Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Alapur

Assembly constituency 279 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#279 · SC

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants15

Electors2,84,535

Votes polled1,65,835

Turnout58.3%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerBheem Prasad SonkarSamajwadi Party79,84648.1% of votes

MARGIN30,023 votes · 18.1 pp79,846 − 49,823

Runner-upTribhuvan Datt Bahujan Samaj Party49,82330.0% of votes

SP 61.6% of top-two votesBSP 38.4%

All candidates 15

01 Bheem Prasad SonkarSP79,846 48.1%
02 Tribhuvan DattBSP49,823 30.0%
03 Jay Ram VimalINC11,587 7.0%
04 Triveni RamBJP9,902 6.0%
05 JaswantPECP3,927 2.4%
06 Anil KumarJPS2,087 1.3%
07 Ram SingarIND1,944 1.2%
08 IndrawatiMD1,785 1.1%
09 Anita BhaskarMAP993 0.6%
10 Jay RamIND936 0.6%
11 Satya NarayanBRP884 0.5%
12 Suneel KumarNYP712 0.4%
13 Surendra KumarARVP654 0.4%
14 VishramRUC516 0.3%
15 Amit KumarRL239 0.1%

Turnout 58.3%

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 15 candidates = 1,65,835Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
8.3 pp
Arun KumariSamajwadi Party
2007
2.7 pp
Raghu Nath PrasadBahujan Samaj Party
2012
18.1 pp
Bheem Prasad SonkarSamajwadi Party
2017
6.4 pp
AneetaBharatiya Janata Party
2022
4.5 pp
Tribhuwan DuttSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 18.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 78.2% of votes; the other 13 candidates 21.8% between them.
(79,846 + 49,823) ÷ 1,65,835 = 78.2% · 36,166 ÷ 1,65,835 = 21.8%
Turnout of 58.3% was 1.1 pp below the state's median seat (59.4%).
58.3 − 59.4 = −1.1
The margin widened from 2.7 pp in 2007 to 18.1 pp.
18.1 − 2.7 = +15.4 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 15 candidate lines1,65,835
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,65,835
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

Candidates15 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