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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Goshainganj

Assembly constituency 276 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#276 · GEN
Poll date23 Feb 2012
Contestants14
Electors3,45,742
Votes polled2,09,129
Turnout60.5%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerAbhay SinghSamajwadi Party1,22,23558.4% of votes
MARGIN58,681 votes · 28.1 pp1,22,235 − 63,554
Runner-upIndra Pratap Urf Khabbu Tiwari Bahujan Samaj Party63,55430.4% of votes
SP 65.8% of top-two votesBSP 34.2%

All candidates 14

  1. 01 Abhay SinghSP1,22,235 58.4%
  2. 02 Indra Pratap Urf Khabbu TiwariBSP63,554 30.4%
  3. 03 Sitaram NishadINC7,463 3.6%
  4. 04 Gokran DivediBJP4,555 2.2%
  5. 05 Sudhir KumarIND3,780 1.8%
  6. 06 Madhuri SinghAD3,582 1.7%
  7. 07 Satyendra KumarIND1,058 0.5%
  8. 08 Vijay BahadurIND842 0.4%
  9. 09 Shiv KumarIND510 0.2%
  10. 10 Shalini SinghRL393 0.2%
  11. 11 Shiv PrakashLJP341 0.2%
  12. 12 SangeetaMAP294 0.1%
  13. 13 Rajdev PatelJD(U)262 0.1%
  14. 14 Suneet Kumar SinghNP260 0.1%

Turnout 60.5%

025507510060.5%TURNOUT◦ state median 59.4%

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 = 2,09,129Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

  1. 2002
    6.4 pp
    Prem Lata KatiyarBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2007
    0.5 pp
    Premlata KatiyarBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2012
    28.1 pp
    Abhay SinghSamajwadi Party
  4. 2017
    5.2 pp
    Indra Pratap Alias Khabbu TiwariBharatiya Janata Party
  5. 2022
    5.5 pp
    Abhay SinghSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 28.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 88.8% of votes; the other 12 candidates 11.2% between them.

    (1,22,235 + 63,554) ÷ 2,09,129 = 88.8% · 23,340 ÷ 2,09,129 = 11.2%

  2. Turnout of 60.5% was 1.1 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).

    60.5 − 59.4 = +1.1

  3. The margin widened from 0.5 pp in 2007 to 28.1 pp.

    28.1 − 0.5 = +27.6 pp

  4. The seat changed hands: BJP in 2007, SP in 2012.

    2007 BJP · 2012 SP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 14 candidate lines2,09,129
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled2,09,129
  • 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

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