Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Saharanpur Nagar

Assembly constituency 3 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#3 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants18

Electors3,49,364

Votes polled2,19,492

Turnout62.8%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerRaghav LakhanpalBharatiya Janata Party85,17038.8% of votes

MARGIN12,626 votes · 5.8 pp85,170 − 72,544

Runner-upSaleem Ahmed Indian National Congress72,54433.1% of votes

BJP 54.0% of top-two votesINC 46.0%

All candidates 18

01 Raghav LakhanpalBJP85,170 38.8%
02 Saleem AhmedINC72,544 33.1%
03 Sanjaya GargBSP36,140 16.5%
04 MazahirhasanSP19,755 9.0%
05 SikanderIND1,055 0.5%
06 SanjayBSPA920 0.4%
07 DaudIND579 0.3%
08 SubhashNCP509 0.2%
09 Rashid AnsariPECP465 0.2%
10 Sandeep GuptaIND464 0.2%
11 Ch. Izhar BabluRUC385 0.2%
12 Mohd. ArifIND345 0.2%
13 Abhinandan PathakVJP292 0.1%
14 Shiv Kumar GuptaRVP220 0.1%
15 Deepak JatavLJP190 0.1%
16 PawanJKPR184 0.1%
17 SaahiramRL163 0.1%
18 Geetali KaushikRPI(A)112 0.1%

Turnout 62.8%

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 18 candidates = 2,19,492Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
0.4 pp
Indra DevBharatiya Janata Party
2007
5.0 pp
Muhammad GaziBahujan Samaj Party
2012
5.8 pp
Raghav LakhanpalBharatiya Janata Party
2017
1.7 pp
Sanjay GargSamajwadi Party
2022
2.5 pp
Rajeev GumberBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 5.8 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 36,140 votes, 2.9× the 12,626-vote margin.
36,140 ÷ 12,626 = 2.9
The top two polled 71.9% of votes; the other 16 candidates 28.1% between them.
(85,170 + 72,544) ÷ 2,19,492 = 71.9% · 61,778 ÷ 2,19,492 = 28.1%
Turnout of 62.8% was 3.4 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
62.8 − 59.4 = +3.4
The margin widened from 5.0 pp in 2007 to 5.8 pp.
5.8 − 5.0 = +0.8 pp
The seat changed hands: BSP in 2007, BJP in 2012.
2007 BSP · 2012 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 18 candidate lines2,19,492
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled2,19,492
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

Candidates18 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