Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2022

Tulsipur

Assembly constituency 291 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

[01]Result · 2022

#291 · GEN

Poll date10 Feb 2022

Contestants15

Electors3,84,941

Votes polled2,00,559

Turnout52.1%

NOTA2,2280.6% of votes

WinnerKailash NathBharatiya Janata Party87,03243.4% of votes

MARGIN35,781 votes · 17.8 pp87,032 − 51,251

Runner-upZeba Rizwan Independent51,25125.6% of votes

BJP 62.9% of top-two votesIND 37.1%

All candidates 15

01 Kailash NathBJP87,032 43.4%
02 Zeba RizwanIND51,251 25.6%
03 Abdul Mashhood KhanSP42,815 21.4%
04 Bhuwan Pratap SinghBSP8,118 4.1%
05 Dipendra Singh DipankarINC4,171 2.1%
06 Dheeraj KumarIND1,327 0.7%
07 AtmaramBSS922 0.5%
08 HidaytullaAAP761 0.4%
09 MoteenIND730 0.4%
10 Vijay PratapIND700 0.4%
11 MujeeburrahmanIND626 0.3%
12 Shubham SinghIND604 0.3%
13 RaksharamIND575 0.3%
14 SureshJAP538 0.3%
15 Mohammad Aamir ShahIND389 0.2%

Turnout 52.1%

Male 2.08 lakh54.1% Female 1.76 lakh45.7%

Share of 3,84,941 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males844
NOTAreported alongside the total2,228 · 0.6%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 202260.3%
ReconciliationΣ 15 candidates = 2,00,559Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
5.6 pp
Vinay ShakyaBahujan Samaj Party
2007
0.2 pp
Dhani RamSamajwadi Party
2012
19.8 pp
Abdul Mashhood KhanSamajwadi Party
2017
9.6 pp
Kailash Nath ShuklaBharatiya Janata Party
2022
17.8 pp
Kailash NathBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 19.8 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed SP polled 42,815 votes, 1.2× the 35,781-vote margin.
42,815 ÷ 35,781 = 1.2
The top two polled 68.9% of votes; the other 13 candidates 31.1% between them.
(87,032 + 51,251) ÷ 2,00,559 = 68.9% · 62,276 ÷ 2,00,559 = 31.1%
Turnout of 52.1% was 8.2 pp below the state's median seat (60.3%).
52.1 − 60.3 = −8.2
The margin widened from 9.6 pp in 2017 to 17.8 pp.
17.8 − 9.6 = +8.2 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 15 candidate lines2,00,559
NOTAreported alongside the total2,228
Published totalVotes polled2,00,559
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

Candidates15 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