Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

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Assembly constituency 356 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#356 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants14

Electors4,42,251

Votes polled2,64,290

Turnout59.8%

NOTA1,7250.4% of votes

WinnerMukhtar AnshariBahujan Samaj Party96,79336.4% of votes

MARGIN8,698 votes · 3.3 pp96,793 − 88,095

Runner-upMahendra Rajbhar Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party88,09533.1% of votes

BSP 52.4% of top-two votesSBSP 47.6%

All candidates 14

01 Mukhtar AnshariBSP96,793 36.4%
02 Mahendra RajbharSBSP88,095 33.1%
03 Altaf AnsariSP72,016 27.1%
04 Ram Soch YadavCPI1,514 0.6%
05 MahfujurrahmanPECP1,301 0.5%
06 Ram AshishIND934 0.4%
07 Ramesh SinghLGP850 0.3%
08 HaisamuddinIND757 0.3%
09 Basant KumarCPI(ML)L582 0.2%
10 LakhanBMP349 0.1%
11 Shah Alam QureshiPMP332 0.1%
12 Kaushlendra Pratap SinghSHS291 0.1%
13 KanhaiyaASP263 0.1%
14 PramodJAP213 0.1%

Turnout 59.8%

Male 2.39 lakh54.0% Female 2.03 lakh46.0%

Share of 4,42,251 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males851
NOTAreported alongside the total1,725 · 0.4%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 14 candidates = 2,64,290Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
26.3 pp
Kalyan SinghRashtriya Kranti Party
2007
20.0 pp
Premlata DeviBharatiya Janata Party
2012
2.6 pp
Mukhtar AnsariQuami Ekta Dal
2017
3.3 pp
Mukhtar AnshariBahujan Samaj Party
2022
13.7 pp
Abbas AnsariSuheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 26.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed SP polled 72,016 votes, 8.3× the 8,698-vote margin.
72,016 ÷ 8,698 = 8.3
The top two polled 70.0% of votes; the other 12 candidates 30.0% between them.
(96,793 + 88,095) ÷ 2,64,290 = 70.0% · 79,402 ÷ 2,64,290 = 30.0%
Turnout of 59.8% was 0.7 pp below the state's median seat (60.5%).
59.8 − 60.5 = −0.7
The margin widened from 2.6 pp in 2012 to 3.3 pp.
3.3 − 2.6 = +0.7 pp
The seat changed hands: QED in 2012, BSP in 2017.
2012 QED · 2017 BSP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 14 candidate lines2,64,290
NOTAreported alongside the total1,725
Published totalVotes polled2,64,290
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

Candidates14 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