Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2022

Maharajganj

Assembly constituency 318 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

[01]Result · 2022

#318 · SC

Poll date10 Feb 2022

Contestants12

Electors4,14,570

Votes polled2,59,824

Turnout62.7%

NOTA2,8480.7% of votes

WinnerJay MangalBharatiya Janata Party1,36,07152.4% of votes

MARGIN76,903 votes · 29.6 pp1,36,071 − 59,168

Runner-upNirmesh Mangal Independent59,16822.8% of votes

BJP 69.7% of top-two votesIND 30.3%

All candidates 12

01 Jay MangalBJP1,36,071 52.4%
02 Nirmesh MangalIND59,168 22.8%
03 Geeta RatnaSBSP22,395 8.6%
04 OmprakashBSP20,466 7.9%
05 JitendraAIMIM7,751 3.0%
06 Alok PrasadINC5,865 2.3%
07 RamkevalCPI2,814 1.1%
08 AmarnathAAP1,521 0.6%
09 AwadheshIND1,274 0.5%
10 ShailendarBMP1,054 0.4%
11 VirendarLJP768 0.3%
12 Manoj KumarAJPI677 0.3%

Turnout 62.7%

Male 2.18 lakh52.5% Female 1.96 lakh47.3%

Share of 4,14,570 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males902
NOTAreported alongside the total2,848 · 0.7%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 202260.3%
ReconciliationΣ 12 candidates = 2,59,824Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
2.1 pp
Arun Kumar MeharotraBharatiya Janata Party
2007
1.7 pp
Chhote SinghBahujan Samaj Party
2012
16.7 pp
SudamaSamajwadi Party
2017
27.9 pp
JaimangalBharatiya Janata Party
2022
29.6 pp
Jay MangalBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 29.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 75.1% of votes; the other 10 candidates 24.9% between them.
(1,36,071 + 59,168) ÷ 2,59,824 = 75.1% · 64,585 ÷ 2,59,824 = 24.9%
Turnout of 62.7% was 2.4 pp above the state's median seat (60.3%).
62.7 − 60.3 = +2.4
The margin widened from 27.9 pp in 2017 to 29.6 pp.
29.6 − 27.9 = +1.7 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 12 candidate lines2,59,824
NOTAreported alongside the total2,848
Published totalVotes polled2,59,824
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

Candidates12 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