Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Mehnaun

Assembly constituency 295 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#295 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants14

Electors3,56,055

Votes polled2,04,952

Turnout57.6%

NOTA2,0190.6% of votes

WinnerVinay KumarBharatiya Janata Party84,30440.7% of votes

MARGIN36,378 votes · 17.7 pp84,304 − 47,926

Runner-upArshad Ali Khan Bahujan Samaj Party47,92623.2% of votes

BJP 63.8% of top-two votesBSP 36.2%

All candidates 14

01 Vinay KumarBJP84,304 40.7%
02 Arshad Ali KhanBSP47,926 23.2%
03 Rahul ShuklaSP42,526 20.6%
04 Pratibha SinghIND17,619 8.5%
05 Madhuri TiwariBSS2,041 1.0%
06 Hanoman PrasadIND1,944 0.9%
07 Savit AliIND1,651 0.8%
08 Ambika Dutt VermaRLD1,532 0.7%
09 OmprakashIND1,214 0.6%
10 SiyaramIND1,137 0.6%
11 AvinashIND1,072 0.5%
12 Ashok KumarIND815 0.4%
13 SuhavanBDP631 0.3%
14 OmprakashIND540 0.3%

Turnout 57.6%

Male 1.94 lakh54.5% Female 1.62 lakh45.5%

Share of 3,56,055 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males834
NOTAreported alongside the total2,019 · 0.6%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 14 candidates = 2,04,952Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
1.4 pp
Jamaluddin SiddiquiSamajwadi Party
2007
12.3 pp
Tahir Hussain SiddikiBahujan Samaj Party
2012
18.5 pp
Nandita ShuklaSamajwadi Party
2017
17.7 pp
Vinay KumarBharatiya Janata Party
2022
10.9 pp
Vinay KumarBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 18.5 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed SP polled 42,526 votes, 1.2× the 36,378-vote margin.
42,526 ÷ 36,378 = 1.2
The top two polled 64.5% of votes; the other 12 candidates 35.5% between them.
(84,304 + 47,926) ÷ 2,04,952 = 64.5% · 72,722 ÷ 2,04,952 = 35.5%
Turnout of 57.6% was 2.9 pp below the state's median seat (60.5%).
57.6 − 60.5 = −2.9
The margin narrowed from 18.5 pp in 2012 to 17.7 pp.
17.7 − 18.5 = −0.8 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 14 candidate lines2,04,952
NOTAreported alongside the total2,019
Published totalVotes polled2,04,952
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

Candidates14 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