Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Charkhari

Assembly constituency 231 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#231 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants18

Electors3,13,564

Votes polled1,92,365

Turnout61.3%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerUma BhartiBharatiya Janata Party66,88834.8% of votes

MARGIN25,265 votes · 13.1 pp66,888 − 41,623

Runner-upKaptan Singh Samajwadi Party41,62321.6% of votes

BJP 61.6% of top-two votesSP 38.4%

All candidates 18

01 Uma BhartiBJP66,888 34.8%
02 Kaptan SinghSP41,623 21.6%
03 Choudhari DhooramBSP41,358 21.5%
04 Ram JeevanINC22,531 11.7%
05 RampalIND3,830 2.0%
06 Om WatiRSD2,853 1.5%
07 Kuldip KumarIND2,270 1.2%
08 RamlalIND1,684 0.9%
09 Amit KumarAITC1,380 0.7%
10 Susheel KumarIND1,288 0.7%
11 Raj Kumar SinghIND1,195 0.6%
12 Vimala DeviLJP1,071 0.6%
13 Pavan KumarJKPR943 0.5%
14 SivkarnNLP849 0.4%
15 Jagdish Prasad DixitRVP763 0.4%
16 MukeshRL661 0.3%
17 Tej SinghASP621 0.3%
18 MohanVJP557 0.3%

Turnout 61.3%

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 18 candidates = 1,92,365Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
3.7 pp
Uday Bhan SinghBahujan Samaj Party
2007
1.7 pp
Rang Nath MishraBahujan Samaj Party
2012
13.1 pp
Uma BhartiBharatiya Janata Party
2017
20.9 pp
Brijbhushan Rajpoot Alias Guddu BhaiyaBharatiya Janata Party
2022
19.0 pp
Brijbhushan RajputBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 20.9 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 41,358 votes, 1.6× the 25,265-vote margin.
41,358 ÷ 25,265 = 1.6
The top two polled 56.4% of votes; the other 16 candidates 43.6% between them.
(66,888 + 41,623) ÷ 1,92,365 = 56.4% · 83,854 ÷ 1,92,365 = 43.6%
Turnout of 61.3% was 1.9 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
61.3 − 59.4 = +1.9
The margin widened from 1.7 pp in 2007 to 13.1 pp.
13.1 − 1.7 = +11.4 pp
The seat changed hands: BSP in 2007, BJP in 2012.
2007 BSP · 2012 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 18 candidate lines1,92,365
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,92,365
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

Candidates18 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