Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

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Assembly constituency 134 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#134 · SC

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants16

Electors3,18,610

Votes polled2,08,060

Turnout65.3%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerSakuntla DeviSamajwadi Party59,87128.8% of votes

MARGIN8,898 votes · 4.3 pp59,871 − 50,973

Runner-upArun Kumar Sagar Bahujan Samaj Party50,97324.5% of votes

SP 54.0% of top-two votesBSP 46.0%

All candidates 16

01 Sakuntla DeviSP59,871 28.8%
02 Arun Kumar SagarBSP50,973 24.5%
03 ChetramINC50,551 24.3%
04 Rajveer SinghBJP31,472 15.1%
05 Hira LalPECP6,674 3.2%
06 VeerpalAITC1,639 0.8%
07 Amit KumarLJP1,164 0.6%
08 Sant KumarBSS1,066 0.5%
09 Sudarshan KumarJKPR915 0.4%
10 D.R. VermaBSKD763 0.4%
11 Nathu LalJD(U)715 0.3%
12 Nathu RamNSCBR563 0.3%
13 Rekha DeviVANCHI547 0.3%
14 Arvind KumarAD485 0.2%
15 JagdishVP362 0.2%
16 BadamRL300 0.1%

Turnout 65.3%

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 = 2,08,060Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
12.8 pp
ShabbirSamajwadi Party
2007
1.6 pp
Shabbir AhmadSamajwadi Party
2012
4.3 pp
Sakuntla DeviSamajwadi Party
2017
31.9 pp
ChetramBharatiya Janata Party
2022
22.2 pp
ChetramBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 31.9 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed INC polled 50,551 votes, 5.7× the 8,898-vote margin.
50,551 ÷ 8,898 = 5.7
The top two polled 53.3% of votes; the other 14 candidates 46.7% between them.
(59,871 + 50,973) ÷ 2,08,060 = 53.3% · 97,216 ÷ 2,08,060 = 46.7%
Turnout of 65.3% was 5.9 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
65.3 − 59.4 = +5.9
The margin widened from 1.6 pp in 2007 to 4.3 pp.
4.3 − 1.6 = +2.7 pp
SP held the seat it won in 2007.
2007 SP · 2012 SP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 16 candidate lines2,08,060
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled2,08,060
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