Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2002

Kishunpur

Assembly constituency 266 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2002

[01]Result · 2002

#266 · SC

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants13

Electors2,37,391

Votes polled1,08,572

Turnout45.7%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerKrishna PaswanBharatiya Janata Party27,27425.1% of votes

MARGIN786 votes · 0.7 pp27,274 − 26,488

Runner-upMurlidhar Bahujan Samaj Party26,48824.4% of votes

BJP 50.7% of top-two votesBSP 49.3%

All candidates 13

01 Krishna PaswanBJP27,274 25.1%
02 MurlidharBSP26,488 24.4%
03 Alok KaithalAD24,596 22.7%
04 Motilal AdvocateCPI10,060 9.3%
05 JageshwarINC6,929 6.4%
06 ShivkumariRKP3,492 3.2%
07 Sunil KumarIND3,104 2.9%
08 Babulal PasiIND1,674 1.5%
09 Ramesh ChandraIND1,362 1.3%
10 Ram ShiromanIND1,161 1.1%
11 Savitri DeviIND862 0.8%
12 JaglalIND849 0.8%
13 DhanrajIND721 0.7%

Turnout 45.7%

Male 1.30 lakh54.8% Female 1.07 lakh45.2%

Share of 2,37,391 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males825
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 200255.8%
ReconciliationΣ 13 candidates = 1,08,572Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
0.7 pp
Krishna PaswanBharatiya Janata Party
2007
4.6 pp
MurlidharBahujan Samaj Party
2012
10.2 pp
Fareed Mahfooj KidwaiSamajwadi Party
2017
11.0 pp
Sakendra Pratap VermaBharatiya Janata Party
2022
0.1 pp
Sakendra PratapBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 11.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed AD polled 24,596 votes, 31× the 786-vote margin.
24,596 ÷ 786 = 31.3
The top two polled 49.5% of votes; the other 11 candidates 50.5% between them.
(27,274 + 26,488) ÷ 1,08,572 = 49.5% · 54,810 ÷ 1,08,572 = 50.5%
Turnout of 45.7% was 10.1 pp below the state's median seat (55.8%).
45.7 − 55.8 = −10.1

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 13 candidate lines1,08,572
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,08,572
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 2002 · Uttar Pradesh · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates13 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 403 seats on the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha 2002 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database