Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Meerapur

Assembly constituency 16 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#16 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants16

Electors2,73,236

Votes polled1,68,742

Turnout61.8%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerJamil Ahmad QasmiBahujan Samaj Party56,80233.7% of votes

MARGIN12,733 votes · 7.5 pp56,802 − 44,069

Runner-upMithlesh Pal Rashtriya Lok Dal44,06926.1% of votes

BSP 56.3% of top-two votesRLD 43.7%

All candidates 16

01 Jamil Ahmad QasmiBSP56,802 33.7%
02 Mithlesh PalRLD44,069 26.1%
03 Veerpal NirwalBJP25,689 15.2%
04 MahrajuddinSP21,083 12.5%
05 Billu Alias JaisinghPECP13,650 8.1%
06 Sanjeev KumarAITC1,807 1.1%
07 Noor AliCPI1,249 0.7%
08 Samsher SinghIJP1,071 0.6%
09 SatbirJP704 0.4%
10 Sethpal SinghRMD665 0.4%
11 SaleemNLP461 0.3%
12 Adesh KumarAIRSP372 0.2%
13 Naveen KumarJKPR349 0.2%
14 DeepakJD(U)302 0.2%
15 Natthan SinghLJP255 0.2%
16 JasweerMKUP214 0.1%

Turnout 61.8%

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 = 1,68,742Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
6.2 pp
Mohd. Aaqil Urf Munna MiyanBahujan Samaj Party
2007
3.8 pp
Rajeev ChannaBharatiya Janata Party
2012
7.5 pp
Jamil Ahmad QasmiBahujan Samaj Party
2017
0.1 pp
Avtar Singh BhadanaBharatiya Janata Party
2022
12.7 pp
Chandan ChauhanRashtriya Lok Dal

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 12.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BJP polled 25,689 votes, 2.0× the 12,733-vote margin.
25,689 ÷ 12,733 = 2.0
The top two polled 59.8% of votes; the other 14 candidates 40.2% between them.
(56,802 + 44,069) ÷ 1,68,742 = 59.8% · 67,871 ÷ 1,68,742 = 40.2%
Turnout of 61.8% was 2.4 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
61.8 − 59.4 = +2.4
The margin widened from 3.8 pp in 2007 to 7.5 pp.
7.5 − 3.8 = +3.7 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 16 candidate lines1,68,742
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,68,742
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