Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Balamau

Assembly constituency 160 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#160 · SC

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants16

Electors3,23,909

Votes polled1,77,294

Turnout54.7%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerAnil VermaSamajwadi Party67,80038.2% of votes

MARGIN173 votes · 0.1 pp67,800 − 67,627

Runner-upRampal Verma Bahujan Samaj Party67,62738.1% of votes

SP 50.1% of top-two votesBSP 49.9%

All candidates 16

01 Anil VermaSP67,800 38.2%
02 Rampal VermaBSP67,627 38.1%
03 Surendra KumarNCP13,720 7.7%
04 Ram Ashray PrasadINC12,076 6.8%
05 Raj Kishor VermaBJP2,725 1.5%
06 Vinod KumarIND2,187 1.2%
07 Saheb LalIND2,066 1.2%
08 M.L.AarPECP1,554 0.9%
09 Ram LakhanIND1,363 0.8%
10 Shrikrishna VermaIND1,191 0.7%
11 Prem SagarRASHTR1,188 0.7%
12 Rajendra PrasadIND939 0.5%
13 Anoop ChaudharyAITC771 0.4%
14 Rajendra KumarIND752 0.4%
15 Kaushal KishorRL738 0.4%
16 RameshLJP597 0.3%

Turnout 54.7%

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 = 1,77,294Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
8.6 pp
Abdul KalamSamajwadi Party
2007
5.4 pp
Abdul KalamSamajwadi Party
2012
0.1 pp
Anil VermaSamajwadi Party
2017
12.3 pp
Ram Pal VermaBharatiya Janata Party
2022
13.9 pp
Rampal VermaBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 13.9 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed NCP polled 13,720 votes, 79× the 173-vote margin.
13,720 ÷ 173 = 79.3
The top two polled 76.4% of votes; the other 14 candidates 23.6% between them.
(67,800 + 67,627) ÷ 1,77,294 = 76.4% · 41,867 ÷ 1,77,294 = 23.6%
Turnout of 54.7% was 4.7 pp below the state's median seat (59.4%).
54.7 − 59.4 = −4.7
The margin narrowed from 5.4 pp in 2007 to 0.1 pp.
0.1 − 5.4 = −5.3 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 16 candidate lines1,77,294
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,77,294
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