BJP in Basti District: Seats and Vote Share in 2017 and 2022

This report looks at how the BJP performed in the 5 assembly seats of Basti district in the 2017 and 2022 Uttar Pradesh elections. According to Election Commission of India data, the party won 5 of these seats in 2017 and 1 in 2022. In 2022 its share of all valid votes cast across the district’s seats was 35.74%, as calculated by UP Election News from seat wise figures.

BJP in Basti: seat wise position

Seat	2017	2022	2022 votes	2022 share
Harraiya (307)	Won	Won	88,200	39.85%
Kaptanganj (308)	Won	Second	70,094	32.46%
Rudhauli (309)	Won	Second	71,134	30.33%
Basti Sadar (310)	Won	Second	84,250	38.99%
Mahadewa (311)	Won	Second	77,855	36.87%

Table: UP Election News. Data: Election Commission of India. For 2017 the ECI top three candidates are used.

Seats the BJP won in 2022

In Harraiya, Ajay Singh won by 18,329 votes over the SP candidate Tarayambak Nath, a moderately close contest.

The 2017 wins

In 2017 the BJP won Harraiya, where Ajay Kumar Singh defeated the SP by 30,106 votes; Kaptanganj, where Chandra Prakash alias Ca Chandra Prakash defeated the BSP by 6,827 votes; Rudhauli, where Sanjay Pratap Jaiswal defeated the BSP by 21,805 votes; Basti Sadar, where Dayaram Chaudhary defeated the SP by 42,594 votes; Mahadewa, where Ravi Kumar Sonkar defeated the BSP by 25,884 votes. Not all of these seats were retained in 2022.

Where the BJP finished second

The party was runner up in 4 seats in 2022: Kaptanganj, where it trailed by 24,179 votes; Rudhauli, where it trailed by 15,226 votes; Basti Sadar, where it trailed by 1,779 votes; Mahadewa, where it trailed by 5,495 votes. Seats lost by narrow margins are usually the first ones parties target in the next election.

Reading the numbers

Compared with 2017, the BJP lost 4 seats in Basti. Statewide, the BJP’s tally went from 312 seats to 255, so the district result can be read against that broader trend. Vote share also matters: a party can lose seats while still holding a large base of votes, which can be decisive in close contests in 2027.

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.

Also read:

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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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