Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

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Assembly constituency 43 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#43 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants9

Electors3,18,687

Votes polled2,24,279

Turnout70.4%

NOTA1,0860.3% of votes

WinnerJitendra Pal Singh (BILLU)Bharatiya Janata Party72,84232.3% of votes

MARGIN11,421 votes · 5.1 pp72,842 − 61,421

Runner-upGhulam Mohammad Samajwadi Party61,42127.3% of votes

BJP 54.3% of top-two votesSP 45.7%

All candidates 9

01 Jitendra Pal Singh (BILLU)BJP72,842 32.3%
02 Ghulam MohammadSP61,421 27.3%
03 Yashveer SinghRLD44,710 19.8%
04 Nadeem Ahamad Urf Nadeem ChauhanBSP42,524 18.9%
05 Deepak RamBTSP1,010 0.5%
06 HarendraIND592 0.3%
07 SubhashIND551 0.2%
08 Wasi MohammadIND342 0.2%
09 Vikrant ChoudharyIND287 0.1%

Turnout 70.4%

Male 1.78 lakh56.0% Female 1.40 lakh44.0%

Share of 3,18,687 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males786
NOTAreported alongside the total1,086 · 0.3%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 9 candidates = 2,24,279Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
5.8 pp
Anis Ahmad Khan Alias Phool BabuBahujan Samaj Party
2007
3.5 pp
Anis Ahmad Khan Urf Phool BabuBahujan Samaj Party
2012
1.9 pp
Ghulam MohammedSamajwadi Party
2017
5.1 pp
Jitendra Pal Singh (BILLU)Bharatiya Janata Party
2022
3.9 pp
Ghulam MohammadRashtriya Lok Dal

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 5.8 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed RLD polled 44,710 votes, 3.9× the 11,421-vote margin.
44,710 ÷ 11,421 = 3.9
The top two polled 59.9% of votes; the other 7 candidates 40.1% between them.
(72,842 + 61,421) ÷ 2,24,279 = 59.9% · 90,016 ÷ 2,24,279 = 40.1%
Turnout of 70.4% was 9.9 pp above the state's median seat (60.5%).
70.4 − 60.5 = +9.9
The margin widened from 1.9 pp in 2012 to 5.1 pp.
5.1 − 1.9 = +3.2 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 9 candidate lines2,24,279
NOTAreported alongside the total1,086
Published totalVotes polled2,24,279
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

Candidates9 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