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

This report looks at how the BJP performed in the 6 assembly seats of Unnao 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 51.17%, as calculated by UP Election News from seat wise figures.

BJP in Unnao: seat wise position

Seat	2017	2022	2022 votes	2022 share
Bangarmau (162)	Won	Won	90,980	44.70%
Safipur (163)	Won	Won	1,02,968	52.13%
Mohan (164)	Won	Won	1,13,291	53.45%
Unnao (165)	Won	Won	1,26,670	51.62%
Bhagwantnagar (166)	Won	Won	1,27,118	51.28%
Purwa (167)	Second	Won	1,33,827	52.27%

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 Bangarmau, Shrikant Katiyar won by 15,793 votes over the SP candidate Dr. Munna, a moderately close contest. In Safipur, Bamba Lal won by 34,132 votes over the SP candidate Sudhir Kumar, a comfortable win. In Mohan, Brajesh Kumar won by 43,179 votes over the SP candidate Dr. ANCHAL, a comfortable win. In Unnao, Pankaj Gupta won by 31,128 votes over the SP candidate Abhinav Kumar, a comfortable win. In Bhagwantnagar, Ashutosh Shukla won by 43,010 votes over the SP candidate Ankit Parihar, a comfortable win. In Purwa, Anil Kumar Singh won by 31,061 votes over the SP candidate Uday Raj, a comfortable win.

The 2017 wins

In 2017 the BJP won Bangarmau, where Kuldeep Singh Sengar defeated the SP by 28,327 votes; Safipur, where Bamba Lal defeated the BSP by 27,236 votes; Mohan, where Brijesh Kumar defeated the BSP by 54,095 votes; Unnao, where Pankaj Gupta defeated the SP by 46,072 votes; Bhagwantnagar, where Hriday Narayan Dikshit defeated the BSP by 53,366 votes. All of these seats were retained in 2022.

Reading the numbers

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