Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Jalalpur

Assembly constituency 280 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#280 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants16

Electors3,45,001

Votes polled2,12,875

Turnout61.7%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerSher BahadurSamajwadi Party89,26741.9% of votes

MARGIN17,264 votes · 8.1 pp89,267 − 72,003

Runner-upRitesh Pandey Bahujan Samaj Party72,00333.8% of votes

SP 55.4% of top-two votesBSP 44.6%

All candidates 16

01 Sher BahadurSP89,267 41.9%
02 Ritesh PandeyBSP72,003 33.8%
03 BheemSBSP19,862 9.3%
04 ArunBJP12,903 6.1%
05 Arvind KumarINC8,182 3.8%
06 Afsar MehadiAD2,185 1.0%
07 Uday BhanMD1,247 0.6%
08 KalawatiIND1,204 0.6%
09 Ravindra KumarIND1,203 0.6%
10 MahendraARVP1,089 0.5%
11 RamboojhNCP976 0.5%
12 Ashok KumarGSPS650 0.3%
13 KapildevJD(U)586 0.3%
14 Santosh KumarMAP576 0.3%
15 Kunwar KrisnakantRL570 0.3%
16 ArvindNYP372 0.2%

Turnout 61.7%

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 16 candidates = 2,12,875Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
0.8 pp
Mahesh ChandraIndependent
2007
17.1 pp
Mithlesh KumariBahujan Samaj Party
2012
8.1 pp
Sher BahadurSamajwadi Party
2017
5.4 pp
Ritesh PandeyBahujan Samaj Party
2022
5.3 pp
Rakesh PandeySamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 17.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed SBSP polled 19,862 votes, 1.2× the 17,264-vote margin.
19,862 ÷ 17,264 = 1.2
The top two polled 75.8% of votes; the other 14 candidates 24.2% between them.
(89,267 + 72,003) ÷ 2,12,875 = 75.8% · 51,605 ÷ 2,12,875 = 24.2%
Turnout of 61.7% was 2.3 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
61.7 − 59.4 = +2.3
The margin narrowed from 17.1 pp in 2007 to 8.1 pp.
8.1 − 17.1 = −9.0 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 16 candidate lines2,12,875
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled2,12,875
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

Candidates16 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