Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Balha (S.C.)

Assembly constituency 282 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#282 · SC

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants12

Electors3,49,477

Votes polled1,98,985

Turnout56.9%

NOTA3,3821.0% of votes

WinnerAkshayvaralalBharatiya Janata Party1,04,13551.5% of votes

MARGIN46,616 votes · 23.4 pp1,04,135 − 57,519

Runner-upKiran Bharti Bahujan Samaj Party57,51928.4% of votes

BJP 64.4% of top-two votesBSP 35.6%

All candidates 12

01 AkshayvaralalBJP1,04,135 51.5%
02 Kiran BhartiBSP57,519 28.4%
03 Banshi Dhar BaudhSP29,349 14.5%
04 BechelalIND1,700 0.8%
05 Kamlavati DeviRPI(A)1,053 0.5%
06 Bhagwan DasRMGP1,008 0.5%
07 BabadeenIND975 0.5%
08 PoojaIND792 0.4%
09 LaljeeBMP726 0.4%
10 Guru PrasadIND643 0.3%
11 Govind PrasadRKP545 0.3%
12 IndrajeetIND540 0.3%

Turnout 56.9%

Male 1.87 lakh53.6% Female 1.62 lakh46.4%

Share of 3,49,477 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males866
NOTAreported alongside the total3,382 · 1.0%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 12 candidates = 1,98,985Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
0.6 pp
Ashok KumarBahujan Samaj Party
2007
8.5 pp
Pratibha ShuklaBahujan Samaj Party
2012
11.2 pp
Savitri Bai FuleBharatiya Janata Party
2017
23.4 pp
AkshayvaralalBharatiya Janata Party
2022
7.8 pp
Saroj SonkarBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 23.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 81.2% of votes; the other 10 candidates 18.8% between them.
(1,04,135 + 57,519) ÷ 1,98,985 = 81.2% · 37,331 ÷ 1,98,985 = 18.8%
Turnout of 56.9% was 3.6 pp below the state's median seat (60.5%).
56.9 − 60.5 = −3.6
The margin widened from 11.2 pp in 2012 to 23.4 pp.
23.4 − 11.2 = +12.2 pp
BJP held the seat it won in 2012.
2012 BJP · 2017 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 12 candidate lines1,98,985
NOTAreported alongside the total3,382
Published totalVotes polled1,98,985
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

Candidates12 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