Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Katra

Assembly constituency 131 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#131 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants20

Electors2,92,322

Votes polled1,85,449

Turnout63.4%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerRajesh YadavSamajwadi Party51,02527.5% of votes

MARGIN875 votes · 0.5 pp51,025 − 50,150

Runner-upRajeev Kashyap Bahujan Samaj Party50,15027.0% of votes

SP 50.4% of top-two votesBSP 49.6%

All candidates 20

01 Rajesh YadavSP51,025 27.5%
02 Rajeev KashyapBSP50,150 27.0%
03 Virendra Pratap Singh MunnaINC31,400 16.9%
04 Sudhir SinghBJP16,662 9.0%
05 Bhanu Pratap SinghPECP12,637 6.8%
06 Dr. BharatMD10,534 5.7%
07 Zeenat KhanIND2,544 1.4%
08 MahipalIND1,588 0.9%
09 SurendrapalRL1,565 0.8%
10 MoongalalIND922 0.5%
11 Jai PrakashIND894 0.5%
12 Jaiveer SinghLJP887 0.5%
13 Vishal MishraIND705 0.4%
14 Shyam Veer SinghIND693 0.4%
15 Om PrakashIND671 0.4%
16 Dev NarayanLKD592 0.3%
17 Mithlesh KumarIEMC577 0.3%
18 Munna LalARVP551 0.3%
19 VikramJKPR456 0.2%
20 Rajesh KashyapVJP396 0.2%

Turnout 63.4%

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 20 candidates = 1,85,449Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
1.0 pp
Arun Veer SinghSamajwadi Party
2007
0.4 pp
Krishana KumarBahujan Samaj Party
2012
0.5 pp
Rajesh YadavSamajwadi Party
2017
8.8 pp
Veer Vikram Singh PrinceBharatiya Janata Party
2022
0.2 pp
Veer Vikram SinghBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 8.8 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed INC polled 31,400 votes, 36× the 875-vote margin.
31,400 ÷ 875 = 35.9
The top two polled 54.6% of votes; the other 18 candidates 45.4% between them.
(51,025 + 50,150) ÷ 1,85,449 = 54.6% · 84,274 ÷ 1,85,449 = 45.4%
Turnout of 63.4% was 4.0 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
63.4 − 59.4 = +4.0
The margin widened from 0.4 pp in 2007 to 0.5 pp.
0.5 − 0.4 = +0.1 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 20 candidate lines1,85,449
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,85,449
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

Candidates20 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