Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2007

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Assembly constituency 67 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2007

[01]Result · 2007

#67 · SC

Poll date7 Apr 2007

Contestants11

Electors2,31,930

Votes polled85,985

Turnout37.1%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerRam Pal VermaBahujan Samaj Party33,76939.3% of votes

MARGIN10,680 votes · 12.4 pp33,769 − 23,089

Runner-upRamesh S/o Shri Chhote Lal Bharatiya Janata Party23,08926.9% of votes

BSP 59.4% of top-two votesBJP 40.6%

All candidates 11

01 Ram Pal VermaBSP33,769 39.3%
02 Ramesh S/o Shri Chhote LalBJP23,089 26.9%
03 Shiv Prasad VermaSP22,147 25.8%
04 Puttoo LalINC2,229 2.6%
05 Saheb LalIND1,469 1.7%
06 Ramesh S/o UmraiIND1,238 1.4%
07 VishramRASHTR504 0.6%
08 KhushiramIND429 0.5%
09 LaximanIND423 0.5%
10 Pushpa DeviIND384 0.5%
11 PutanIND304 0.4%

Turnout 37.1%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 200746.5%
ReconciliationΣ 11 candidates = 85,985Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
3.6 pp
Santu Alias Satya NarainBahujan Samaj Party
2007
12.4 pp
Ram Pal VermaBahujan Samaj Party
2012
1.8 pp
Gajendra SinghBahujan Samaj Party
2017
26.4 pp
SanjayBharatiya Janata Party
2022
32.7 pp
Sanjay Kumar SharmaBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 32.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed SP polled 22,147 votes, 2.1× the 10,680-vote margin.
22,147 ÷ 10,680 = 2.1
The top two polled 66.1% of votes; the other 9 candidates 33.9% between them.
(33,769 + 23,089) ÷ 85,985 = 66.1% · 29,127 ÷ 85,985 = 33.9%
Turnout of 37.1% was 9.4 pp below the state's median seat (46.5%).
37.1 − 46.5 = −9.4
The margin widened from 3.6 pp in 2002 to 12.4 pp.
12.4 − 3.6 = +8.8 pp
BSP held the seat it won in 2002.
2002 BSP · 2007 BSP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 11 candidate lines85,985
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled85,985
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 2007 · Uttar Pradesh · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates11 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 403 seats on the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha 2007 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database