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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2017

Champawat

Assembly constituency 55 (GEN) · Uttarakhand

State boardUttarakhand 2017

[01]Result · 2017

#55 · GEN
Poll date15 Feb 2017
Contestants4
Electors88,533
Votes polled57,709
Turnout65.2%
NOTA1,0441.2% of votes
WinnerKailash Chandra GahtoriBharatiya Janata Party36,60162.3% of votes
MARGIN17,360 votes · 30.1 pp36,601 − 19,241
Runner-upHemesh Kharkwal Indian National Congress19,24132.8% of votes
BJP 65.5% of top-two votesINC 34.5%

All candidates 4

  1. 01 Kailash Chandra GahtoriBJP36,601 62.3%
  2. 02 Hemesh KharkwalINC19,241 32.8%
  3. 03 Trilok Chand SorariUKD939 1.6%
  4. 04 Dinesh ChandraBSP928 1.6%

Turnout 65.2%

025507510065.2%TURNOUT◦ state median 63.6%
Male 46,58252.6% Female 41,95147.4%

Share of 88,533 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males901
  • NOTAreported alongside the total1,044 · 1.2%
  • State median turnoutmedian of 70 seats, 201763.6%
  • ReconciliationΣ 4 candidates = 57,709Verified

Seat history 2022–2002

  1. 2022
    8.3 pp
    Kailash Chandra GahtoriBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2017
    30.1 pp
    Kailash Chandra GahtoriBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2012
    13.9 pp
    Sri Hemesh KharkwalIndian National Congress
  4. 2007
    0.7 pp
    Kharak Singh BoharaBharatiya Janata Party
  5. 2002
    5.8 pp
    Narayan Singh JantiwalUttarakhand Kranti Dal

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 30.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 96.8% of votes; the other 2 candidates 3.2% between them.

    (36,601 + 19,241) ÷ 57,709 = 96.8% · 1,867 ÷ 57,709 = 3.2%

  2. Turnout of 65.2% was 1.6 pp above the state's median seat (63.6%).

    65.2 − 63.6 = +1.6

  3. The margin widened from 13.9 pp in 2012 to 30.1 pp.

    30.1 − 13.9 = +16.2 pp

  4. The seat changed hands: INC in 2012, BJP in 2017.

    2012 INC · 2017 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 4 candidate lines57,709
  • NOTAreported alongside the total1,044
  • Published totalVotes polled57,709
  • Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2017 · Uttarakhand · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates4 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 70 seats on the Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha 2017 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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