Seat record · Vidhan Sabha

Salon

Assembly constituency 181 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh · 5 contests, 2002–2022

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

Held by

BJP

Ashok Kumar · 2022

Contests

2002–2022

Parties that won

Across all 5 contests

Median margin

8.5pp

Over all 5 contests

Margin 2022

2,111votes

1.1 pp of votes polled

Turnout 2022

56.8%

Seat median 55.7% over 5 contests

[01]Winners and margins

Oldest first · bars scaled to the widest margin, 12.0 pp

2002
10.0 pp
Kr. Ratan Jeet Pratap Narayan SinghIndian National Congressby 15,382 votes
2007
3.7 pp
Kuwar Ratanjit Pratap Narayan SinghIndian National Congressby 5,419 votes
2012
12.0 pp
AshakishoreSamajwadi Partyby 20,577 votes
2017
8.5 pp
Dal BahadurBharatiya Janata Partyby 16,055 votes
2022
1.1 pp
Ashok KumarBharatiya Janata Partyby 2,111 votes

[02]Parties on this seat

Top 8 by wins · 24 parties and independents

BJP 2 of 540% won INC 2 of 540% won · 2 second SP 1 of 425% won · 2 second IND 0 of 110% won BSP 0 of 50% won · 1 second MSP 0 of 20% won SHS 0 of 20% won AAP 0 of 10% won

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

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

BJP and INC won 2 each of 5 contests on record.
wins by party: BJP 2 · INC 2 · SP 1
The seat changed party 2 times in 4 successive pairs of contests.
2002 INC → 2007 INC → 2012 SP → 2017 BJP → 2022 BJP
The closest contest was 2022 at 1.1 pp; the widest 2012 at 12.0 pp.
min / max of margin % over 5 contests
The 2022 margin of 1.1 pp was 7.4 pp below the seat's median of 8.5 pp.
1.1 − 8.5 = −7.4
Turnout moved from 58.8% in 2002 to 56.8% in 2022, −2.0 pp.
56.8 − 58.8 = −2.0

Each line is arithmetic over the contests on this page.

[04]Turnout by year

White mark: seat median, 55.7%

2002 58.8%

2007 44.7%

2012 55.3%

2017 55.7%

2022 56.8%

[05]Every contest

5 rows · most recent first

Every Vidhan Sabha contest on record for Salon, Uttar Pradesh
Year	Winner	Party	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
2022	Ashok Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party	2,111	1.1	56.8
2017	Dal Bahadur	Bharatiya Janata Party	16,055	8.5	55.7
2012	Ashakishore	Samajwadi Party	20,577	12.0	55.3
2007	Kuwar Ratanjit Pratap Narayan Singh	Indian National Congress	5,419	3.7	44.7
2002	Kr. Ratan Jeet Pratap Narayan Singh	Indian National Congress	15,382	10.0	58.8

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 20,577 votes

ContestsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha · Salon, 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