Basti district has 5 assembly constituencies: Harraiya, Kaptanganj, Rudhauli, Basti Sadar, Mahadewa (reserved for SC). In the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly election, the seats were shared as follows: SP 3, BJP 1, SBSP 1. Five years earlier, in 2017, the tally was BJP 5. This explainer from UP Election News sets out what happened on each seat, how vote shares and turnout moved, and where the district stands ahead of the 2027 election, using only official Election Commission data.
Seat by seat: Basti in 2017 and 2022
| Seat | 2017 winner | 2022 winner | 2022 MLA | 2022 margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harraiya (307) | BJP | BJP | Ajay Singh | 18,329 |
| Kaptanganj (308) | BJP | SP | Kavindra Chaudhary | 24,179 |
| Rudhauli (309) | BJP | SP | Rajendra Prasad Chaudhary | 15,226 |
| Basti Sadar (310) | BJP | SP | Mahendra Nath Yadav | 1,779 |
| Mahadewa (311) | BJP | SBSP | Dudhram | 5,495 |
Table: UP Election News. Data: Election Commission of India.
What changed between 2017 and 2022
4 of the 5 seats changed hands between the two elections: Kaptanganj moved from BJP to SP; Rudhauli moved from BJP to SP; Basti Sadar moved from BJP to SP; Mahadewa moved from BJP to SBSP. The remaining seats were retained by the party that had won them in 2017.
The closest result of 2022 in the district came in Basti Sadar, where Mahendra Nath Yadav of the SP won by 1,779 votes. The widest margin was recorded in Kaptanganj, where the SP candidate Kavindra Chaudhary won by 24,179 votes.
Vote share and turnout
Adding up the votes of all candidates across the district in 2022 gives the following shares: BJP 35.74%, SP 30.72%, BSP 19.20%, SBSP 7.61%. These district level shares are calculated by UP Election News from seat wise ECI figures. Turnout across the 5 seats was about 57.33% in 2022 against 57.62% in 2017, and the number of registered electors grew from 18,12,485 to 19,17,120.
| Party | Seats 2017 | Seats 2022 | Vote share 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | 5 | 1 | 35.74% |
| SP | 0 | 3 | 30.72% |
| BSP | 0 | 0 | 19.20% |
| SBSP | 0 | 1 | 7.61% |
Table: UP Election News. Vote share is the party’s share of all valid votes polled in the district’s seats.
The statewide picture
Across the state, the BJP won 312 seats in 2017 and 255 in 2022, while the Samajwadi Party rose from 47 to 111 seats. The BSP fell from 19 seats to 1, and the Congress from 7 to 2. Allies on both sides, such as Apna Dal (Soneylal), the NISHAD Party, the RLD and the SBSP, also won seats in 2022.
How the UP assembly is elected
Uttar Pradesh has 403 assembly constituencies, of which 84 are reserved for Scheduled Castes and 2 for Scheduled Tribes. Their boundaries were fixed by the Delimitation Order of 2008, and the 2012, 2017 and 2022 elections were all held on these same boundaries, so results from these years can be compared seat by seat. Members are elected under the first past the post system, which means the candidate with the most valid votes wins even without a majority of votes. The 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly first met in 2022, so the next assembly election is due by early 2027.
All numbers in this article are taken from the official results published by the Election Commission of India. Vote shares are calculated on total valid votes, including NOTA where stated.
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Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly general elections 2017 and 2022. Original data: Election Commission of India statistical reports.
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