Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

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Assembly constituency 115 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#115 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants14

Electors3,13,196

Votes polled1,93,566

Turnout61.8%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerAbid Raza KhanSamajwadi Party62,78632.4% of votes

MARGIN15,413 votes · 8.0 pp62,786 − 47,373

Runner-upMahesh Chandra Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party47,37324.5% of votes

SP 57.0% of top-two votesBJP 43.0%

All candidates 14

01 Abid Raza KhanSP62,786 32.4%
02 Mahesh Chandra GuptaBJP47,373 24.5%
03 Ramsawak SinghBSP44,643 23.1%
04 Fakhrey AhmadINC12,424 6.4%
05 Madhvi SahuJKPR11,227 5.8%
06 Bhopendar SinghMD6,850 3.5%
07 Veer SinghIND1,738 0.9%
08 Lokpal SinghCPI1,664 0.9%
09 Girish Singh PatelIND1,570 0.8%
10 Usman GaddiRLNP945 0.5%
11 Arif KhanPECP929 0.5%
12 Santosh KumarIJP751 0.4%
13 Arvind SinghRL428 0.2%
14 Arun KumarSSD238 0.1%

Turnout 61.8%

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 14 candidates = 1,93,566Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
3.3 pp
Rakesh PandeySamajwadi Party
2007
2.7 pp
Sher BahadurBahujan Samaj Party
2012
8.0 pp
Abid Raza KhanSamajwadi Party
2017
7.8 pp
Mahesh Chandra GuptaBharatiya Janata Party
2022
5.1 pp
Mahesh Chandra GuptaBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 8.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 44,643 votes, 2.9× the 15,413-vote margin.
44,643 ÷ 15,413 = 2.9
The top two polled 56.9% of votes; the other 12 candidates 43.1% between them.
(62,786 + 47,373) ÷ 1,93,566 = 56.9% · 83,407 ÷ 1,93,566 = 43.1%
Turnout of 61.8% was 2.4 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
61.8 − 59.4 = +2.4
The margin widened from 2.7 pp in 2007 to 8.0 pp.
8.0 − 2.7 = +5.3 pp
The seat changed hands: BSP in 2007, SP in 2012.
2007 BSP · 2012 SP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 14 candidate lines1,93,566
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,93,566
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

Candidates14 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