Seat record · Vidhan Sabha

Maharajganj

Assembly constituency 318 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh · 5 contests, 2002–2022

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

Held by

BJP

Jay Mangal · 2022

Contests

2002–2022

Parties that won

Across all 5 contests

Median margin

16.7pp

Over all 5 contests

Margin 2022

76,903votes

29.6 pp of votes polled

Turnout 2022

62.7%

Seat median 61.3% over 5 contests

[01]Winners and margins

Oldest first · bars scaled to the widest margin, 29.6 pp

2002
2.1 pp
Arun Kumar MeharotraBharatiya Janata Partyby 2,731 votes
2007
1.7 pp
Chhote SinghBahujan Samaj Partyby 2,130 votes
2012
16.7 pp
SudamaSamajwadi Partyby 36,155 votes
2017
27.9 pp
JaimangalBharatiya Janata Partyby 68,361 votes
2022
29.6 pp
Jay MangalBharatiya Janata Partyby 76,903 votes

[02]Parties on this seat

Top 8 by wins · 26 parties and independents

BJP 3 of 560% won BSP 1 of 520% won · 2 second SP 1 of 333.3% won · 2 second IND 0 of 150% won · 1 second INC 0 of 50% won CPI 0 of 30% 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 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 2007 at 1.7 pp; the widest 2022 at 29.6 pp.
min / max of margin % over 5 contests
The 2022 margin of 29.6 pp was 12.9 pp above the seat's median of 16.7 pp.
29.6 − 16.7 = +12.9
Turnout moved from 57.1% in 2002 to 62.7% in 2022, +5.6 pp.
62.7 − 57.1 = +5.6

Each line is arithmetic over the contests on this page.

[04]Turnout by year

White mark: seat median, 61.3%

2002 57.1%

2007 51.9%

2012 61.3%

2017 63.3%

2022 62.7%

[05]Every contest

5 rows · most recent first

Every Vidhan Sabha contest on record for Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh
Year	Winner	Party	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
2022	Jay Mangal	Bharatiya Janata Party	76,903	29.6	62.7
2017	Jaimangal	Bharatiya Janata Party	68,361	27.9	63.3
2012	Sudama	Samajwadi Party	36,155	16.7	61.3
2007	Chhote Singh	Bahujan Samaj Party	2,130	1.7	51.9
2002	Arun Kumar Meharotra	Bharatiya Janata Party	2,731	2.1	57.1

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 76,903 votes

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