Seat record · Vidhan Sabha

Purwa

Assembly constituency 167 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh · 5 contests, 2002–2022

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

Held by

BJP

Anil Kumar Singh · 2022

Contests

2002–2022

Parties that won

Across all 5 contests

Median margin

10.9pp

Over all 5 contests

Margin 2022

31,061votes

12.3 pp of votes polled

Turnout 2022

60.9%

Seat median 59.8% over 5 contests

[01]Winners and margins

Oldest first · bars scaled to the widest margin, 13.4 pp

2002
2.8 pp
SharadadeviSamajwadi Partyby 3,339 votes
2007
7.3 pp
Madho PrasadIndian National Congressby 8,729 votes
2012
13.4 pp
Uday RajSamajwadi Partyby 27,901 votes
2017
10.9 pp
Anil SinghBahujan Samaj Partyby 26,483 votes
2022
12.3 pp
Anil Kumar SinghBharatiya Janata Partyby 31,061 votes

[02]Parties on this seat

Top 8 by wins · 25 parties and independents

SP 2 of 540% won · 1 second BSP 1 of 520% won · 3 second BJP 1 of 520% won · 1 second INC 1 of 425% won IND 0 of 180% won LKD 0 of 30% won AAP 0 of 10% won ABHM 0 of 10% won

Won of candidatures, counted from the published candidate lines; independents are counted together.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

SP won 2 of 5 contests on record (40.0%).
wins by party: SP 2 · BJP 1 · BSP 1 · INC 1 · 2 ÷ 5 = 40.0%
The seat changed party 4 times in 4 successive pairs of contests.
2002 SP → 2007 INC → 2012 SP → 2017 BSP → 2022 BJP
The closest contest was 2002 at 2.8 pp; the widest 2012 at 13.4 pp.
min / max of margin % over 5 contests
The 2022 margin of 12.3 pp was 1.4 pp above the seat's median of 10.9 pp.
12.3 − 10.9 = +1.4
Turnout moved from 49.3% in 2002 to 60.9% in 2022, +11.6 pp.
60.9 − 49.3 = +11.6

Each line is arithmetic over the contests on this page.

[04]Turnout by year

White mark: seat median, 59.8%

2002 49.3%

2007 41.2%

2012 59.8%

2017 62.1%

2022 60.9%

[05]Every contest

5 rows · most recent first

Every Vidhan Sabha contest on record for Purwa, Uttar Pradesh
Year	Winner	Party	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
2022	Anil Kumar Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	31,061	12.3	60.9
2017	Anil Singh	Bahujan Samaj Party	26,483	10.9	62.1
2012	Uday Raj	Samajwadi Party	27,901	13.4	59.8
2007	Madho Prasad	Indian National Congress	8,729	7.3	41.2
2002	Sharadadevi	Samajwadi Party	3,339	2.8	49.3

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 31,061 votes

ContestsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha · Purwa, Uttar Pradesh · 5 contests · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Party recordCounted from the published candidate lines for this seat · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Medians and countsComputed from the contests on this page when the page was built