Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Balrampur

Assembly constituency 294 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#294 · SC

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants11

Electors4,10,716

Votes polled1,89,893

Turnout46.2%

NOTA3,4140.8% of votes

WinnerPalturamBharatiya Janata Party89,40146.3% of votes

MARGIN24,860 votes · 13.1 pp89,401 − 64,541

Runner-upShivlal Indian National Congress64,54133.4% of votes

BJP 58.1% of top-two votesINC 41.9%

All candidates 11

01 PalturamBJP89,401 46.3%
02 ShivlalINC64,541 33.4%
03 Ram Sagar AkelaBSP26,011 13.5%
04 Shiv KumarPECP2,357 1.2%
05 Madan LalMD1,798 0.9%
06 HariramBSS1,434 0.7%
07 Baal MukundIND1,214 0.6%
08 Shree RamIND982 0.5%
09 DaddanIND809 0.4%
10 RamdasBMP737 0.4%
11 MevalalBSSS609 0.3%

Turnout 46.2%

Male 2.27 lakh55.3% Female 1.83 lakh44.7%

Share of 4,10,716 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males807
NOTAreported alongside the total3,414 · 0.8%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 11 candidates = 1,89,893Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
6.4 pp
Ram Prakash TripathiBharatiya Janata Party
2007
3.5 pp
Arvind SinghSamajwadi Party
2012
11.2 pp
Jagram PaswanSamajwadi Party
2017
13.1 pp
PalturamBharatiya Janata Party
2022
5.4 pp
Paltoo RamBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 13.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 26,011 votes, 1.0× the 24,860-vote margin.
26,011 ÷ 24,860 = 1.0
The top two polled 81.1% of votes; the other 9 candidates 18.9% between them.
(89,401 + 64,541) ÷ 1,89,893 = 81.1% · 35,951 ÷ 1,89,893 = 18.9%
Turnout of 46.2% was 14.3 pp below the state's median seat (60.5%).
46.2 − 60.5 = −14.3
The margin widened from 11.2 pp in 2012 to 13.1 pp.
13.1 − 11.2 = +1.9 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 11 candidate lines1,89,893
NOTAreported alongside the total3,414
Published totalVotes polled1,89,893
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

Candidates11 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