Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Ghazipur

Assembly constituency 375 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#375 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants11

Electors3,38,748

Votes polled2,12,079

Turnout62.6%

NOTA1,4790.4% of votes

WinnerSangeetaBharatiya Janata Party92,09043.1% of votes

MARGIN32,607 votes · 15.4 pp92,090 − 59,483

Runner-upRajesh Kushwaha Samajwadi Party59,48327.9% of votes

BJP 60.8% of top-two votesSP 39.2%

All candidates 11

01 SangeetaBJP92,090 43.1%
02 Rajesh KushwahaSP59,483 27.9%
03 Santosh KumarBSP54,987 25.8%
04 Jyotsana SinghNISHAD1,418 0.7%
05 Rudra Datt TiwariCPI1,137 0.5%
06 Satyadev YadavLKD728 0.3%
07 Ashok KumarIND593 0.3%
08 AwadheshJRP544 0.3%
09 YogendraCPI(ML)L483 0.2%
10 AngadMD337 0.2%
11 ChandanBMP279 0.1%

Turnout 62.6%

Male 1.84 lakh54.3% Female 1.55 lakh45.7%

Share of 3,38,748 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males843
NOTAreported alongside the total1,479 · 0.4%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 11 candidates = 2,12,079Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
6.9 pp
DharampalBahujan Samaj Party
2007
7.8 pp
Dharam Pal S/o Ram KishanBahujan Samaj Party
2012
0.1 pp
Vijay Kumar MishraSamajwadi Party
2017
15.4 pp
SangeetaBharatiya Janata Party
2022
0.7 pp
JaikishanSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 15.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 54,987 votes, 1.7× the 32,607-vote margin.
54,987 ÷ 32,607 = 1.7
The top two polled 71.5% of votes; the other 9 candidates 28.5% between them.
(92,090 + 59,483) ÷ 2,12,079 = 71.5% · 60,506 ÷ 2,12,079 = 28.5%
Turnout of 62.6% was 2.1 pp above the state's median seat (60.5%).
62.6 − 60.5 = +2.1
The margin widened from 0.1 pp in 2012 to 15.4 pp.
15.4 − 0.1 = +15.3 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 11 candidate lines2,12,079
NOTAreported alongside the total1,479
Published totalVotes polled2,12,079
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

Candidates11 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