Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Bikapur

Assembly constituency 274 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#274 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants10

Electors3,61,301

Votes polled2,20,659

Turnout61.1%

NOTA2,2570.6% of votes

WinnerShobha Singh ChauhanBharatiya Janata Party94,07442.2% of votes

MARGIN26,652 votes · 12.1 pp94,074 − 67,422

Runner-upAnand Sen Samajwadi Party67,42230.3% of votes

BJP 58.3% of top-two votesSP 41.7%

All candidates 10

01 Shobha Singh ChauhanBJP94,074 42.2%
02 Anand SenSP67,422 30.3%
03 Jitendra SinghBSP49,690 22.3%
04 Juver AhmadAIMIM3,275 1.5%
05 AzaharuddinBMP1,643 0.7%
06 Alok DwivediRLD1,261 0.6%
07 Ram JanakMAP1,038 0.5%
08 Dasrath Kumar SinghIND952 0.4%
09 RajendraIND832 0.4%
10 Anil KumarACP472 0.2%

Turnout 61.1%

Male 1.93 lakh53.5% Female 1.68 lakh46.5%

Share of 3,61,301 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males868
NOTAreported alongside the total2,257 · 0.6%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 10 candidates = 2,20,659Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
10.1 pp
Satish MahanaBharatiya Janata Party
2007
26.0 pp
Satish MahanaBharatiya Janata Party
2012
0.9 pp
Mitrasen YadavSamajwadi Party
2017
12.1 pp
Shobha Singh ChauhanBharatiya Janata Party
2022
2.3 pp
Amit Singh ChauhanBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 26.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 49,690 votes, 1.9× the 26,652-vote margin.
49,690 ÷ 26,652 = 1.9
The top two polled 73.2% of votes; the other 8 candidates 26.8% between them.
(94,074 + 67,422) ÷ 2,20,659 = 73.2% · 59,163 ÷ 2,20,659 = 26.8%
Turnout of 61.1% was 0.6 pp above the state's median seat (60.5%).
61.1 − 60.5 = +0.6
The margin widened from 0.9 pp in 2012 to 12.1 pp.
12.1 − 0.9 = +11.2 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 10 candidate lines2,20,659
NOTAreported alongside the total2,257
Published totalVotes polled2,20,659
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

Candidates10 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