Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Shahabad

Assembly constituency 155 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#155 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants14

Electors3,12,452

Votes polled2,03,172

Turnout65.0%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerBabu KhanSamajwadi Party89,94744.3% of votes

MARGIN11,134 votes · 5.5 pp89,947 − 78,813

Runner-upAsif Khan Bahujan Samaj Party78,81338.8% of votes

SP 53.3% of top-two votesBSP 46.7%

All candidates 14

01 Babu KhanSP89,947 44.3%
02 Asif KhanBSP78,813 38.8%
03 Akhilesh PathakBJP13,022 6.4%
04 Ram DulariINC11,374 5.6%
05 Prem Krishna GuptaIND2,072 1.0%
06 Udit Narayan SinghNCP1,863 0.9%
07 Kamla KantJKPR1,806 0.9%
08 PuranIND938 0.5%
09 Narendra PalIND756 0.4%
10 MaujiramRLNP719 0.4%
11 Syam KishorRL565 0.3%
12 Ahtsham KhanIND556 0.3%
13 Nafasat Ullah KhanAITC408 0.2%
14 RamadheenBKD333 0.2%

Turnout 65.0%

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 14 candidates = 2,03,172Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
7.5 pp
Mata Prasad PandeySamajwadi Party
2007
1.8 pp
Mata Prasad PandeySamajwadi Party
2012
5.5 pp
Babu KhanSamajwadi Party
2017
2.0 pp
Rajani TiwariBharatiya Janata Party
2022
2.8 pp
Rajni TiwariBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 7.5 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BJP polled 13,022 votes, 1.2× the 11,134-vote margin.
13,022 ÷ 11,134 = 1.2
The top two polled 83.1% of votes; the other 12 candidates 16.9% between them.
(89,947 + 78,813) ÷ 2,03,172 = 83.1% · 34,412 ÷ 2,03,172 = 16.9%
Turnout of 65.0% was 5.6 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
65.0 − 59.4 = +5.6
The margin widened from 1.8 pp in 2007 to 5.5 pp.
5.5 − 1.8 = +3.7 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 14 candidate lines2,03,172
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled2,03,172
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

Candidates14 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