Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Bahraich

Assembly constituency 286 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#286 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants16

Electors3,06,036

Votes polled1,72,029

Turnout56.2%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerDr. Waqar Ahmad ShahSamajwadi Party50,75929.5% of votes

MARGIN15,496 votes · 9.0 pp50,759 − 35,263

Runner-upChandra Shekhar Singh Indian National Congress35,26320.5% of votes

SP 59.0% of top-two votesINC 41.0%

All candidates 16

01 Dr. Waqar Ahmad ShahSP50,759 29.5%
02 Chandra Shekhar SinghINC35,263 20.5%
03 Anupama JaiswalBJP32,308 18.8%
04 Shekh Mohd. MushrrafBSP28,054 16.3%
05 Waliulla KhanRUC11,480 6.7%
06 Mohd. ZubairPECP4,114 2.4%
07 Pradeep PandeyAD2,854 1.7%
08 Mohd. Rashid SiddiqueeIND1,823 1.1%
09 IndarRL1,196 0.7%
10 Sajjan AhmadARVP914 0.5%
11 Shamsul HaqLJP855 0.5%
12 Rajneesh KumarJKPR538 0.3%
13 Ziyaulla KhanSSD501 0.3%
14 Tek RamSPI499 0.3%
15 Indra KumarRPI(A)478 0.3%
16 Syed Mohd. Taj AlamJD(S)393 0.2%

Turnout 56.2%

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 = 1,72,029Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
2.7 pp
Madan Singh Alias Santosh KumarBahujan Samaj Party
2007
8.4 pp
Ashok KumarBahujan Samaj Party
2012
9.0 pp
Dr. Waqar Ahmad ShahSamajwadi Party
2017
3.2 pp
Anupma JaiswalBharatiya Janata Party
2022
1.8 pp
Anupma JaiswalBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 9.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BJP polled 32,308 votes, 2.1× the 15,496-vote margin.
32,308 ÷ 15,496 = 2.1
The top two polled 50.0% of votes; the other 14 candidates 50.0% between them.
(50,759 + 35,263) ÷ 1,72,029 = 50.0% · 86,007 ÷ 1,72,029 = 50.0%
Turnout of 56.2% was 3.2 pp below the state's median seat (59.4%).
56.2 − 59.4 = −3.2
The margin widened from 8.4 pp in 2007 to 9.0 pp.
9.0 − 8.4 = +0.6 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 lines1,72,029
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,72,029
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