Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

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Assembly constituency 117 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#117 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants11

Electors3,42,559

Votes polled2,14,660

Turnout62.7%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerSinod Kumar Shakya (Deepu)Bahujan Samaj Party63,62629.6% of votes

MARGIN5,327 votes · 2.5 pp63,626 − 58,299

Runner-upPrempal Singh Yadav Samajwadi Party58,29927.2% of votes

BSP 52.2% of top-two votesSP 47.8%

All candidates 11

01 Sinod Kumar Shakya (Deepu)BSP63,626 29.6%
02 Prempal Singh YadavSP58,299 27.2%
03 Dr. Shailesh Pathak Urf Guddu BhaiyyaINC53,487 24.9%
04 Rajeev Singh Urf Babboo BhaiyyaBJP14,368 6.7%
05 Atif KhanMD13,097 6.1%
06 HarishPECP4,829 2.2%
07 Dheerpal KashyapNCP2,546 1.2%
08 Rames GiriLJP1,364 0.6%
09 RajraniAITC1,221 0.6%
10 Abnesh Kumar SaxenaBVP1,065 0.5%
11 Avnish KumarRL758 0.4%

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 11 candidates = 2,14,660Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
7.0 pp
Laljee VermaBahujan Samaj Party
2007
1.5 pp
Lal Ji VermaBahujan Samaj Party
2012
2.5 pp
Sinod Kumar Shakya (Deepu)Bahujan Samaj Party
2017
11.6 pp
Rajeev Kumar Singh Urf Babbu BhaiyaBharatiya Janata Party
2022
4.0 pp
Rajeev Singh Urf Babbu BhaiyaBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 11.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed INC polled 53,487 votes, 10× the 5,327-vote margin.
53,487 ÷ 5,327 = 10.0
The top two polled 56.8% of votes; the other 9 candidates 43.2% between them.
(63,626 + 58,299) ÷ 2,14,660 = 56.8% · 92,735 ÷ 2,14,660 = 43.2%
Turnout of 62.7% was 3.3 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
62.7 − 59.4 = +3.3
The margin widened from 1.5 pp in 2007 to 2.5 pp.
2.5 − 1.5 = +1.0 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 11 candidate lines2,14,660
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled2,14,660
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

Candidates11 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