Seat record · Vidhan Sabha

Raniganj

Assembly constituency 250 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh · 5 contests, 2002–2022

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

Held by

Rakesh Kumar Verma Alias Dr. R. K. Verma · 2022

Contests

2002–2022

Parties that won

Across all 5 contests

Median margin

7.8pp

Over all 5 contests

Margin 2022

2,649votes

1.4 pp of votes polled

Turnout 2022

55.5%

Seat median 54.5% over 5 contests

[01]Winners and margins

Oldest first · bars scaled to the widest margin, 15.4 pp

2002
11.4 pp
Pakauri LalBahujan Samaj Partyby 16,408 votes
2007
15.4 pp
SurybhanBahujan Samaj Partyby 20,755 votes
2012
7.8 pp
Pro. Shivakant OjhaSamajwadi Partyby 12,604 votes
2017
5.1 pp
Abhay Kumar Alias Dhiraj OjhaBharatiya Janata Partyby 9,009 votes
2022
1.4 pp
Rakesh Kumar Verma Alias Dr. R. K. VermaSamajwadi Partyby 2,649 votes

[02]Parties on this seat

Top 8 by wins · 36 parties and independents

BSP 2 of 540% won · 2 second SP 2 of 540% won · 2 second BJP 1 of 520% won · 1 second IND 0 of 250% won INC 0 of 40% won AD 0 of 20% won BMP 0 of 20% won IJP 0 of 20% won

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

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

BSP and SP won 2 each of 5 contests on record.
wins by party: BSP 2 · SP 2 · BJP 1
The seat changed party 3 times in 4 successive pairs of contests.
2002 BSP → 2007 BSP → 2012 SP → 2017 BJP → 2022 SP
The closest contest was 2022 at 1.4 pp; the widest 2007 at 15.4 pp.
min / max of margin % over 5 contests
The 2022 margin of 1.4 pp was 6.4 pp below the seat's median of 7.8 pp.
1.4 − 7.8 = −6.4
Turnout moved from 54.5% in 2002 to 55.5% in 2022, +1.0 pp.
55.5 − 54.5 = +1.0

Each line is arithmetic over the contests on this page.

[04]Turnout by year

White mark: seat median, 54.5%

2002 54.5%

2007 43.3%

2012 54.2%

2017 55.7%

2022 55.5%

[05]Every contest

5 rows · most recent first

Every Vidhan Sabha contest on record for Raniganj, Uttar Pradesh
Year	Winner	Party	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
2022	Rakesh Kumar Verma Alias Dr. R. K. Verma	Samajwadi Party	2,649	1.4	55.5
2017	Abhay Kumar Alias Dhiraj Ojha	Bharatiya Janata Party	9,009	5.1	55.7
2012	Pro. Shivakant Ojha	Samajwadi Party	12,604	7.8	54.2
2007	Surybhan	Bahujan Samaj Party	20,755	15.4	43.3
2002	Pakauri Lal	Bahujan Samaj Party	16,408	11.4	54.5

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 20,755 votes

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