Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Gorakhpur Urban

Assembly constituency 322 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#322 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants23

Electors4,29,167

Votes polled2,17,992

Turnout50.8%

NOTA8390.2% of votes

WinnerDr. Radha Mohan Das AgrawalBharatiya Janata Party1,22,22155.9% of votes

MARGIN60,730 votes · 27.9 pp1,22,221 − 61,491

Runner-upRana Rahul Singh Indian National Congress61,49128.1% of votes

BJP 66.5% of top-two votesINC 33.5%

All candidates 23

01 Dr. Radha Mohan Das AgrawalBJP1,22,221 55.9%
02 Rana Rahul SinghINC61,491 28.1%
03 Janardan ChoudhariBSP24,297 11.1%
04 Arun Kumar ShrivastavaPECP2,252 1.0%
05 Vinod Kumar RaiRLD946 0.4%
06 Prabal Pratap ShahiIND851 0.4%
07 AnilIND705 0.3%
08 Mohan Das AgrawalIND620 0.3%
09 Satya PrakashIND606 0.3%
10 Vindu DeviIND469 0.2%
11 Shailesh KumarIND393 0.2%
12 Nanda SinghSKP385 0.2%
13 Mohit JaysawalIND343 0.2%
14 Ajay PandeySBP334 0.2%
15 Vinod Kumar BhartiyaBMP305 0.1%
16 Mina TripathiBSCP291 0.1%
17 Arun KumarIND280 0.1%
18 AmrendraGGP269 0.1%
19 Kishan ChandIND232 0.1%
20 Ram Davan MauryaJAP205 0.1%
21 Shatrughan KumarIND182 0.1%
22 Seshnath PandeyRJP172 0.1%
23 Vinay Kumar PandeyIND143 0.1%

Turnout 50.8%

Male 2.35 lakh54.8% Female 1.94 lakh45.2%

Share of 4,29,167 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males825
NOTAreported alongside the total839 · 0.2%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 23 candidates = 2,17,992Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
0.8 pp
Sovran SinghBharatiya Janata Party
2007
14.9 pp
Sobaran SinghSamajwadi Party
2012
28.8 pp
Dr Radha Mohan Das AgarwalBharatiya Janata Party
2017
27.9 pp
Dr. Radha Mohan Das AgrawalBharatiya Janata Party
2022
41.5 pp
AdityanathBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 41.5 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 84.3% of votes; the other 21 candidates 15.7% between them.
(1,22,221 + 61,491) ÷ 2,17,992 = 84.3% · 34,280 ÷ 2,17,992 = 15.7%
Turnout of 50.8% was 9.7 pp below the state's median seat (60.5%).
50.8 − 60.5 = −9.7
The margin narrowed from 28.8 pp in 2012 to 27.9 pp.
27.9 − 28.8 = −0.9 pp
BJP held the seat it won in 2012.
2012 BJP · 2017 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 23 candidate lines2,17,992
NOTAreported alongside the total839
Published totalVotes polled2,17,992
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

Candidates23 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