Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Ghosi

Assembly constituency 354 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#354 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants15

Electors4,10,322

Votes polled2,40,049

Turnout58.5%

NOTA1,5850.4% of votes

WinnerFagu ChauhanBharatiya Janata Party88,29836.5% of votes

MARGIN7,003 votes · 2.9 pp88,298 − 81,295

Runner-upAbbas Ansari Bahujan Samaj Party81,29533.6% of votes

BJP 52.1% of top-two votesBSP 47.9%

All candidates 15

01 Fagu ChauhanBJP88,298 36.5%
02 Abbas AnsariBSP81,295 33.6%
03 SudhakarSP59,256 24.5%
04 Vivek RaiCPI2,285 1.0%
05 YogendraIND1,894 0.8%
06 Dev PrakashRLD1,404 0.6%
07 Vijay YadavIND1,252 0.5%
08 Sanjay Kumar YadavIND1,113 0.5%
09 Sanjay SinghIND914 0.4%
10 Md. HusainIND658 0.3%
11 ChaklalASP635 0.3%
12 Dinanath ChauhanIND293 0.1%
13 Rampyare ChauhanBMP284 0.1%
14 Darbari ChauhanIND249 0.1%
15 MohanJAP219 0.1%

Turnout 58.5%

Male 2.24 lakh54.6% Female 1.86 lakh45.4%

Share of 4,10,322 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males833
NOTAreported alongside the total1,585 · 0.4%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 15 candidates = 2,40,049Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
4.1 pp
Amar Singh Yadav S/o Sunder SinghIndependent
2007
1.7 pp
Yashpal Singh ChauhanBharatiya Janata Party
2012
7.5 pp
SudhakarSamajwadi Party
2017
2.9 pp
Fagu ChauhanBharatiya Janata Party
2022
8.7 pp
Dara Singh ChauhanSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 8.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed SP polled 59,256 votes, 8.5× the 7,003-vote margin.
59,256 ÷ 7,003 = 8.5
The top two polled 70.6% of votes; the other 13 candidates 29.4% between them.
(88,298 + 81,295) ÷ 2,40,049 = 70.6% · 70,456 ÷ 2,40,049 = 29.4%
Turnout of 58.5% was 2.0 pp below the state's median seat (60.5%).
58.5 − 60.5 = −2.0
The margin narrowed from 7.5 pp in 2012 to 2.9 pp.
2.9 − 7.5 = −4.6 pp
The seat changed hands: SP in 2012, BJP in 2017.
2012 SP · 2017 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 15 candidate lines2,40,049
NOTAreported alongside the total1,585
Published totalVotes polled2,40,049
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