Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2022

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Assembly constituency 303 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

[01]Result · 2022

#303 · SC

Poll date10 Feb 2022

Contestants10

Electors4,55,516

Votes polled2,50,077

Turnout54.9%

NOTA2,2790.5% of votes

WinnerShyamdhani RahiBharatiya Janata Party1,22,94049.2% of votes

MARGIN30,939 votes · 12.4 pp1,22,940 − 92,001

Runner-upVijay Kumar Samajwadi Party92,00136.8% of votes

BJP 57.2% of top-two votesSP 42.8%

All candidates 10

01 Shyamdhani RahiBJP1,22,940 49.2%
02 Vijay KumarSP92,001 36.8%
03 Kanhaiya PrasadBSP26,662 10.7%
04 BhagganSDU2,698 1.1%
05 Devendra Kumar GudduINC2,484 1.0%
06 Pingal PrasadIND870 0.4%
07 Sanjay KumarBMP766 0.3%
08 Shambhoo PrasadBMP617 0.3%
09 Mahesh Kumar RaoAAP529 0.2%
10 Bhalu Alias SanjaySAMAJH510 0.2%

Turnout 54.9%

Male 2.43 lakh53.3% Female 2.10 lakh46.1%

Share of 4,55,516 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males865
NOTAreported alongside the total2,279 · 0.5%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 202260.3%
ReconciliationΣ 10 candidates = 2,50,077Verified

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 85.9% of votes; the other 8 candidates 14.1% between them.
(1,22,940 + 92,001) ÷ 2,50,077 = 85.9% · 35,136 ÷ 2,50,077 = 14.1%
Turnout of 54.9% was 5.4 pp below the state's median seat (60.3%).
54.9 − 60.3 = −5.4
The margin narrowed from 16.4 pp in 2017 to 12.4 pp.
12.4 − 16.4 = −4.0 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 lines2,50,077
NOTAreported alongside the total2,279
Published totalVotes polled2,50,077
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