Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

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Assembly constituency 312 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#312 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants12

Electors4,38,437

Votes polled2,22,157

Turnout50.7%

NOTA2,6630.6% of votes

WinnerRakesh Singh BaghelBharatiya Janata Party86,97638.7% of votes

MARGIN42,914 votes · 19.3 pp86,976 − 44,062

Runner-upAnil Kumar Tripathi Bahujan Samaj Party44,06219.6% of votes

BJP 66.4% of top-two votesBSP 33.6%

All candidates 12

01 Rakesh Singh BaghelBJP86,976 38.7%
02 Anil Kumar TripathiBSP44,062 19.6%
03 Jaichand Alias Jairam PandeySP37,557 16.7%
04 Er. Mohammad IrfanPECP25,499 11.3%
05 Mohd. Tabish KhanAIMIM19,040 8.5%
06 Mohd. Akram HusainRLD3,445 1.5%
07 Mukesh KumarIND1,435 0.6%
08 Ram KrishnaIND1,249 0.6%
09 RajaramIND856 0.4%
10 AwadheshIND747 0.3%
11 Ajay KumarIND731 0.3%
12 Amit KumarIND560 0.3%

Turnout 50.7%

Male 2.42 lakh55.1% Female 1.97 lakh44.9%

Share of 4,38,437 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males814
NOTAreported alongside the total2,663 · 0.6%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 12 candidates = 2,22,157Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
13.5 pp
Ramesh Kumar SharmaBahujan Samaj Party
2007
26.7 pp
Pradeep Jain AdityaIndian National Congress
2012
7.7 pp
LaxmikantSamajwadi Party
2017
19.3 pp
Rakesh Singh BaghelBharatiya Janata Party
2022
2.2 pp
Anil Kumar TripathiNirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 26.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 59.0% of votes; the other 10 candidates 41.0% between them.
(86,976 + 44,062) ÷ 2,22,157 = 59.0% · 91,119 ÷ 2,22,157 = 41.0%
Turnout of 50.7% was 9.8 pp below the state's median seat (60.5%).
50.7 − 60.5 = −9.8
The margin widened from 7.7 pp in 2012 to 19.3 pp.
19.3 − 7.7 = +11.6 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 12 candidate lines2,22,157
NOTAreported alongside the total2,663
Published totalVotes polled2,22,157
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

Candidates12 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