Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

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Assembly constituency 186 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#186 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants15

Electors2,96,160

Votes polled1,63,038

Turnout55.1%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerGayatri PrasadSamajwadi Party58,43435.8% of votes

MARGIN8,760 votes · 5.4 pp58,434 − 49,674

Runner-upAmeeta Sinh Indian National Congress49,67430.5% of votes

SP 54.1% of top-two votesINC 45.9%

All candidates 15

01 Gayatri PrasadSP58,434 35.8%
02 Ameeta SinhINC49,674 30.5%
03 Ashish ShuklaBSP35,374 21.7%
04 Rashmi SinghBJP8,616 5.3%
05 BhagwandinIND2,501 1.5%
06 HaricharanAD1,643 1.0%
07 Brijesh KumarIND1,530 0.9%
08 AkhileshIND1,391 0.9%
09 Dharmendra KumarBRP962 0.6%
10 Dileep KumarJPS879 0.5%
11 Housila PrasadJD(U)613 0.4%
12 Ajay KumarMSP563 0.3%
13 Ram KhelawanRPI(A)314 0.2%
14 RadheyshyamtripathiRVP293 0.2%
15 Rajendra PrasadJKPR251 0.2%

Turnout 55.1%

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 15 candidates = 1,63,038Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
10.8 pp
Anugrah Narain Alias Khokha SinghSamajwadi Party
2007
5.1 pp
SureshBahujan Samaj Party
2012
5.4 pp
Gayatri PrasadSamajwadi Party
2017
2.7 pp
Garima SinghBharatiya Janata Party
2022
9.6 pp
Maharaji PrajapatiSamajwadi Party

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

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 35,374 votes, 4.0× the 8,760-vote margin.
35,374 ÷ 8,760 = 4.0
The top two polled 66.3% of votes; the other 13 candidates 33.7% between them.
(58,434 + 49,674) ÷ 1,63,038 = 66.3% · 54,930 ÷ 1,63,038 = 33.7%
Turnout of 55.1% was 4.3 pp below the state's median seat (59.4%).
55.1 − 59.4 = −4.3
The margin widened from 5.1 pp in 2007 to 5.4 pp.
5.4 − 5.1 = +0.3 pp
The seat changed hands: BSP in 2007, SP in 2012.
2007 BSP · 2012 SP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 15 candidate lines1,63,038
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,63,038
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

Candidates15 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