Kumar AgrawalIND557 0.3%
06 Ajay KumarRPI(A)492 0.3%
07 Praveen Kumar SrivastavaIND445 0.3%
08 Indresh Kumar SonkarIND443 0.3%
09 Pushpendra KumarIND433 0.3%
10 Sunil Kumar GuptaBKRP256 0.2%
11 Shaurya DeepIND252 0.2%
12 Shailendra Kumar PrajapatiIND225 0.1%
13 Abhinav SrivastavaIND214 0.1%
14 Anshu TripathiIND197 0.1%
15 Ashutoosh BajpaiSKLP195 0.1%
16 Vindeshwari PrasadSHS176 0.1%
17 Mrigank Shekhar SinghLGP133 0.1%
18 Madhu SinghIND115 0.1%
19 Rajesh YadavIND112 0.1%
20 Umesh ChandraBAP107 0.1%
21 Sunil KumarBMP102 0.1%
22 RamakantIND99 0.1%
23 Bhaiya Ram YadavIND87 0.1%
24 Ritesh KumarIND80 0.1%
25 Sharad KhareRPS75 0.0%
26 Udai Bhan SrivastavaRBP63 0.0%

Turnout 41.7%

Male 2.30 lakh55.6% Female 1.83 lakh44.4%

Share of 4,13,412 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males798
NOTAreported alongside the total659 · 0.2%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 26 candidates = 1,72,583Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
11.6 pp
DayaramBahujan Samaj Party
2007
15.4 pp
Daya RamBahujan Samaj Party
2012
11.1 pp
Anugrah Narayan SinghIndian National Congress
2017
20.3 pp
Harshvardhan BajpaiBharatiya Janata Party
2022
31.4 pp
Harshvardhan BajpaiBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 31.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 83.1% of votes; the other 24 candidates 16.9% between them.
(89,191 + 54,166) ÷ 1,72,583 = 83.1% · 29,226 ÷ 1,72,583 = 16.9%
Turnout of 41.7% was 18.8 pp below the state's median seat (60.5%).
41.7 − 60.5 = −18.8
The margin widened from 11.1 pp in 2012 to 20.3 pp.
20.3 − 11.1 = +9.2 pp
The seat changed hands: INC in 2012, BJP in 2017.
2012 INC · 2017 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 26 candidate lines1,72,583
NOTAreported alongside the total659
Published totalVotes polled1,72,583
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

Candidates26 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