Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

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Assembly constituency 303 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#303 · SC

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants6

Electors4,30,633

Votes polled2,32,506

Turnout54.0%

NOTA2,6230.6% of votes

WinnerShyam DhaniBharatiya Janata Party1,14,08248.5% of votes

MARGIN38,154 votes · 16.4 pp1,14,082 − 75,928

Runner-upVijay Kumar Samajwadi Party75,92832.3% of votes

BJP 60.0% of top-two votesSP 40.0%

All candidates 6

01 Shyam DhaniBJP1,14,082 48.5%
02 Vijay KumarSP75,928 32.3%
03 Chandra BhanBSP37,166 15.8%
04 Pingal PrasadIND2,106 0.9%
05 Devendra NathBMP2,063 0.9%
06 Nand RamIND1,161 0.5%

Turnout 54.0%

Male 2.33 lakh54.2% Female 1.97 lakh45.8%

Share of 4,30,633 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males845
NOTAreported alongside the total2,623 · 0.6%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 6 candidates = 2,32,506Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
1.7 pp
Babu Lal KushwahaBahujan Samaj Party
2007
0.2 pp
Vivek Kumar SinghIndian National Congress
2012
19.4 pp
Vijay KumarSamajwadi Party
2017
16.4 pp
Shyam DhaniBharatiya Janata Party
2022
12.4 pp
Shyamdhani RahiBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 19.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 81.7% of votes; the other 4 candidates 18.3% between them.
(1,14,082 + 75,928) ÷ 2,32,506 = 81.7% · 42,496 ÷ 2,32,506 = 18.3%
Turnout of 54.0% was 6.5 pp below the state's median seat (60.5%).
54.0 − 60.5 = −6.5
The margin narrowed from 19.4 pp in 2012 to 16.4 pp.
16.4 − 19.4 = −3.0 pp
Vijay Kumar, the 2012 winner, finished second in 2017.
2012 winner name = 2017 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 6 candidate lines2,32,506
NOTAreported alongside the total2,623
Published totalVotes polled2,32,506
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

Candidates6 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