Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Muzaffar Nagar

Assembly constituency 14 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#14 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants18

Electors3,01,726

Votes polled1,69,256

Turnout56.1%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerChitranjan SwaroopSamajwadi Party59,16935.0% of votes

MARGIN15,002 votes · 8.9 pp59,169 − 44,167

Runner-upAshok Kansal Bharatiya Janata Party44,16726.1% of votes

SP 57.3% of top-two votesBJP 42.7%

All candidates 18

01 Chitranjan SwaroopSP59,169 35.0%
02 Ashok KansalBJP44,167 26.1%
03 Arvind Raj SharmaBSP31,529 18.6%
04 Somansh PrakashINC21,171 12.5%
05 Mohammad Saleem AnsariPECP7,293 4.3%
06 SanjayJD(U)1,324 0.8%
07 Badar KhanIND832 0.5%
08 SeemaIND613 0.4%
09 Rakam SinghIND582 0.3%
10 Naseem Ahamad AnsariIND420 0.2%
11 Jakir HusainAITC352 0.2%
12 ShikshaVJP340 0.2%
13 Sitara Begum AnsariNNP319 0.2%
14 Yogendra KumarABHM308 0.2%
15 Mange Ram KashyapMKUP242 0.1%
16 JaivirLJP236 0.1%
17 Prem SinghRMD224 0.1%
18 Mohd. ShabrejRL135 0.1%

Turnout 56.1%

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 = 1,69,256Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
0.6 pp
Gulab DeviBharatiya Janata Party
2007
6.5 pp
Girish ChandraBahujan Samaj Party
2012
8.9 pp
Chitranjan SwaroopSamajwadi Party
2017
5.0 pp
Kapil Dev AgarwalBharatiya Janata Party
2022
8.3 pp
Kapil Dev AgarwalBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 8.9 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 31,529 votes, 2.1× the 15,002-vote margin.
31,529 ÷ 15,002 = 2.1
The top two polled 61.1% of votes; the other 16 candidates 38.9% between them.
(59,169 + 44,167) ÷ 1,69,256 = 61.1% · 65,920 ÷ 1,69,256 = 38.9%
Turnout of 56.1% was 3.3 pp below the state's median seat (59.4%).
56.1 − 59.4 = −3.3
The margin widened from 6.5 pp in 2007 to 8.9 pp.
8.9 − 6.5 = +2.4 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 lines1,69,256
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,69,256
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