Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2022

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Assembly constituency 85 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

[01]Result · 2022

#85 · SC

Poll date10 Feb 2022

Contestants6

Electors3,76,227

Votes polled2,44,369

Turnout65.0%

NOTA1,2320.3% of votes

WinnerPuran PrakashBharatiya Janata Party1,08,41444.4% of votes

MARGIN25,255 votes · 10.3 pp1,08,414 − 83,159

Runner-upBabita Devi Rashtriya Lok Dal83,15934.0% of votes

BJP 56.6% of top-two votesRLD 43.4%

All candidates 6

01 Puran PrakashBJP1,08,414 44.4%
02 Babita DeviRLD83,159 34.0%
03 Ashok KumarBSP48,370 19.8%
04 Vinesh Kumar SanwalINC2,248 0.9%
05 Bhupendra Kumar DhangarRSSP1,435 0.6%
06 Jivan LalAAP743 0.3%

Turnout 65.0%

Male 2.03 lakh53.9% Female 1.74 lakh46.3%

Share of 3,76,227 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males859
NOTAreported alongside the total1,232 · 0.3%
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 202260.3%
ReconciliationΣ 6 candidates = 2,44,369Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
0.5 pp
Vidya Sagar GuptaBharatiya Janata Party
2007
0.9 pp
Vidya Sagar GuptaBharatiya Janata Party
2012
16.8 pp
Pooran PrakashRashtriya Lok Dal
2017
5.7 pp
Pooran PrakashBharatiya Janata Party
2022
10.3 pp
Puran PrakashBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 16.8 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 48,370 votes, 1.9× the 25,255-vote margin.
48,370 ÷ 25,255 = 1.9
The top two polled 78.4% of votes; the other 4 candidates 21.6% between them.
(1,08,414 + 83,159) ÷ 2,44,369 = 78.4% · 52,796 ÷ 2,44,369 = 21.6%
Turnout of 65.0% was 4.7 pp above the state's median seat (60.3%).
65.0 − 60.3 = +4.7
The margin widened from 5.7 pp in 2017 to 10.3 pp.
10.3 − 5.7 = +4.6 pp
BJP held the seat it won in 2017.
2017 BJP · 2022 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 6 candidate lines2,44,369
NOTAreported alongside the total1,232
Published totalVotes polled2,44,369
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 2022 · Uttar Pradesh · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates6 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 403 seats on the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha 2022 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database