Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Puranpur

Assembly constituency 129 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#129 · SC

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants18

Electors3,39,409

Votes polled2,23,908

Turnout66.0%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerPeetam RamSamajwadi Party73,84733.0% of votes

MARGIN30,838 votes · 13.8 pp73,847 − 43,009

Runner-upBabu Ram Bharatiya Janata Party43,00919.2% of votes

SP 63.2% of top-two votesBJP 36.8%

All candidates 18

01 Peetam RamSP73,847 33.0%
02 Babu RamBJP43,009 19.2%
03 Sukh LalINC36,773 16.4%
04 Dinesh BhartiBSP33,809 15.1%
05 Raj Rai SinghAITC6,574 2.9%
06 SapnaRL6,172 2.8%
07 Ramesh Chandra RajaPECP3,524 1.6%
08 Ram AutarIND3,213 1.4%
09 Har PrasadCPI2,988 1.3%
10 Achariya Dharam PrakashJKPR2,835 1.3%
11 RoshanIND2,053 0.9%
12 Mahendra PalIND1,761 0.8%
13 Ram PalIND1,681 0.8%
14 NaginaCPI(ML)L1,589 0.7%
15 Surendra SinghIEMC1,464 0.7%
16 Ram BilasNLP1,012 0.5%
17 Lala RamRPD803 0.4%
18 Beni RamLJP801 0.4%

Turnout 66.0%

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 18 candidates = 2,23,908Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
8.7 pp
Raj Laxmi VermaBharatiya Janata Party
2007
2.1 pp
Amresh KumarBahujan Samaj Party
2012
13.8 pp
Peetam RamSamajwadi Party
2017
16.0 pp
Babu Ram PaswanBharatiya Janata Party
2022
10.0 pp
BaburamBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 16.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed INC polled 36,773 votes, 1.2× the 30,838-vote margin.
36,773 ÷ 30,838 = 1.2
The top two polled 52.2% of votes; the other 16 candidates 47.8% between them.
(73,847 + 43,009) ÷ 2,23,908 = 52.2% · 1,07,052 ÷ 2,23,908 = 47.8%
Turnout of 66.0% was 6.6 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
66.0 − 59.4 = +6.6
The margin widened from 2.1 pp in 2007 to 13.8 pp.
13.8 − 2.1 = +11.7 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 18 candidate lines2,23,908
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled2,23,908
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

Candidates18 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