Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Ram Nagar

Assembly constituency 267 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#267 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants18

Electors2,97,099

Votes polled2,01,745

Turnout67.9%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerArvind Kumar Singh #gop#Samajwadi Party77,42838.4% of votes

MARGIN32,224 votes · 16.0 pp77,428 − 45,204

Runner-upAmresh Kumar Bahujan Samaj Party45,20422.4% of votes

SP 63.1% of top-two votesBSP 36.9%

All candidates 18

01 Arvind Kumar Singh #gop#SP77,428 38.4%
02 Amresh KumarBSP45,204 22.4%
03 Kunwar.Ramveer SinghINC37,257 18.5%
04 Manoj KumarPECP17,876 8.9%
05 Ram Sajivan VermaBJP7,439 3.7%
06 Bhartendu Alias NanheylalIND3,383 1.7%
07 MakardhunIND2,563 1.3%
08 Shiv RamIND2,302 1.1%
09 Jai NathIND1,954 1.0%
10 Awadh RamIND1,937 1.0%
11 Puspa ShahiNLP650 0.3%
12 AkilIND610 0.3%
13 Ram LakhanMSP598 0.3%
14 Ashok KumarRASHTR543 0.3%
15 Dr.Hari Nam SinghJKPR540 0.3%
16 Vivek MishraRL507 0.3%
17 Nirmla Devi SharmaLJP501 0.2%
18 Nand Kishore MishraRPI(A)453 0.2%

Turnout 67.9%

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 18 candidates = 2,01,745Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
2.5 pp
Ayodhya Prasad PalBahujan Samaj Party
2007
8.5 pp
Ayodhya Prasad PalBahujan Samaj Party
2012
16.0 pp
Arvind Kumar Singh #gop#Samajwadi Party
2017
10.3 pp
Sharad Kumar AwasthiBharatiya Janata Party
2022
0.1 pp
Fareed Mahfooz KidwaiSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 16.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed INC polled 37,257 votes, 1.2× the 32,224-vote margin.
37,257 ÷ 32,224 = 1.2
The top two polled 60.8% of votes; the other 16 candidates 39.2% between them.
(77,428 + 45,204) ÷ 2,01,745 = 60.8% · 79,113 ÷ 2,01,745 = 39.2%
Turnout of 67.9% was 8.5 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
67.9 − 59.4 = +8.5
The margin widened from 8.5 pp in 2007 to 16.0 pp.
16.0 − 8.5 = +7.5 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 18 candidate lines2,01,745
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled2,01,745
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