Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Chandpur

Assembly constituency 23 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#23 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants14

Electors2,78,379

Votes polled1,88,165

Turnout67.6%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerIqbalBahujan Samaj Party54,94129.2% of votes

MARGIN15,013 votes · 8.0 pp54,941 − 39,928

Runner-upShairbaz Khan Samajwadi Party39,92821.2% of votes

BSP 57.9% of top-two votesSP 42.1%

All candidates 14

01 IqbalBSP54,941 29.2%
02 Shairbaz KhanSP39,928 21.2%
03 Kavita SinghBJP36,941 19.6%
04 Arvind KumarMD31,495 16.7%
05 Swami OmveshRLD16,016 8.5%
06 Surendra SinghPECP2,078 1.1%
07 Shahid Hussain AnsariIND2,077 1.1%
08 Satya PalRMD1,121 0.6%
09 Mohd FarooqAITC1,046 0.6%
10 LokendraRPI(A)965 0.5%
11 A. KalamMKUP496 0.3%
12 Shabana ParveenIND492 0.3%
13 Rajpal SinghRL356 0.2%
14 DineshRNP213 0.1%

Turnout 67.6%

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 14 candidates = 1,88,165Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
8.4 pp
Kashi RamSamajwadi Party
2007
3.9 pp
Kashi RamBharatiya Janata Party
2012
8.0 pp
IqbalBahujan Samaj Party
2017
16.4 pp
Kamlesh SainiBharatiya Janata Party
2022
0.1 pp
Swami OmveshSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 16.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BJP polled 36,941 votes, 2.5× the 15,013-vote margin.
36,941 ÷ 15,013 = 2.5
The top two polled 50.4% of votes; the other 12 candidates 49.6% between them.
(54,941 + 39,928) ÷ 1,88,165 = 50.4% · 93,296 ÷ 1,88,165 = 49.6%
Turnout of 67.6% was 8.2 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
67.6 − 59.4 = +8.2
The margin widened from 3.9 pp in 2007 to 8.0 pp.
8.0 − 3.9 = +4.1 pp
The seat changed hands: BJP in 2007, BSP in 2012.
2007 BJP · 2012 BSP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 14 candidate lines1,88,165
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,88,165
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

Candidates14 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