Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Tamkuhi Raj

Assembly constituency 331 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#331 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants15

Electors3,78,477

Votes polled2,11,983

Turnout56.0%

NOTA3,3050.9% of votes

WinnerAjay Kumar LalluIndian National Congress61,21128.4% of votes

MARGIN18,114 votes · 8.5 pp61,211 − 43,097

Runner-upJagadish Mishra Alias Balti Baba Bharatiya Janata Party43,09720.0% of votes

INC 58.7% of top-two votesBJP 41.3%

All candidates 15

01 Ajay Kumar LalluINC61,211 28.4%
02 Jagadish Mishra Alias Balti BabaBJP43,097 20.0%
03 Bijay RaiBSP41,685 19.4%
04 Dr.P.K.RaiNISHAD29,759 13.8%
05 Nandkishor MishraIND23,423 10.9%
06 Shrikant MishraIND3,210 1.5%
07 Vishnu PrabhakarIND2,858 1.3%
08 Ranjan Rai NiralaBHARTI1,891 0.9%
09 Munir AhamadNCP1,094 0.5%
10 Chandan SinghIND945 0.4%
11 Vinod Kumar BhartiBMP674 0.3%
12 SubhashLKD661 0.3%
13 Nurul HodaRJP604 0.3%
14 SwaminathRLD492 0.2%
15 Keshav PalPPP379 0.2%

Turnout 56.0%

Male 2.09 lakh55.2% Female 1.70 lakh44.8%

Share of 3,78,477 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males812
NOTAreported alongside the total3,305 · 0.9%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 15 candidates = 2,11,983Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
5.6 pp
Manpal SinghSamajwadi Party
2007
2.2 pp
HasratullaBahujan Samaj Party
2012
3.0 pp
Ajay Kumar #lalloo#Indian National Congress
2017
8.5 pp
Ajay Kumar LalluIndian National Congress
2022
29.7 pp
Asim KumarBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 29.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 41,685 votes, 2.3× the 18,114-vote margin.
41,685 ÷ 18,114 = 2.3
The top two polled 49.2% of votes; the other 13 candidates 50.8% between them.
(61,211 + 43,097) ÷ 2,11,983 = 49.2% · 1,07,675 ÷ 2,11,983 = 50.8%
Turnout of 56.0% was 4.5 pp below the state's median seat (60.5%).
56.0 − 60.5 = −4.5
The margin widened from 3.0 pp in 2012 to 8.5 pp.
8.5 − 3.0 = +5.5 pp
INC held the seat it won in 2012.
2012 INC · 2017 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 15 candidate lines2,11,983
NOTAreported alongside the total3,305
Published totalVotes polled2,11,983
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

Candidates15 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