Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Mehnaun

Assembly constituency 295 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#295 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants16

Electors3,18,737

Votes polled1,78,964

Turnout56.1%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerNandita ShuklaSamajwadi Party71,66740.0% of votes

MARGIN33,044 votes · 18.5 pp71,667 − 38,623

Runner-upArshad Ali Khan Bahujan Samaj Party38,62321.6% of votes

SP 65.0% of top-two votesBSP 35.0%

All candidates 16

01 Nandita ShuklaSP71,667 40.0%
02 Arshad Ali KhanBSP38,623 21.6%
03 Pratibha SinghPECP33,114 18.5%
04 Ram Udar VermaBJP8,584 4.8%
05 Madan Mohan ChaudharyINC8,400 4.7%
06 Rajeev KumarNCP6,080 3.4%
07 Hanoman Prasad MishraIND3,104 1.7%
08 DashrathIND2,021 1.1%
09 Smt. MeenuCPI1,591 0.9%
10 Mohd. Kasim KhanIND1,117 0.6%
11 Ghanshyam YadavRL1,022 0.6%
12 Ram Muneejar ChaudharyJKPR947 0.5%
13 Tribhuwan Dutta PatelSSD888 0.5%
14 KuldeepQED622 0.3%
15 TularamSPI618 0.3%
16 Om PrakashIND566 0.3%

Turnout 56.1%

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 = 1,78,964Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
1.4 pp
Jamaluddin SiddiquiSamajwadi Party
2007
12.3 pp
Tahir Hussain SiddikiBahujan Samaj Party
2012
18.5 pp
Nandita ShuklaSamajwadi Party
2017
17.7 pp
Vinay KumarBharatiya Janata Party
2022
10.9 pp
Vinay KumarBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 18.5 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed PECP polled 33,114 votes, 1.0× the 33,044-vote margin.
33,114 ÷ 33,044 = 1.0
The top two polled 61.6% of votes; the other 14 candidates 38.4% between them.
(71,667 + 38,623) ÷ 1,78,964 = 61.6% · 68,674 ÷ 1,78,964 = 38.4%
Turnout of 56.1% was 3.3 pp below the state's median seat (59.4%).
56.1 − 59.4 = −3.3
The margin widened from 12.3 pp in 2007 to 18.5 pp.
18.5 − 12.3 = +6.2 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 lines1,78,964
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,78,964
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