Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Bansgaon

Assembly constituency 327 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#327 · SC

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants8

Electors3,70,743

Votes polled1,76,675

Turnout47.7%

NOTA2,1430.6% of votes

WinnerVimlesh PaswanBharatiya Janata Party71,96640.3% of votes

MARGIN22,873 votes · 12.9 pp71,966 − 49,093

Runner-upDharmendra Kumar Bahujan Samaj Party49,09327.5% of votes

BJP 59.4% of top-two votesBSP 40.6%

All candidates 8

01 Vimlesh PaswanBJP71,966 40.3%
02 Dharmendra KumarBSP49,093 27.5%
03 Sharada DeviSP44,051 24.6%
04 NandlalNISHAD7,892 4.4%
05 RamdhariIND1,496 0.8%
06 Pushpa DeviBMP798 0.5%
07 Ram SinghJAP742 0.4%
08 SavitriHAP637 0.4%

Turnout 47.7%

Male 2.07 lakh55.8% Female 1.64 lakh44.2%

Share of 3,70,743 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males791
NOTAreported alongside the total2,143 · 0.6%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 8 candidates = 1,76,675Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
4.8 pp
Rameshwer Singh YadavSamajwadi Party
2007
8.3 pp
Avadhpal Singh YadavBahujan Samaj Party
2012
5.5 pp
Dr. Vijay KumarBahujan Samaj Party
2017
12.9 pp
Vimlesh PaswanBharatiya Janata Party
2022
17.3 pp
Dr. Vimlesh PaswanBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 17.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed SP polled 44,051 votes, 1.9× the 22,873-vote margin.
44,051 ÷ 22,873 = 1.9
The top two polled 68.5% of votes; the other 6 candidates 31.5% between them.
(71,966 + 49,093) ÷ 1,76,675 = 68.5% · 55,616 ÷ 1,76,675 = 31.5%
Turnout of 47.7% was 12.8 pp below the state's median seat (60.5%).
47.7 − 60.5 = −12.8
The margin widened from 5.5 pp in 2012 to 12.9 pp.
12.9 − 5.5 = +7.4 pp
The seat changed hands: BSP in 2012, BJP in 2017.
2012 BSP · 2017 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 8 candidate lines1,76,675
NOTAreported alongside the total2,143
Published totalVotes polled1,76,675
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

Candidates8 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