Seat record · Vidhan Sabha

Tulsipur

Assembly constituency 291 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh · 5 contests, 2002–2022

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

Held by

BJP

Kailash Nath · 2022

Contests

2002–2022

Parties that won

Across all 5 contests

Median margin

9.6pp

Over all 5 contests

Margin 2022

35,781votes

17.8 pp of votes polled

Turnout 2022

52.1%

Seat median 53.1% over 5 contests

[01]Winners and margins

Oldest first · bars scaled to the widest margin, 19.8 pp

2002
5.6 pp
Vinay ShakyaBahujan Samaj Partyby 7,859 votes
2007
0.2 pp
Dhani RamSamajwadi Partyby 296 votes
2012
19.8 pp
Abdul Mashhood KhanSamajwadi Partyby 33,710 votes
2017
9.6 pp
Kailash Nath ShuklaBharatiya Janata Partyby 18,659 votes
2022
17.8 pp
Kailash NathBharatiya Janata Partyby 35,781 votes

[02]Parties on this seat

Top 8 by wins · 19 parties and independents

BJP 2 of 540% won SP 2 of 540% won · 1 second BSP 1 of 520% won · 2 second IND 0 of 400% won · 1 second INC 0 of 50% won · 1 second BSS 0 of 30% won AAP 0 of 10% won ABLTC 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 SP won 2 each of 5 contests on record.
wins by party: BJP 2 · SP 2 · BSP 1
The seat changed party 2 times in 4 successive pairs of contests.
2002 BSP → 2007 SP → 2012 SP → 2017 BJP → 2022 BJP
The closest contest was 2007 at 0.2 pp; the widest 2012 at 19.8 pp.
min / max of margin % over 5 contests
The 2022 margin of 17.8 pp was 8.2 pp above the seat's median of 9.6 pp.
17.8 − 9.6 = +8.2
Turnout moved from 61.9% in 2002 to 52.1% in 2022, −9.8 pp.
52.1 − 61.9 = −9.8

Each line is arithmetic over the contests on this page.

[04]Turnout by year

White mark: seat median, 53.1%

2002 61.9%

2007 57.9%

2012 52.0%

2017 53.1%

2022 52.1%

[05]Every contest

5 rows · most recent first

Every Vidhan Sabha contest on record for Tulsipur, Uttar Pradesh
Year	Winner	Party	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
2022	Kailash Nath	Bharatiya Janata Party	35,781	17.8	52.1
2017	Kailash Nath Shukla	Bharatiya Janata Party	18,659	9.6	53.1
2012	Abdul Mashhood Khan	Samajwadi Party	33,710	19.8	52.0
2007	Dhani Ram	Samajwadi Party	296	0.2	57.9
2002	Vinay Shakya	Bahujan Samaj Party	7,859	5.6	61.9

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 35,781 votes

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