Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2022

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Assembly constituency 275 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

[01]Result · 2022

#275 · GEN

Poll date10 Feb 2022

Contestants10

Electors3,82,434

Votes polled2,30,018

Turnout60.1%

NOTA1,2400.3% of votes

WinnerVed PrakashBharatiya Janata Party1,13,41449.3% of votes

MARGIN19,990 votes · 8.7 pp1,13,414 − 93,424

Runner-upTej Narayan Samajwadi Party93,42440.6% of votes

BJP 54.8% of top-two votesSP 45.2%

All candidates 10

01 Ved PrakashBJP1,13,414 49.3%
02 Tej NarayanSP93,424 40.6%
03 Ravi PrakashBSP17,706 7.7%
04 ReetaINC2,011 0.9%
05 Suryakant PandeyCPI995 0.4%
06 Rajesh KumarJAPL801 0.4%
07 Sanjay SharmaMAP673 0.3%
08 Subham SrivastavAAP490 0.2%
09 Ramesh Kumar ChaubeyBSCP268 0.1%
10 Brajendra Dutt TripathiACP236 0.1%

Turnout 60.1%

Male 2.03 lakh53.1% Female 1.79 lakh46.8%

Share of 3,82,434 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males880
NOTAreported alongside the total1,240 · 0.3%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 202260.3%
ReconciliationΣ 10 candidates = 2,30,018Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
25.3 pp
Ajay KapoorIndian National Congress
2007
16.7 pp
Ajay KapoorIndian National Congress
2012
2.8 pp
Tej Narayan Pandey Alias Pawan PandeySamajwadi Party
2017
23.4 pp
Ved Prakash GuptaBharatiya Janata Party
2022
8.7 pp
Ved PrakashBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 25.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 89.9% of votes; the other 8 candidates 10.1% between them.
(1,13,414 + 93,424) ÷ 2,30,018 = 89.9% · 23,180 ÷ 2,30,018 = 10.1%
Turnout of 60.1% was 0.2 pp below the state's median seat (60.3%).
60.1 − 60.3 = −0.2
The margin narrowed from 23.4 pp in 2017 to 8.7 pp.
8.7 − 23.4 = −14.7 pp
BJP held the seat it won in 2017.
2017 BJP · 2022 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 10 candidate lines2,30,018
NOTAreported alongside the total1,240
Published totalVotes polled2,30,018
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 2022 · 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 2022 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database