Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Mehnagar

Assembly constituency 352 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#352 · SC

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants10

Electors3,86,934

Votes polled1,99,643

Turnout51.6%

NOTA2,4920.6% of votes

WinnerKalpnath PaswanSamajwadi Party69,03734.2% of votes

MARGIN5,412 votes · 2.7 pp69,037 − 63,625

Runner-upManjoo Saroj Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party63,62531.5% of votes

SP 52.0% of top-two votesSBSP 48.0%

All candidates 10

01 Kalpnath PaswanSP69,037 34.2%
02 Manjoo SarojSBSP63,625 31.5%
03 Vidhya ChaudhariBSP60,198 29.8%
04 Karmveer AzadUPRP1,141 0.6%
05 DulareRLD1,076 0.5%
06 Ram BrikshCPI(M)1,040 0.5%
07 Renu DeviASP923 0.5%
08 Prakash ChandraBMP913 0.5%
09 SumanMD887 0.4%
10 SangitaPMP803 0.4%

Turnout 51.6%

Male 2.12 lakh54.9% Female 1.75 lakh45.1%

Share of 3,86,934 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males822
NOTAreported alongside the total2,492 · 0.6%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 10 candidates = 1,99,643Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
20.3 pp
Ramvir UpadhyayBahujan Samaj Party
2007
12.5 pp
Ramveer UpadhayayBahujan Samaj Party
2012
5.8 pp
Brij Lal SonkarSamajwadi Party
2017
2.7 pp
Kalpnath PaswanSamajwadi Party
2022
6.4 pp
PujaSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 20.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 60,198 votes, 11× the 5,412-vote margin.
60,198 ÷ 5,412 = 11.1
The top two polled 66.4% of votes; the other 8 candidates 33.6% between them.
(69,037 + 63,625) ÷ 1,99,643 = 66.4% · 66,981 ÷ 1,99,643 = 33.6%
Turnout of 51.6% was 8.9 pp below the state's median seat (60.5%).
51.6 − 60.5 = −8.9
The margin narrowed from 5.8 pp in 2012 to 2.7 pp.
2.7 − 5.8 = −3.1 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 10 candidate lines1,99,643
NOTAreported alongside the total2,492
Published totalVotes polled1,99,643
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

Candidates10 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