Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Bhojipura

Assembly constituency 120 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#120 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants19

Electors2,89,427

Votes polled2,01,327

Turnout69.6%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerShazil IslamIttehad-E-Millait Council65,53132.5% of votes

MARGIN17,948 votes · 8.9 pp65,531 − 47,583

Runner-upVirendra Singh Gangwar Samajwadi Party47,58323.6% of votes

IEMC 57.9% of top-two votesSP 42.1%

All candidates 19

01 Shazil IslamIEMC65,531 32.5%
02 Virendra Singh GangwarSP47,583 23.6%
03 Bahoran Lal MauryaBJP34,281 17.0%
04 Akhlaq AhmedBSP19,119 9.5%
05 Yogesh KumarINC14,815 7.4%
06 Tika RamMD6,106 3.0%
07 Prashant PatelJKPR4,023 2.0%
08 Sohrab KhanLSP1,476 0.7%
09 RampalSHS1,286 0.6%
10 Pramod AgarwalRL1,052 0.5%
11 Rais AhmadPECP959 0.5%
12 Balram Singh YadavIND827 0.4%
13 Sukh LalBKD802 0.4%
14 Nem SinghAITC791 0.4%
15 Meera YadavAIMF653 0.3%
16 Ghazanfar AliRLNP608 0.3%
17 Amit KumarRPD592 0.3%
18 Mohd JavedQED488 0.2%
19 Chandra Prakash GangwarSSD335 0.2%

Turnout 69.6%

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 19 candidates = 2,01,327Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
2.3 pp
Anand SenSamajwadi Party
2007
6.3 pp
Anand SenBahujan Samaj Party
2012
8.9 pp
Shazil IslamIttehad-E-Millait Council
2017
11.7 pp
Bahoran Lal MauryaBharatiya Janata Party
2022
3.6 pp
Shazil Islam AnsariSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 11.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BJP polled 34,281 votes, 1.9× the 17,948-vote margin.
34,281 ÷ 17,948 = 1.9
The top two polled 56.2% of votes; the other 17 candidates 43.8% between them.
(65,531 + 47,583) ÷ 2,01,327 = 56.2% · 88,213 ÷ 2,01,327 = 43.8%
Turnout of 69.6% was 10.2 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
69.6 − 59.4 = +10.2
The margin widened from 6.3 pp in 2007 to 8.9 pp.
8.9 − 6.3 = +2.6 pp
The seat changed hands: BSP in 2007, IEMC in 2012.
2007 BSP · 2012 IEMC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 19 candidate lines2,01,327
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled2,01,327
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

Candidates19 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