Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

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Assembly constituency 221 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#221 · SC

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants16

Electors4,11,457

Votes polled2,37,444

Turnout57.7%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerDayashankarSamajwadi Party67,29828.3% of votes

MARGIN7,133 votes · 3.0 pp67,298 − 60,165

Runner-upSatyendra Pratap Bahujan Samaj Party60,16525.3% of votes

SP 52.8% of top-two votesBSP 47.2%

All candidates 16

01 DayashankarSP67,298 28.3%
02 Satyendra PratapBSP60,165 25.3%
03 GaurishankarBJP45,349 19.1%
04 Dr. RamadhinINC31,952 13.5%
05 Shambhoo DayalMD12,769 5.4%
06 Vijay ChaudharyJD(U)7,036 3.0%
07 PoonamNLP4,070 1.7%
08 KailashIND1,904 0.8%
09 KishorilalBC1,426 0.6%
10 RamprakashCPI(ML)L1,144 0.5%
11 Satnam SinghRL1,086 0.5%
12 BhagwandinRUC770 0.3%
13 Kunwarpal SinghIJP697 0.3%
14 Rajesh KumarBRP696 0.3%
15 Yashvant SinghHP550 0.2%
16 PrahladRJD532 0.2%

Turnout 57.7%

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 = 2,37,444Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
0.0 pp
Prabhu NarayanSamajwadi Party
2007
11.7 pp
Sushil KumarBahujan Samaj Party
2012
3.0 pp
DayashankarSamajwadi Party
2017
30.0 pp
Gauri ShankarBharatiya Janata Party
2022
14.0 pp
Gauri ShankarBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 30.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BJP polled 45,349 votes, 6.4× the 7,133-vote margin.
45,349 ÷ 7,133 = 6.4
The top two polled 53.7% of votes; the other 14 candidates 46.3% between them.
(67,298 + 60,165) ÷ 2,37,444 = 53.7% · 1,09,981 ÷ 2,37,444 = 46.3%
Turnout of 57.7% was 1.7 pp below the state's median seat (59.4%).
57.7 − 59.4 = −1.7
The margin narrowed from 11.7 pp in 2007 to 3.0 pp.
3.0 − 11.7 = −8.7 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 16 candidate lines2,37,444
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled2,37,444
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