Seat record · Vidhan Sabha

Salempur

Assembly constituency 341 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh · 5 contests, 2002–2022

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

Held by

BJP

Bijaylaxmi Gautam · 2022

Contests

2002–2022

Parties that won

Across all 5 contests

Median margin

9.4pp

Over all 5 contests

Margin 2022

16,608votes

9.4 pp of votes polled

Turnout 2022

51.0%

Seat median 45.9% over 5 contests

[01]Winners and margins

Oldest first · bars scaled to the widest margin, 16.0 pp

2002
1.7 pp
Mohammad BasheerBahujan Samaj Partyby 1,520 votes
2007
3.5 pp
Julfikar Ahmed BhuttoBahujan Samaj Partyby 3,375 votes
2012
11.4 pp
ManbodhSamajwadi Partyby 16,158 votes
2017
16.0 pp
Kali PrasadBharatiya Janata Partyby 25,654 votes
2022
9.4 pp
Bijaylaxmi GautamBharatiya Janata Partyby 16,608 votes

[02]Parties on this seat

Top 8 by wins · 26 parties and independents

BSP 2 of 540% won BJP 2 of 540% won · 3 second SP 1 of 425% won · 1 second IND 0 of 320% won INC 0 of 40% won CPI(M) 0 of 30% won PECP 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 and BSP won 2 each of 5 contests on record.
wins by party: BJP 2 · BSP 2 · SP 1
The seat changed party 2 times in 4 successive pairs of contests.
2002 BSP → 2007 BSP → 2012 SP → 2017 BJP → 2022 BJP
The closest contest was 2002 at 1.7 pp; the widest 2017 at 16.0 pp.
min / max of margin % over 5 contests
The 2022 margin of 9.4 pp equals the seat's median.
9.4 − 9.4 = 0.0
Turnout moved from 33.7% in 2002 to 51.0% in 2022, +17.3 pp.
51.0 − 33.7 = +17.3

Each line is arithmetic over the contests on this page.

[04]Turnout by year

White mark: seat median, 45.9%

2002 33.7%

2007 35.5%

2012 45.9%

2017 51.9%

2022 51.0%

[05]Every contest

5 rows · most recent first

Every Vidhan Sabha contest on record for Salempur, Uttar Pradesh
Year	Winner	Party	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
2022	Bijaylaxmi Gautam	Bharatiya Janata Party	16,608	9.4	51.0
2017	Kali Prasad	Bharatiya Janata Party	25,654	16.0	51.9
2012	Manbodh	Samajwadi Party	16,158	11.4	45.9
2007	Julfikar Ahmed Bhutto	Bahujan Samaj Party	3,375	3.5	35.5
2002	Mohammad Basheer	Bahujan Samaj Party	1,520	1.7	33.7

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 25,654 votes

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