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

This report looks at how the BJP performed in the 6 assembly seats of Shahjahanpur 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 6 in 2022. In 2022 its share of all valid votes cast across the district’s seats was 47.47%, as calculated by UP Election News from seat wise figures.

BJP in Shahjahanpur: seat wise position

Seat	2017	2022	2022 votes	2022 share
Katra (131)	Won	Won	77,800	39.90%
Jalalabad (132)	Second	Won	99,609	45.97%
Tilhar (133)	Won	Won	1,02,307	47.93%
Powayan (134)	Won	Won	1,29,785	55.62%
Shahjahanpur (135)	Won	Won	1,09,942	48.98%
Dadraul (136)	Won	Won	1,00,957	45.06%

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 Katra, Veer Vikram Singh won by 357 votes over the SP candidate Rajesh Yadav, a very close contest. In Jalalabad, Hari Prakash Verma won by 4,572 votes over the SP candidate Neeraj (Kushwaha) Maurya, a very close contest. In Tilhar, Salona Kushwaha won by 13,277 votes over the SP candidate Roshan Lal Verma, a moderately close contest. In Powayan, Chetram won by 51,578 votes over the SP candidate Upendra Pal Singh, a one sided contest. In Shahjahanpur, Suresh Kumar Khanna won by 9,313 votes over the SP candidate Tanveer Khan, a moderately close contest. In Dadraul, Manvendra Singh won by 9,701 votes over the SP candidate Rajesh Kumar Verma, a moderately close contest.

The 2017 wins

In 2017 the BJP won Katra, where Veer Vikram Singh Prince defeated the SP by 16,730 votes; Tilhar, where Roshan Lal Verma defeated the Congress by 5,705 votes; Powayan, where Chetram defeated the SP by 72,417 votes; Shahjahanpur, where Suresh Kumar Khanna defeated the SP by 19,203 votes; Dadraul, where Manvendra Singh defeated the SP by 17,398 votes. All of these seats were retained in 2022.

Reading the numbers

Compared with 2017, the BJP gained 1 seat in Shahjahanpur. 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.

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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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