Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Mahasi

Assembly constituency 285 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#285 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants10

Electors3,22,791

Votes polled1,93,936

Turnout60.1%

NOTA3,2011.0% of votes

WinnerSureshwar SinghBharatiya Janata Party1,04,65453.1% of votes

MARGIN58,969 votes · 30.4 pp1,04,654 − 45,685

Runner-upAli Akbar Indian National Congress45,68523.2% of votes

BJP 69.6% of top-two votesINC 30.4%

All candidates 10

01 Sureshwar SinghBJP1,04,654 53.1%
02 Ali AkbarINC45,685 23.2%
03 Krishna Kumar OjhaBSP34,685 17.6%
04 Parmod KumarSDU2,757 1.4%
05 PiyushIND1,903 1.0%
06 Shiv NarayanIND1,004 0.5%
07 Shyam LalIND909 0.5%
08 Vandan TiwariIND879 0.5%
09 Ram NiwasBMP845 0.4%
10 Mishri LalIND615 0.3%

Turnout 60.1%

Male 1.73 lakh53.5% Female 1.50 lakh46.5%

Share of 3,22,791 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males868
NOTAreported alongside the total3,201 · 1.0%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 10 candidates = 1,93,936Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
0.8 pp
Ram Ji ShuklaBahujan Samaj Party
2007
4.5 pp
ShekharBahujan Samaj Party
2012
1.5 pp
Krishna Kumar OjhaBahujan Samaj Party
2017
30.4 pp
Sureshwar SinghBharatiya Janata Party
2022
20.0 pp
Sureshwar SinghBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 30.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 77.5% of votes; the other 8 candidates 22.5% between them.
(1,04,654 + 45,685) ÷ 1,93,936 = 77.5% · 43,597 ÷ 1,93,936 = 22.5%
Turnout of 60.1% was 0.4 pp below the state's median seat (60.5%).
60.1 − 60.5 = −0.4
The margin widened from 1.5 pp in 2012 to 30.4 pp.
30.4 − 1.5 = +28.9 pp
The seat changed hands: BSP in 2012, BJP in 2017.
2012 BSP · 2017 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 10 candidate lines1,93,936
NOTAreported alongside the total3,201
Published totalVotes polled1,93,936
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