Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

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Assembly constituency 189 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#189 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants16

Electors2,80,731

Votes polled1,67,420

Turnout59.6%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerArun KumarSamajwadi Party71,93943.0% of votes

MARGIN20,907 votes · 12.5 pp71,939 − 51,032

Runner-upRaj Prasad Bahujan Samaj Party51,03230.5% of votes

SP 58.5% of top-two votesBSP 41.5%

All candidates 16

01 Arun KumarSP71,939 43.0%
02 Raj PrasadBSP51,032 30.5%
03 Arjun SinghBJP24,389 14.6%
04 Jai NarayanINC7,174 4.3%
05 Santosh KumarIND2,603 1.6%
06 Virendra KumarIND1,862 1.1%
07 ChhavilalIND1,398 0.8%
08 VirendraIND1,260 0.8%
09 Vansh RajRL989 0.6%
10 Nand LalNCP981 0.6%
11 ManojJD(U)970 0.6%
12 Harendra PratapAD755 0.5%
13 JailalIND743 0.4%
14 Ram PrasadPMSP557 0.3%
15 Ram LaganLJP426 0.3%
16 Ram ChandraRIP342 0.2%

Turnout 59.6%

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 = 1,67,420Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
3.2 pp
Fasiha Murad Lari Alias GajalaBahujan Samaj Party
2007
8.0 pp
Choudhari Fasiha VaseerSamajwadi Party
2012
12.5 pp
Arun KumarSamajwadi Party
2017
10.0 pp
SitaramBharatiya Janata Party
2022
7.8 pp
Raj Prasad UpadhyayBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 12.5 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BJP polled 24,389 votes, 1.2× the 20,907-vote margin.
24,389 ÷ 20,907 = 1.2
The top two polled 73.5% of votes; the other 14 candidates 26.5% between them.
(71,939 + 51,032) ÷ 1,67,420 = 73.5% · 44,449 ÷ 1,67,420 = 26.5%
Turnout of 59.6% was 0.2 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
59.6 − 59.4 = +0.2
The margin widened from 8.0 pp in 2007 to 12.5 pp.
12.5 − 8.0 = +4.5 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 lines1,67,420
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,67,420
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