Seat record · Vidhan Sabha

Meerut South

Assembly constituency 49 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh · 5 contests, 2002–2022

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

Held by

BJP

Dr. Somendra Singh Tomar · 2022

Contests

2002–2022

Parties that won

Across all 5 contests

Median margin

4.5pp

Over all 5 contests

Margin 2022

7,942votes

2.7 pp of votes polled

Turnout 2022

61.7%

Seat median 61.7% over 5 contests

[01]Winners and margins

Oldest first · bars scaled to the widest margin, 13.1 pp

2002
3.2 pp
Avdhesh KumarBahujan Samaj Partyby 4,391 votes
2007
4.8 pp
Avadhesh Kumar VermaBahujan Samaj Partyby 5,826 votes
2012
4.5 pp
Ravindra BhadanaBharatiya Janata Partyby 9,784 votes
2017
13.1 pp
Dr. Somendra TomarBharatiya Janata Partyby 35,395 votes
2022
2.7 pp
Dr. Somendra Singh TomarBharatiya Janata Partyby 7,942 votes

[02]Parties on this seat

Top 8 by wins · 25 parties and independents

BJP 3 of 560% won BSP 2 of 540% won · 2 second IND 0 of 450% won INC 0 of 40% won SP 0 of 40% won · 3 second RLD 0 of 30% won RJD 0 of 20% won RKP 0 of 20% 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 2 · 3 ÷ 5 = 60.0%
The seat changed party 1 time in 4 successive pairs of contests.
2002 BSP → 2007 BSP → 2012 BJP → 2017 BJP → 2022 BJP
The closest contest was 2022 at 2.7 pp; the widest 2017 at 13.1 pp.
min / max of margin % over 5 contests
The 2022 margin of 2.7 pp was 1.8 pp below the seat's median of 4.5 pp.
2.7 − 4.5 = −1.8
Turnout moved from 63.2% in 2002 to 61.7% in 2022, −1.5 pp.
61.7 − 63.2 = −1.5

Each line is arithmetic over the contests on this page.

[04]Turnout by year

White mark: seat median, 61.7%

2002 63.2%

2007 49.5%

2012 61.5%

2017 62.8%

2022 61.7%

[05]Every contest

5 rows · most recent first

Every Vidhan Sabha contest on record for Meerut South, Uttar Pradesh
Year	Winner	Party	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
2022	Dr. Somendra Singh Tomar	Bharatiya Janata Party	7,942	2.7	61.7
2017	Dr. Somendra Tomar	Bharatiya Janata Party	35,395	13.1	62.8
2012	Ravindra Bhadana	Bharatiya Janata Party	9,784	4.5	61.5
2007	Avadhesh Kumar Verma	Bahujan Samaj Party	5,826	4.8	49.5
2002	Avdhesh Kumar	Bahujan Samaj Party	4,391	3.2	63.2

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 35,395 votes

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