Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

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Assembly constituency 273 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#273 · SC

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants7

Electors3,41,879

Votes polled1,97,139

Turnout57.7%

NOTA2,7270.8% of votes

WinnerGorakh NathBharatiya Janata Party86,96043.5% of votes

MARGIN28,276 votes · 14.3 pp86,960 − 58,684

Runner-upAwadhesh Prasad Samajwadi Party58,68429.4% of votes

BJP 59.7% of top-two votesSP 40.3%

All candidates 7

01 Gorakh NathBJP86,960 43.5%
02 Awadhesh PrasadSP58,684 29.4%
03 RamgopalBSP46,027 23.0%
04 Prem KumarIND1,630 0.8%
05 Uma ShankarBMP1,380 0.7%
06 Desh RajMAP1,359 0.7%
07 Karan RawatIND1,099 0.6%

Turnout 57.7%

Male 1.83 lakh53.6% Female 1.59 lakh46.4%

Share of 3,41,879 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males866
NOTAreported alongside the total2,727 · 0.8%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 7 candidates = 1,97,139Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
1.3 pp
Salil VishnoiBharatiya Janata Party
2007
3.4 pp
Salil VishnoiBharatiya Janata Party
2012
19.6 pp
Audhesh PrasadSamajwadi Party
2017
14.3 pp
Gorakh NathBharatiya Janata Party
2022
6.2 pp
Awadhesh PrasadSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 19.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 46,027 votes, 1.6× the 28,276-vote margin.
46,027 ÷ 28,276 = 1.6
The top two polled 73.9% of votes; the other 5 candidates 26.1% between them.
(86,960 + 58,684) ÷ 1,97,139 = 73.9% · 51,495 ÷ 1,97,139 = 26.1%
Turnout of 57.7% was 2.8 pp below the state's median seat (60.5%).
57.7 − 60.5 = −2.8
The margin narrowed from 19.6 pp in 2012 to 14.3 pp.
14.3 − 19.6 = −5.3 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 7 candidate lines1,97,139
NOTAreported alongside the total2,727
Published totalVotes polled1,97,139
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

Candidates7 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