Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2022

Azamgarh

Assembly constituency 347 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

[01]Result · 2022

#347 · GEN

Poll date10 Feb 2022

Contestants9

Electors4,25,819

Votes polled2,34,860

Turnout55.2%

NOTA1,4700.3% of votes

WinnerDurga Prasad YadavSamajwadi Party1,00,81342.9% of votes

MARGIN16,036 votes · 6.8 pp1,00,813 − 84,777

Runner-upAkhilesh Kumar Mishra Bharatiya Janata Party84,77736.1% of votes

SP 54.3% of top-two votesBJP 45.7%

All candidates 9

01 Durga Prasad YadavSP1,00,813 42.9%
02 Akhilesh Kumar MishraBJP84,777 36.1%
03 Sushil Kumar SinghBSP39,281 16.7%
04 Kamar KamalAIMIM5,532 2.4%
05 Praveen Kumar SinghINC2,175 0.9%
06 Rishikant YadavASP(KR)641 0.3%
07 Rajiv Kumar SinghIND604 0.3%
08 Kripa Shankar PathakAAP580 0.3%
09 SuryanathBGP(S)457 0.2%

Turnout 55.2%

Male 2.08 lakh48.9% Female 1.88 lakh44.1%

Share of 4,25,819 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males902
NOTAreported alongside the total1,470 · 0.3%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 202260.3%
ReconciliationΣ 9 candidates = 2,34,860Verified

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 39,281 votes, 2.4× the 16,036-vote margin.
39,281 ÷ 16,036 = 2.4
The top two polled 79.0% of votes; the other 7 candidates 21.0% between them.
(1,00,813 + 84,777) ÷ 2,34,860 = 79.0% · 49,270 ÷ 2,34,860 = 21.0%
Turnout of 55.2% was 5.1 pp below the state's median seat (60.3%).
55.2 − 60.3 = −5.1
The margin narrowed from 12.4 pp in 2017 to 6.8 pp.
6.8 − 12.4 = −5.6 pp
SP held the seat it won in 2017.
2017 SP · 2022 SP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 9 candidate lines2,34,860
NOTAreported alongside the total1,470
Published totalVotes polled2,34,860
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

Candidates9 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