Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Tulsipur

Assembly constituency 291 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#291 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants21

Electors3,28,190

Votes polled1,70,528

Turnout52.0%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerAbdul Mashhood KhanSamajwadi Party67,10539.4% of votes

MARGIN33,710 votes · 19.8 pp67,105 − 33,395

Runner-upSalman Zaheer Bahujan Samaj Party33,39519.6% of votes

SP 66.8% of top-two votesBSP 33.2%

All candidates 21

01 Abdul Mashhood KhanSP67,105 39.4%
02 Salman ZaheerBSP33,395 19.6%
03 Kamlesh Kumar SinghINC31,743 18.6%
04 Hanumant SinghBJP9,884 5.8%
05 Rajeshwar MishraAD8,859 5.2%
06 RaffuIND2,802 1.6%
07 Kaushlendra Nath YogiJD(U)2,368 1.4%
08 Shyam ManoharIND1,760 1.0%
09 Rajit RamIND1,748 1.0%
10 Arun KumarRUC1,176 0.7%
11 PappuRL1,163 0.7%
12 Atma RamBSS1,155 0.7%
13 PujariJKPR1,089 0.6%
14 Triloki NathIND1,021 0.6%
15 SridharIND996 0.6%
16 Akhilesh KumarIND835 0.5%
17 Rajesh KumarIND764 0.4%
18 Mohd. TahirIND728 0.4%
19 MaidaniIND715 0.4%
20 Krishna RamIND650 0.4%
21 SantoshIND572 0.3%

Turnout 52.0%

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 21 candidates = 1,70,528Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
5.6 pp
Vinay ShakyaBahujan Samaj Party
2007
0.2 pp
Dhani RamSamajwadi Party
2012
19.8 pp
Abdul Mashhood KhanSamajwadi Party
2017
9.6 pp
Kailash Nath ShuklaBharatiya Janata Party
2022
17.8 pp
Kailash NathBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 19.8 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 58.9% of votes; the other 19 candidates 41.1% between them.
(67,105 + 33,395) ÷ 1,70,528 = 58.9% · 70,028 ÷ 1,70,528 = 41.1%
Turnout of 52.0% was 7.4 pp below the state's median seat (59.4%).
52.0 − 59.4 = −7.4
The margin widened from 0.2 pp in 2007 to 19.8 pp.
19.8 − 0.2 = +19.6 pp
SP held the seat it won in 2007.
2007 SP · 2012 SP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 21 candidate lines1,70,528
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,70,528
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

Candidates21 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