Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Ghaziabad

Assembly constituency 56 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#56 · GEN

Poll date4 Mar 2017

Contestants13

Electors4,24,065

Votes polled2,24,672

Turnout53.0%

NOTA1,1840.3% of votes

WinnerAtul GargBharatiya Janata Party1,24,20155.0% of votes

MARGIN70,505 votes · 31.4 pp1,24,201 − 53,696

Runner-upSuresh Bansal Bahujan Samaj Party53,69623.8% of votes

BJP 69.8% of top-two votesBSP 30.2%

All candidates 13

01 Atul GargBJP1,24,201 55.0%
02 Suresh BansalBSP53,696 23.8%
03 K K SharmaINC39,648 17.6%
04 DhirendraIND2,136 1.0%
05 Sultan SinghRLD2,072 0.9%
06 VikramSJP913 0.4%
07 Shamsher RanaIND389 0.2%
08 Akhilesh KumarIND386 0.2%
09 Vikas MalhotraIND376 0.2%
10 Mahesh Chand GautamIND241 0.1%
11 KiranSARVSA227 0.1%
12 Matbul AhmadBMP205 0.1%
13 Akila BegumBHARAT182 0.1%

Turnout 53.0%

Male 2.37 lakh55.9% Female 1.87 lakh44.1%

Share of 4,24,065 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males789
NOTAreported alongside the total1,184 · 0.3%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201760.5%
ReconciliationΣ 13 candidates = 2,24,672Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
2.6 pp
R.S. KushwahaBahujan Samaj Party
2007
1.6 pp
Krishna Gopal PatelSamajwadi Party
2012
6.7 pp
Suresh BansalBahujan Samaj Party
2017
31.4 pp
Atul GargBharatiya Janata Party
2022
43.3 pp
Atul GargBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 43.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 79.2% of votes; the other 11 candidates 20.8% between them.
(1,24,201 + 53,696) ÷ 2,24,672 = 79.2% · 46,775 ÷ 2,24,672 = 20.8%
Turnout of 53.0% was 7.5 pp below the state's median seat (60.5%).
53.0 − 60.5 = −7.5
The margin widened from 6.7 pp in 2012 to 31.4 pp.
31.4 − 6.7 = +24.7 pp
Suresh Bansal, the 2012 winner, finished second in 2017.
2012 winner name = 2017 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 13 candidate lines2,24,672
NOTAreported alongside the total1,184
Published totalVotes polled2,24,672
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

Candidates13 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