Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Dhaurahra

Assembly constituency 141 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#141 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants10

Electors3,07,467

Votes polled2,10,043

Turnout68.3%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerShamsher Bahadur Alias SheroobhaiyaBahujan Samaj Party64,13930.5% of votes

MARGIN1,045 votes · 0.5 pp64,139 − 63,094

Runner-upYashpal Chowdhary Samajwadi Party63,09430.0% of votes

BSP 50.4% of top-two votesSP 49.6%

All candidates 10

01 Shamsher Bahadur Alias SheroobhaiyaBSP64,139 30.5%
02 Yashpal ChowdharySP63,094 30.0%
03 Kunwar Samar Pratap SinghINC54,035 25.7%
04 Vinod ShankarBJP12,372 5.9%
05 TrilokinathPECP6,767 3.2%
06 Sunil KumarIND3,964 1.9%
07 Savitri Devi RawatIND2,801 1.3%
08 Ram GulamJKPR1,057 0.5%
09 Satya PrakashpandeyRL1,040 0.5%
10 Rajkumar PandeyJPS774 0.4%

Turnout 68.3%

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 10 candidates = 2,10,043Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
0.9 pp
Anwar MahmoodSamajwadi Party
2007
4.3 pp
ShyamlalBharatiya Janata Party
2012
0.5 pp
Shamsher Bahadur Alias SheroobhaiyaBahujan Samaj Party
2017
1.5 pp
Awasthi Bala PrasadBharatiya Janata Party
2022
10.8 pp
Vinod ShankarBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 10.8 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed INC polled 54,035 votes, 52× the 1,045-vote margin.
54,035 ÷ 1,045 = 51.7
The top two polled 60.6% of votes; the other 8 candidates 39.4% between them.
(64,139 + 63,094) ÷ 2,10,043 = 60.6% · 82,810 ÷ 2,10,043 = 39.4%
Turnout of 68.3% was 8.9 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
68.3 − 59.4 = +8.9
The margin narrowed from 4.3 pp in 2007 to 0.5 pp.
0.5 − 4.3 = −3.8 pp
The seat changed hands: BJP in 2007, BSP in 2012.
2007 BJP · 2012 BSP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 10 candidate lines2,10,043
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled2,10,043
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

Candidates10 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