Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Azamgarh

Assembly constituency 347 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#347 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants7

Electors3,75,008

Votes polled2,11,814

Turnout56.5%

NOTA2,1340.6% of votes

WinnerDurga PrasadSamajwadi Party88,08741.2% of votes

MARGIN26,262 votes · 12.4 pp88,087 − 61,825

Runner-upAkhilesh Bharatiya Janata Party61,82528.9% of votes

SP 58.8% of top-two votesBJP 41.2%

All candidates 7

01 Durga PrasadSP88,087 41.2%
02 AkhileshBJP61,825 28.9%
03 BhupendraBSP58,185 27.2%
04 PatiramRLD1,345 0.6%
05 Priyanka ChauhanBMP1,061 0.5%
06 ManjayJAP792 0.4%
07 BholaRJM519 0.2%

Turnout 56.5%

Male 2.06 lakh54.9% Female 1.69 lakh45.1%

Share of 3,75,008 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males821
NOTAreported alongside the total2,134 · 0.6%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 7 candidates = 2,11,814Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
6.7 pp
Pradeep MathurIndian National Congress
2007
17.2 pp
Prdeep MathurIndian National Congress
2012
16.9 pp
Durga Prasad YadavSamajwadi Party
2017
12.4 pp
Durga PrasadSamajwadi Party
2022
6.8 pp
Durga Prasad YadavSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 17.2 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 58,185 votes, 2.2× the 26,262-vote margin.
58,185 ÷ 26,262 = 2.2
The top two polled 70.8% of votes; the other 5 candidates 29.2% between them.
(88,087 + 61,825) ÷ 2,11,814 = 70.8% · 61,902 ÷ 2,11,814 = 29.2%
Turnout of 56.5% was 4.0 pp below the state's median seat (60.5%).
56.5 − 60.5 = −4.0
The margin narrowed from 16.9 pp in 2012 to 12.4 pp.
12.4 − 16.9 = −4.5 pp
SP held the seat it won in 2012.
2012 SP · 2017 SP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 7 candidate lines2,11,814
NOTAreported alongside the total2,134
Published totalVotes polled2,11,814
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

Candidates7 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