Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2022

Colonelganj

Assembly constituency 298 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

[01]Result · 2022

#298 · GEN

Poll date10 Feb 2022

Contestants10

Electors3,31,102

Votes polled1,91,362

Turnout57.8%

NOTA2,3990.7% of votes

WinnerAjayBharatiya Janata Party1,08,10956.5% of votes

MARGIN35,472 votes · 18.5 pp1,08,109 − 72,637

Runner-upYogesh Pratap Singh Urf Yogesh Bhaiya Samajwadi Party72,63738.0% of votes

BJP 59.8% of top-two votesSP 40.2%

All candidates 10

01 AjayBJP1,08,109 56.5%
02 Yogesh Pratap Singh Urf Yogesh BhaiyaSP72,637 38.0%
03 RanjeetBSP3,764 2.0%
04 Triloki Nath TiwariINC3,756 2.0%
05 Om PrakashIND678 0.4%
06 Nand Kumar Urf Magan Kumar SinghIND637 0.3%
07 Ashok SinghIND585 0.3%
08 Vishal SinghAAP468 0.2%
09 Ram KripalJAP444 0.2%
10 Arun Kumar SinghIND284 0.2%

Turnout 57.8%

Male 1.77 lakh53.4% Female 1.54 lakh46.4%

Share of 3,31,102 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males869
NOTAreported alongside the total2,399 · 0.7%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 202260.3%
ReconciliationΣ 10 candidates = 1,91,362Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
12.5 pp
Narendra Singh YadavSamajwadi Party
2007
2.7 pp
Narendra SinghSamajwadi Party
2012
7.5 pp
Yogesh Pratap Singh #yogesh Bhaiya#Samajwadi Party
2017
15.8 pp
Ajay Pratap SinghBharatiya Janata Party
2022
18.5 pp
AjayBharatiya Janata Party

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

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 94.5% of votes; the other 8 candidates 5.5% between them.
(1,08,109 + 72,637) ÷ 1,91,362 = 94.5% · 10,616 ÷ 1,91,362 = 5.5%
Turnout of 57.8% was 2.5 pp below the state's median seat (60.3%).
57.8 − 60.3 = −2.5
The margin widened from 15.8 pp in 2017 to 18.5 pp.
18.5 − 15.8 = +2.7 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 10 candidate lines1,91,362
NOTAreported alongside the total2,399
Published totalVotes polled1,91,362
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

Candidates10 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