Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Muhammadabad- Gohna (SC)

Assembly constituency 355 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#355 · SC

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants7

Electors3,57,200

Votes polled2,09,840

Turnout58.7%

NOTA1,9450.5% of votes

WinnerShriram SonkarBharatiya Janata Party73,49334.7% of votes

MARGIN538 votes · 0.3 pp73,493 − 72,955

Runner-upRajendra Kumar Bahujan Samaj Party72,95534.5% of votes

BJP 50.2% of top-two votesBSP 49.8%

All candidates 7

01 Shriram SonkarBJP73,493 34.7%
02 Rajendra KumarBSP72,955 34.5%
03 BaijnathSP59,871 28.3%
04 Prabhu RamPMP1,179 0.6%
05 Suryabhan BhaskarJAP936 0.4%
06 Faujdar PrasadBMP768 0.4%
07 Meena DeviPPP638 0.3%

Turnout 58.7%

Male 1.93 lakh54.0% Female 1.64 lakh46.0%

Share of 3,57,200 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males853
NOTAreported alongside the total1,945 · 0.5%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 7 candidates = 2,09,840Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
8.1 pp
VireshwarSamajwadi Party
2007
1.3 pp
Ram SinghBharatiya Janata Party
2012
1.7 pp
BaijnathSamajwadi Party
2017
0.3 pp
Shriram SonkarBharatiya Janata Party
2022
11.8 pp
Rajendra KumarSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 11.8 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed SP polled 59,871 votes, 111× the 538-vote margin.
59,871 ÷ 538 = 111.3
NOTA polled 1,945 votes, 3.6× the winning margin of 538.
1,945 ÷ 538 = 3.6
The top two polled 69.8% of votes; the other 5 candidates 30.2% between them.
(73,493 + 72,955) ÷ 2,09,840 = 69.8% · 63,392 ÷ 2,09,840 = 30.2%
Turnout of 58.7% was 1.8 pp below the state's median seat (60.5%).
58.7 − 60.5 = −1.8
The margin narrowed from 1.7 pp in 2012 to 0.3 pp.
0.3 − 1.7 = −1.4 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 7 candidate lines2,09,840
NOTAreported alongside the total1,945
Published totalVotes polled2,09,840
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