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Varanasi South

Assembly constituency 389 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#389 · GEN
Poll date4 Mar 2017
Contestants17
Electors2,81,274
Votes polled1,78,380
Turnout63.4%
NOTA4570.2% of votes
WinnerDr. Neelkanth TiwariBharatiya Janata Party92,56051.8% of votes
MARGIN17,226 votes · 9.7 pp92,560 − 75,334
Runner-upRajesh Mishra Indian National Congress75,33442.1% of votes
BJP 55.1% of top-two votesINC 44.9%

All candidates 17

  1. 01 Dr. Neelkanth TiwariBJP92,560 51.8%
  2. 02 Rajesh MishraINC75,334 42.1%
  3. 03 Rakesh TripathiBSP5,922 3.3%
  4. 04 Satish Kumar AgrahariIND844 0.5%
  5. 05 Rubi FatmaIND799 0.5%
  6. 06 Shivnath YadavCPI(M)740 0.4%
  7. 07 Mu. Musa AnsariIND464 0.3%
  8. 08 Ritika RaniRKSP319 0.2%
  9. 09 Haji Haris Maouz RajbeePECP259 0.1%
  10. 10 Royal Ajeet SinghIND225 0.1%
  11. 11 Vimlesh Kumar SharmaMAP196 0.1%
  12. 12 Parvez Quadir KhanIND188 0.1%
  13. 13 Abhishek Kumar SinghJAP127 0.1%
  14. 14 Kishan SethIND120 0.1%
  15. 15 Priya AgrawalMJP106 0.1%
  16. 16 Narendra Nath Dubey AdigBKP91 0.1%
  17. 17 ImranVANCHI86 0.1%

Turnout 63.4%

025507510063.4%TURNOUT◦ state median 60.5%
Male 1.57 lakh56.0% Female 1.24 lakh44.0%

Share of 2,81,274 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males786
  • NOTAreported alongside the total457 · 0.2%
  • State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
  • ReconciliationΣ 17 candidates = 1,78,380Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

  1. 2002
    20.7 pp
    Rajpal Singh BaliyanRashtriya Lok Dal
  2. 2007
    13.3 pp
    Yograj SinghBahujan Samaj Party
  3. 2012
    9.1 pp
    Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari (Dada)Bharatiya Janata Party
  4. 2017
    9.7 pp
    Dr. Neelkanth TiwariBharatiya Janata Party
  5. 2022
    5.5 pp
    Dr. Neelkanth TiwariBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 20.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 94.1% of votes; the other 15 candidates 5.9% between them.

    (92,560 + 75,334) ÷ 1,78,380 = 94.1% · 10,486 ÷ 1,78,380 = 5.9%

  2. Turnout of 63.4% was 2.9 pp above the state's median seat (60.5%).

    63.4 − 60.5 = +2.9

  3. The margin widened from 9.1 pp in 2012 to 9.7 pp.

    9.7 − 9.1 = +0.6 pp

  4. BJP held the seat it won in 2012.

    2012 BJP · 2017 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 17 candidate lines1,78,380
  • NOTAreported alongside the total457
  • Published totalVotes polled1,78,380
  • 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

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