Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Zaidpur

Assembly constituency 269 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#269 · SC

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants12

Electors3,66,644

Votes polled2,53,319

Turnout69.1%

NOTA2,9680.8% of votes

WinnerUpendra SinghBharatiya Janata Party1,11,06443.3% of votes

MARGIN29,181 votes · 11.5 pp1,11,064 − 81,883

Runner-upTanuj Punia Indian National Congress81,88332.0% of votes

BJP 57.6% of top-two votesINC 42.4%

All candidates 12

01 Upendra SinghBJP1,11,064 43.3%
02 Tanuj PuniaINC81,883 32.0%
03 Km. Meeta GautamBSP48,095 18.8%
04 RamgopalSP4,383 1.7%
05 Kunj BihariIND2,505 1.0%
06 UrmilaPECP1,601 0.6%
07 RamdayalIND1,209 0.5%
08 GyanwatiBKD719 0.3%
09 Rajkamal BhaskarLKD520 0.2%
10 RamphalBMP518 0.2%
11 LaljiBAD465 0.2%
12 Gaya PrasadRJP357 0.1%

Turnout 69.1%

Male 1.96 lakh53.4% Female 1.71 lakh46.6%

Share of 3,66,644 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males874
NOTAreported alongside the total2,968 · 0.8%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 12 candidates = 2,53,319Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
0.4 pp
Madan Gopal VarmaSamajwadi Party
2007
4.3 pp
Aditya PandeyBahujan Samaj Party
2012
10.1 pp
RamgopalSamajwadi Party
2017
11.5 pp
Upendra SinghBharatiya Janata Party
2022
1.1 pp
Gaurav KumarSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 11.5 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 48,095 votes, 1.6× the 29,181-vote margin.
48,095 ÷ 29,181 = 1.6
The top two polled 76.2% of votes; the other 10 candidates 23.8% between them.
(1,11,064 + 81,883) ÷ 2,53,319 = 76.2% · 60,372 ÷ 2,53,319 = 23.8%
Turnout of 69.1% was 8.6 pp above the state's median seat (60.5%).
69.1 − 60.5 = +8.6
The margin widened from 10.1 pp in 2012 to 11.5 pp.
11.5 − 10.1 = +1.4 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 12 candidate lines2,53,319
NOTAreported alongside the total2,968
Published totalVotes polled2,53,319
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

Candidates12 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