Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

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Assembly constituency 51 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#51 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants8

Electors2,88,039

Votes polled1,84,308

Turnout64.0%

NOTA8700.3% of votes

WinnerKrishanpal Malik Urf Krishanpal MalikBharatiya Janata Party79,42742.9% of votes

MARGIN26,486 votes · 14.4 pp79,427 − 52,941

Runner-upSahab Singh Rashtriya Lok Dal52,94128.6% of votes

BJP 60.0% of top-two votesRLD 40.0%

All candidates 8

01 Krishanpal Malik Urf Krishanpal MalikBJP79,427 42.9%
02 Sahab SinghRLD52,941 28.6%
03 ShokendraSP28,376 15.3%
04 Lokesh DixitBSP22,071 11.9%
05 AnishIEMC537 0.3%
06 Sharad JainIND465 0.3%
07 SudhirSPI280 0.2%
08 BabluIND211 0.1%

Turnout 64.0%

Male 1.62 lakh56.2% Female 1.26 lakh43.8%

Share of 2,88,039 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males779
NOTAreported alongside the total870 · 0.3%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 8 candidates = 1,84,308Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
1.2 pp
Banshi Dhar RajSamajwadi Party
2007
5.6 pp
Krishna RajBharatiya Janata Party
2012
3.9 pp
Lokesh DixitBahujan Samaj Party
2017
14.4 pp
Krishanpal Malik Urf Krishanpal MalikBharatiya Janata Party
2022
0.2 pp
Krishan Pal MalikBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 14.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed SP polled 28,376 votes, 1.1× the 26,486-vote margin.
28,376 ÷ 26,486 = 1.1
The top two polled 71.8% of votes; the other 6 candidates 28.2% between them.
(79,427 + 52,941) ÷ 1,84,308 = 71.8% · 51,940 ÷ 1,84,308 = 28.2%
Turnout of 64.0% was 3.5 pp above the state's median seat (60.5%).
64.0 − 60.5 = +3.5
The margin widened from 3.9 pp in 2012 to 14.4 pp.
14.4 − 3.9 = +10.5 pp
The seat changed hands: BSP in 2012, BJP in 2017.
2012 BSP · 2017 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 8 candidate lines1,84,308
NOTAreported alongside the total870
Published totalVotes polled1,84,308
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

Candidates8 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