Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Balrampur

Assembly constituency 294 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#294 · SC

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants14

Electors3,56,376

Votes polled1,62,653

Turnout45.6%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerJagram PaswanSamajwadi Party47,12029.0% of votes

MARGIN18,262 votes · 11.2 pp47,120 − 28,858

Runner-upRamapati Shastri Bharatiya Janata Party28,85817.7% of votes

SP 62.0% of top-two votesBJP 38.0%

All candidates 14

01 Jagram PaswanSP47,120 29.0%
02 Ramapati ShastriBJP28,858 17.7%
03 Ram Sagar AkelaBSP28,716 17.7%
04 SitaramPECP23,031 14.2%
05 ShivlalINC21,536 13.2%
06 RamprasadIND3,773 2.3%
07 MevalalIND2,164 1.3%
08 Hari RamBSS1,880 1.2%
09 Hanuman PrasadNCP1,440 0.9%
10 Shyam SundarSBSP1,431 0.9%
11 SavitriJKPR892 0.5%
12 LakhanLJP792 0.5%
13 Nityanand RaoJD(U)546 0.3%
14 BalramRL474 0.3%

Turnout 45.6%

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 = 1,62,653Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
6.4 pp
Ram Prakash TripathiBharatiya Janata Party
2007
3.5 pp
Arvind SinghSamajwadi Party
2012
11.2 pp
Jagram PaswanSamajwadi Party
2017
13.1 pp
PalturamBharatiya Janata Party
2022
5.4 pp
Paltoo RamBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 13.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 28,716 votes, 1.6× the 18,262-vote margin.
28,716 ÷ 18,262 = 1.6
The top two polled 46.7% of votes; the other 12 candidates 53.3% between them.
(47,120 + 28,858) ÷ 1,62,653 = 46.7% · 86,675 ÷ 1,62,653 = 53.3%
Turnout of 45.6% was 13.8 pp below the state's median seat (59.4%).
45.6 − 59.4 = −13.8
The margin widened from 3.5 pp in 2007 to 11.2 pp.
11.2 − 3.5 = +7.7 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 14 candidate lines1,62,653
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,62,653
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