Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Shekhupur

Assembly constituency 116 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#116 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants16

Electors3,33,673

Votes polled2,09,198

Turnout62.7%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerAshish YadavSamajwadi Party68,53332.8% of votes

MARGIN8,252 votes · 3.9 pp68,533 − 60,281

Runner-upBhagvan Singh Shakya Indian National Congress60,28128.8% of votes

SP 53.2% of top-two votesINC 46.8%

All candidates 16

01 Ashish YadavSP68,533 32.8%
02 Bhagvan Singh ShakyaINC60,281 28.8%
03 Qazi Mohd. RizwanBSP51,979 24.8%
04 Muslim KhanPECP11,150 5.3%
05 Pooja KashyapJKPR4,344 2.1%
06 Jitendra Kumar KashyapBJP3,000 1.4%
07 Anoop Singh PatelJD(U)2,308 1.1%
08 HulasiramIND1,659 0.8%
09 RamnathIND1,071 0.5%
10 Khan BahadurJPS1,030 0.5%
11 Vishnu GopalRPD870 0.4%
12 Sushma SagarIND845 0.4%
13 Shakir HusainNCP796 0.4%
14 Babu Raza AhmadRLNP631 0.3%
15 Muwahid RazaAITC483 0.2%
16 Ajay MishraRL218 0.1%

Turnout 62.7%

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 16 candidates = 2,09,198Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
4.5 pp
MayawatiBahujan Samaj Party
2007
5.5 pp
Tribhuwan DuttBahujan Samaj Party
2012
3.9 pp
Ashish YadavSamajwadi Party
2017
10.0 pp
Dharmendra Kumar Singh ShakyaBharatiya Janata Party
2022
2.5 pp
Himanshu YadavSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 10.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 51,979 votes, 6.3× the 8,252-vote margin.
51,979 ÷ 8,252 = 6.3
The top two polled 61.6% of votes; the other 14 candidates 38.4% between them.
(68,533 + 60,281) ÷ 2,09,198 = 61.6% · 80,384 ÷ 2,09,198 = 38.4%
Turnout of 62.7% was 3.3 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
62.7 − 59.4 = +3.3
The margin narrowed from 5.5 pp in 2007 to 3.9 pp.
3.9 − 5.5 = −1.6 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 16 candidate lines2,09,198
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled2,09,198
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

Candidates16 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