Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2022

Goshainganj

Assembly constituency 276 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

[01]Result · 2022

#276 · GEN

Poll date10 Feb 2022

Contestants8

Electors3,96,024

Votes polled2,39,551

Turnout60.5%

NOTA1,7470.4% of votes

WinnerAbhay SinghSamajwadi Party1,05,86344.2% of votes

MARGIN13,079 votes · 5.5 pp1,05,863 − 92,784

Runner-upArti Tiwari Bharatiya Janata Party92,78438.7% of votes

SP 53.3% of top-two votesBJP 46.7%

All candidates 8

01 Abhay SinghSP1,05,863 44.2%
02 Arti TiwariBJP92,784 38.7%
03 Ram SagarBSP37,271 15.6%
04 Sharada DeviINC1,319 0.6%
05 Sarvesh KumarIND662 0.3%
06 Bed PrakashVIP621 0.3%
07 SavitaKPL561 0.2%
08 Alok DwivediAAP470 0.2%

Turnout 60.5%

Male 2.11 lakh53.3% Female 1.84 lakh46.5%

Share of 3,96,024 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males873
NOTAreported alongside the total1,747 · 0.4%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 202260.3%
ReconciliationΣ 8 candidates = 2,39,551Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
6.4 pp
Prem Lata KatiyarBharatiya Janata Party
2007
0.5 pp
Premlata KatiyarBharatiya Janata Party
2012
28.1 pp
Abhay SinghSamajwadi Party
2017
5.2 pp
Indra Pratap Alias Khabbu TiwariBharatiya Janata Party
2022
5.5 pp
Abhay SinghSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 28.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 37,271 votes, 2.8× the 13,079-vote margin.
37,271 ÷ 13,079 = 2.8
The top two polled 82.9% of votes; the other 6 candidates 17.1% between them.
(1,05,863 + 92,784) ÷ 2,39,551 = 82.9% · 40,904 ÷ 2,39,551 = 17.1%
Turnout of 60.5% was 0.2 pp above the state's median seat (60.3%).
60.5 − 60.3 = +0.2
The margin widened from 5.2 pp in 2017 to 5.5 pp.
5.5 − 5.2 = +0.3 pp
The seat changed hands: BJP in 2017, SP in 2022.
2017 BJP · 2022 SP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 8 candidate lines2,39,551
NOTAreported alongside the total1,747
Published totalVotes polled2,39,551
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

Candidates8 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