Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Alapur

Assembly constituency 279 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#279 · SC

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants10

Electors3,23,494

Votes polled1,95,853

Turnout60.5%

NOTA1,9490.6% of votes

WinnerAneetaBharatiya Janata Party72,36636.6% of votes

MARGIN12,513 votes · 6.4 pp72,366 − 59,853

Runner-upSangeeta Samajwadi Party59,85330.3% of votes

BJP 54.7% of top-two votesSP 45.3%

All candidates 10

01 AneetaBJP72,366 36.6%
02 SangeetaSP59,853 30.3%
03 Tribhuwan DuttBSP58,591 29.6%
04 RajmaniBMP1,219 0.6%
05 R C GondRJP1,087 0.6%
06 Sumpatti DeviIND1,061 0.5%
07 AsharamIND579 0.3%
08 Ramesh KumarUPRP432 0.2%
09 ChhotelalPECP340 0.2%
10 RajkumarRMGP325 0.2%

Turnout 60.5%

Male 1.76 lakh54.3% Female 1.48 lakh45.7%

Share of 3,23,494 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males843
NOTAreported alongside the total1,949 · 0.6%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 10 candidates = 1,95,853Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
8.3 pp
Arun KumariSamajwadi Party
2007
2.7 pp
Raghu Nath PrasadBahujan Samaj Party
2012
18.1 pp
Bheem Prasad SonkarSamajwadi Party
2017
6.4 pp
AneetaBharatiya Janata Party
2022
4.5 pp
Tribhuwan DuttSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 18.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 58,591 votes, 4.7× the 12,513-vote margin.
58,591 ÷ 12,513 = 4.7
The top two polled 67.5% of votes; the other 8 candidates 32.5% between them.
(72,366 + 59,853) ÷ 1,95,853 = 67.5% · 63,634 ÷ 1,95,853 = 32.5%
Turnout of 60.5% matched the state's median seat.
60.5 − 60.5 = 0.0
The margin narrowed from 18.1 pp in 2012 to 6.4 pp.
6.4 − 18.1 = −11.7 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 lines1,95,853
NOTAreported alongside the total1,949
Published totalVotes polled1,95,853
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