Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Varanasi North

Assembly constituency 388 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#388 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants17

Electors3,84,574

Votes polled2,26,580

Turnout58.9%

NOTA1,1150.3% of votes

WinnerRavindra JaiswalBharatiya Janata Party1,16,01751.0% of votes

MARGIN45,502 votes · 20.1 pp1,16,017 − 70,515

Runner-upAbdul Samad Ansari Indian National Congress70,51531.0% of votes

BJP 62.2% of top-two votesINC 37.8%

All candidates 17

01 Ravindra JaiswalBJP1,16,017 51.0%
02 Abdul Samad AnsariINC70,515 31.0%
03 Sujeet Kumar MauryaBSP32,574 14.3%
04 Sujeet Singh TeekaIND1,957 0.9%
05 Dr. Ashok Kumar SinghIND1,075 0.5%
06 Suvrat KoshikIND778 0.3%
07 Vibya Kumar Alias Divya Kumar GuptaRLD768 0.3%
08 Vinod Kumar YadavNJP490 0.2%
09 Amaan AkhtarCPI(ML)L407 0.2%
10 Vishal MishraSJPC385 0.2%
11 Vinod Kumar AgrahariRBCP370 0.2%
12 Rajendra Kumar GuptRVMP277 0.1%
13 Kundan PandeyMJP267 0.1%
14 KiranBHARTI220 0.1%
15 Narendra Nath Dubey AdigBKP185 0.1%
16 Narendra Bahadur SinghMKM178 0.1%
17 Ashutosh SinghNIP117 0.1%

Turnout 58.9%

Male 2.13 lakh55.3% Female 1.72 lakh44.7%

Share of 3,84,574 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males808
NOTAreported alongside the total1,115 · 0.3%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 17 candidates = 2,26,580Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
26.4 pp
Virendra SinghRashtriya Lok Dal
2007
15.2 pp
BalveerBahujan Samaj Party
2012
1.3 pp
Ravindra JaiswalBharatiya Janata Party
2017
20.1 pp
Ravindra JaiswalBharatiya Janata Party
2022
16.7 pp
Ravindra JaiswalBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 26.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 82.3% of votes; the other 15 candidates 17.7% between them.
(1,16,017 + 70,515) ÷ 2,26,580 = 82.3% · 40,048 ÷ 2,26,580 = 17.7%
Turnout of 58.9% was 1.6 pp below the state's median seat (60.5%).
58.9 − 60.5 = −1.6
The margin widened from 1.3 pp in 2012 to 20.1 pp.
20.1 − 1.3 = +18.8 pp
Ravindra Jaiswal also won in 2012.
2012 winner name = 2017 winner name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 17 candidate lines2,26,580
NOTAreported alongside the total1,115
Published totalVotes polled2,26,580
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

Candidates17 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