Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

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Assembly constituency 1 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#1 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants13

Electors3,03,273

Votes polled2,21,122

Turnout72.9%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerMahaveer Singh RanaBahujan Samaj Party70,27431.8% of votes

MARGIN514 votes · 0.2 pp70,274 − 69,760

Runner-upNaresh Indian National Congress69,76031.5% of votes

BSP 50.2% of top-two votesINC 49.8%

All candidates 13

01 Mahaveer Singh RanaBSP70,274 31.8%
02 NareshINC69,760 31.5%
03 Umar Ali KhanSP47,366 21.4%
04 Ajay ChauhanBJP23,623 10.7%
05 Dharam SinghCPI2,251 1.0%
06 DhaniramIND1,774 0.8%
07 ArvindMD1,399 0.6%
08 Kari InamRUC1,308 0.6%
09 YashpalABHM781 0.4%
10 Abdul JabbarNCP726 0.3%
11 VikramVJP702 0.3%
12 Irshad Urf BhooraRL593 0.3%
13 MahmoodLKD565 0.3%

Turnout 72.9%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 403 seats, 201259.4%
ReconciliationΣ 13 candidates = 2,21,122Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
1.3 pp
QutubudeenBahujan Samaj Party
2007
9.8 pp
Yash Pal SinghBahujan Samaj Party
2012
0.2 pp
Mahaveer Singh RanaBahujan Samaj Party
2017
10.2 pp
Naresh SainiIndian National Congress
2022
13.5 pp
Umar Ali KhanSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 13.5 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed SP polled 47,366 votes, 92× the 514-vote margin.
47,366 ÷ 514 = 92.2
The top two polled 63.3% of votes; the other 11 candidates 36.7% between them.
(70,274 + 69,760) ÷ 2,21,122 = 63.3% · 81,088 ÷ 2,21,122 = 36.7%
Turnout of 72.9% was 13.5 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
72.9 − 59.4 = +13.5
The margin narrowed from 9.8 pp in 2007 to 0.2 pp.
0.2 − 9.8 = −9.6 pp
BSP held the seat it won in 2007.
2007 BSP · 2012 BSP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 13 candidate lines2,21,122
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled2,21,122
Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2012 · Uttar Pradesh · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates13 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 403 seats on the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha 2012 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database