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Constituency

347. Azamgarh

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Uttar Pradesh · Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 2017

UP-AZAMGARH

SP 41.2%won by 12.3%BJP 28.9%

What changed here

Derived

Samajwadi Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.9% to 12.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.1% between them, down from 83.9% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.6% to 57.0%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
3,75,021
Turnout
57.0%
Valid votes
2,13,948
Margin
26,262
12.27%

Since 2012

Derived
Winner then
SP
Winner now
SP
SPBJP swing
−33.5%
SP share
50.4% 41.2%
BJP share
4.6% 28.9%
Turnout
54.4% 57.0%