Seat record · Vidhan Sabha

Kapilvastu

Assembly constituency 303 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh · 5 contests, 2002–2022

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

Held by

BJP

Shyamdhani Rahi · 2022

Contests

2002–2022

Parties that won

Across all 5 contests

Median margin

12.4pp

Over all 5 contests

Margin 2022

30,939votes

12.4 pp of votes polled

Turnout 2022

54.9%

Seat median 49.7% over 5 contests

[01]Winners and margins

Oldest first · bars scaled to the widest margin, 19.4 pp

2002
1.7 pp
Babu Lal KushwahaBahujan Samaj Partyby 2,037 votes
2007
0.2 pp
Vivek Kumar SinghIndian National Congressby 231 votes
2012
19.4 pp
Vijay KumarSamajwadi Partyby 36,896 votes
2017
16.4 pp
Shyam DhaniBharatiya Janata Partyby 38,154 votes
2022
12.4 pp
Shyamdhani RahiBharatiya Janata Partyby 30,939 votes

[02]Parties on this seat

Top 8 by wins · 24 parties and independents

BJP 2 of 540% won · 1 second BSP 1 of 520% won · 1 second SP 1 of 520% won · 3 second INC 1 of 425% won IND 0 of 220% won ASP 0 of 20% won BMP 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 won 2 of 5 contests on record (40.0%).
wins by party: BJP 2 · BSP 1 · INC 1 · SP 1 · 2 ÷ 5 = 40.0%
The seat changed party 3 times in 4 successive pairs of contests.
2002 BSP → 2007 INC → 2012 SP → 2017 BJP → 2022 BJP
The closest contest was 2007 at 0.2 pp; the widest 2012 at 19.4 pp.
min / max of margin % over 5 contests
The 2022 margin of 12.4 pp equals the seat's median.
12.4 − 12.4 = 0.0
Turnout moved from 43.7% in 2002 to 54.9% in 2022, +11.2 pp.
54.9 − 43.7 = +11.2

Each line is arithmetic over the contests on this page.

[04]Turnout by year

White mark: seat median, 49.7%

2002 43.7%

2007 38.6%

2012 49.7%

2017 54.0%

2022 54.9%

[05]Every contest

5 rows · most recent first

Every Vidhan Sabha contest on record for Kapilvastu, Uttar Pradesh
Year	Winner	Party	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
2022	Shyamdhani Rahi	Bharatiya Janata Party	30,939	12.4	54.9
2017	Shyam Dhani	Bharatiya Janata Party	38,154	16.4	54.0
2012	Vijay Kumar	Samajwadi Party	36,896	19.4	49.7
2007	Vivek Kumar Singh	Indian National Congress	231	0.2	38.6
2002	Babu Lal Kushwaha	Bahujan Samaj Party	2,037	1.7	43.7

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 38,154 votes

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