Seat record · Vidhan Sabha

Amethi

Assembly constituency 186 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh · 5 contests, 2002–2022

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

Held by

Maharaji Prajapati · 2022

Contests

2002–2022

Parties that won

Across all 5 contests

Median margin

5.4pp

Over all 5 contests

Margin 2022

18,096votes

9.6 pp of votes polled

Turnout 2022

53.9%

Seat median 53.9% over 5 contests

[01]Winners and margins

Oldest first · bars scaled to the widest margin, 10.8 pp

2002
10.8 pp
Anugrah Narain Alias Khokha SinghSamajwadi Partyby 13,678 votes
2007
5.1 pp
SureshBahujan Samaj Partyby 6,036 votes
2012
5.4 pp
Gayatri PrasadSamajwadi Partyby 8,760 votes
2017
2.7 pp
Garima SinghBharatiya Janata Partyby 5,065 votes
2022
9.6 pp
Maharaji PrajapatiSamajwadi Partyby 18,096 votes

[02]Parties on this seat

Top 8 by wins · 35 parties and independents

SP 3 of 560% won · 1 second BSP 1 of 520% won BJP 1 of 520% won · 3 second IND 0 of 360% won INC 0 of 50% won · 1 second AD 0 of 20% won JAP 0 of 20% won JPS 0 of 20% won

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

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

SP won 3 of 5 contests on record (60.0%).
wins by party: SP 3 · BJP 1 · BSP 1 · 3 ÷ 5 = 60.0%
The seat changed party 4 times in 4 successive pairs of contests.
2002 SP → 2007 BSP → 2012 SP → 2017 BJP → 2022 SP
The closest contest was 2017 at 2.7 pp; the widest 2002 at 10.8 pp.
min / max of margin % over 5 contests
The 2022 margin of 9.6 pp was 4.2 pp above the seat's median of 5.4 pp.
9.6 − 5.4 = +4.2
Turnout moved from 51.4% in 2002 to 53.9% in 2022, +2.5 pp.
53.9 − 51.4 = +2.5

Each line is arithmetic over the contests on this page.

[04]Turnout by year

White mark: seat median, 53.9%

2002 51.4%

2007 37.3%

2012 55.1%

2017 55.9%

2022 53.9%

[05]Every contest

5 rows · most recent first

Every Vidhan Sabha contest on record for Amethi, Uttar Pradesh
Year	Winner	Party	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
2022	Maharaji Prajapati	Samajwadi Party	18,096	9.6	53.9
2017	Garima Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	5,065	2.7	55.9
2012	Gayatri Prasad	Samajwadi Party	8,760	5.4	55.1
2007	Suresh	Bahujan Samaj Party	6,036	5.1	37.3
2002	Anugrah Narain Alias Khokha Singh	Samajwadi Party	13,678	10.8	51.4

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 18,096 votes

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