Seat record · Vidhan Sabha

Dhanghata

Assembly constituency 314 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh · 5 contests, 2002–2022

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

Held by

BJP

Ganesh Chandra · 2022

Contests

2002–2022

Parties that won

Across all 5 contests

Median margin

7.3pp

Over all 5 contests

Margin 2022

10,553votes

4.9 pp of votes polled

Turnout 2022

55.5%

Seat median 55.5% over 5 contests

[01]Winners and margins

Oldest first · bars scaled to the widest margin, 8.5 pp

2002
1.6 pp
Pragilal AhirwarBharatiya Janata Partyby 2,325 votes
2007
7.3 pp
Bhagwati Prasad SagarBahujan Samaj Partyby 10,746 votes
2012
8.0 pp
Alagu Prasad ChauhanSamajwadi Partyby 14,949 votes
2017
8.5 pp
Shri Ram ChauhanBharatiya Janata Partyby 16,909 votes
2022
4.9 pp
Ganesh ChandraBharatiya Janata Partyby 10,553 votes

[02]Parties on this seat

Top 8 by wins · 21 parties and independents

BJP 3 of 560% won BSP 1 of 520% won · 1 second SP 1 of 425% won · 1 second IND 0 of 110% won INC 0 of 40% won · 2 second SSD 0 of 20% won AAP 0 of 10% won HP 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 3 of 5 contests on record (60.0%).
wins by party: BJP 3 · BSP 1 · SP 1 · 3 ÷ 5 = 60.0%
The seat changed party 3 times in 4 successive pairs of contests.
2002 BJP → 2007 BSP → 2012 SP → 2017 BJP → 2022 BJP
The closest contest was 2002 at 1.6 pp; the widest 2017 at 8.5 pp.
min / max of margin % over 5 contests
The 2022 margin of 4.9 pp was 2.4 pp below the seat's median of 7.3 pp.
4.9 − 7.3 = −2.4
Turnout moved from 57.1% in 2002 to 55.5% in 2022, −1.6 pp.
55.5 − 57.1 = −1.6

Each line is arithmetic over the contests on this page.

[04]Turnout by year

White mark: seat median, 55.5%

2002 57.1%

2007 48.2%

2012 55.3%

2017 55.6%

2022 55.5%

[05]Every contest

5 rows · most recent first

Every Vidhan Sabha contest on record for Dhanghata, Uttar Pradesh
Year	Winner	Party	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
2022	Ganesh Chandra	Bharatiya Janata Party	10,553	4.9	55.5
2017	Shri Ram Chauhan	Bharatiya Janata Party	16,909	8.5	55.6
2012	Alagu Prasad Chauhan	Samajwadi Party	14,949	8.0	55.3
2007	Bhagwati Prasad Sagar	Bahujan Samaj Party	10,746	7.3	48.2
2002	Pragilal Ahirwar	Bharatiya Janata Party	2,325	1.6	57.1

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 16,909 votes

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