Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

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Assembly constituency 157 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#157 · SC

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants17

Electors3,03,779

Votes polled1,83,738

Turnout60.5%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerShyam PrakashSamajwadi Party67,43036.7% of votes

MARGIN6,203 votes · 3.4 pp67,430 − 61,227

Runner-upAneeta Verma Bahujan Samaj Party61,22733.3% of votes

SP 52.4% of top-two votesBSP 47.6%

All candidates 17

01 Shyam PrakashSP67,430 36.7%
02 Aneeta VermaBSP61,227 33.3%
03 Sarvesh KumarINC31,388 17.1%
04 Ashok Kumar VermaPECP9,055 4.9%
05 Kavita ChandraBJP3,556 1.9%
06 SunitaIND2,817 1.5%
07 HarinamIND1,961 1.1%
08 Shiv PalIND1,227 0.7%
09 Shiv Kumar S/o Gulab ChandraIND836 0.5%
10 Arun KumarNP795 0.4%
11 VidawatiIND604 0.3%
12 Ram RatanRASHTR557 0.3%
13 Shiv Kumar S/o Ram LalLJP541 0.3%
14 Mahendra Kumar BathamRL540 0.3%
15 Bhagwan BuxIJP426 0.2%
16 Rajesh KumarBSS394 0.2%
17 DavidBKD384 0.2%

Turnout 60.5%

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 17 candidates = 1,83,738Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
7.5 pp
AneelSamajwadi Party
2007
4.8 pp
Ishwar Chandra ShuklaIndian National Congress
2012
3.4 pp
Shyam PrakashSamajwadi Party
2017
15.6 pp
Shyam PrakashBharatiya Janata Party
2022
3.8 pp
Shyam PrakashBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 15.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed INC polled 31,388 votes, 5.1× the 6,203-vote margin.
31,388 ÷ 6,203 = 5.1
The top two polled 70.0% of votes; the other 15 candidates 30.0% between them.
(67,430 + 61,227) ÷ 1,83,738 = 70.0% · 55,081 ÷ 1,83,738 = 30.0%
Turnout of 60.5% was 1.1 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
60.5 − 59.4 = +1.1
The margin narrowed from 4.8 pp in 2007 to 3.4 pp.
3.4 − 4.8 = −1.4 pp
The seat changed hands: INC in 2007, SP in 2012.
2007 INC · 2012 SP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 17 candidate lines1,83,738
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,83,738
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

Candidates17 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