Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Bijnor

Assembly constituency 22 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#22 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants24

Electors3,17,824

Votes polled2,09,385

Turnout65.9%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerKunvar BharatendraBharatiya Janata Party68,96932.9% of votes

MARGIN17,836 votes · 8.5 pp68,969 − 51,133

Runner-upMahboob Bahujan Samaj Party51,13324.4% of votes

BJP 57.4% of top-two votesBSP 42.6%

All candidates 24

01 Kunvar BharatendraBJP68,969 32.9%
02 MahboobBSP51,133 24.4%
03 Shahnawaz RanaRLD47,462 22.7%
04 Ruchi ViraSP25,173 12.0%
05 BalaMD4,673 2.2%
06 Virendra KumarIND1,629 0.8%
07 KamalIND1,425 0.7%
08 Shehzad AliIND1,178 0.6%
09 Krishan KumarIND959 0.5%
10 Surendara SinghIJP842 0.4%
11 Anwar BabuAITC825 0.4%
12 Dharmendra SinghIND682 0.3%
13 ChatenramIND678 0.3%
14 Hukam SinghIND555 0.3%
15 MehfoozRL493 0.2%
16 TotaramPICHHR363 0.2%
17 NasirRLNP362 0.2%
18 MehendraIND352 0.2%
19 AnilVJP323 0.2%
20 GhanshyamJKPR313 0.1%
21 FakhruddinSSD299 0.1%
22 Zakir Ali RanaIND260 0.1%
23 Kamar HaidarARVP249 0.1%
24 NetramBSKP188 0.1%

Turnout 65.9%

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 24 candidates = 2,09,385Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
12.0 pp
Beena BhardwajSamajwadi Party
2007
0.4 pp
Sanjay KapoorIndian National Congress
2012
8.5 pp
Kunvar BharatendraBharatiya Janata Party
2017
11.2 pp
SuchiBharatiya Janata Party
2022
0.6 pp
SuchiBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 12.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed RLD polled 47,462 votes, 2.7× the 17,836-vote margin.
47,462 ÷ 17,836 = 2.7
The top two polled 57.4% of votes; the other 22 candidates 42.6% between them.
(68,969 + 51,133) ÷ 2,09,385 = 57.4% · 89,283 ÷ 2,09,385 = 42.6%
Turnout of 65.9% was 6.5 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
65.9 − 59.4 = +6.5
The margin widened from 0.4 pp in 2007 to 8.5 pp.
8.5 − 0.4 = +8.1 pp
The seat changed hands: INC in 2007, BJP in 2012.
2007 INC · 2012 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 24 candidate lines2,09,385
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled2,09,385
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

Candidates24 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