Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Kapilvastu

Assembly constituency 303 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#303 · SC

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants16

Electors3,83,741

Votes polled1,90,574

Turnout49.7%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerVijay KumarSamajwadi Party78,44941.2% of votes

MARGIN36,896 votes · 19.4 pp78,449 − 41,553

Runner-upSri Ram Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party41,55321.8% of votes

SP 65.4% of top-two votesBJP 34.6%

All candidates 16

01 Vijay KumarSP78,449 41.2%
02 Sri Ram ChauhanBJP41,553 21.8%
03 Pattu Ram AzadBSP32,354 17.0%
04 Kailash PrasadINC11,575 6.1%
05 Manju DeviIND8,783 4.6%
06 Anil KumarIND4,479 2.4%
07 Moti Lal VidyarthiPECP3,521 1.8%
08 Shiv DayalIND1,895 1.0%
09 Atul KumarNCP1,890 1.0%
10 Shiv KumarRL1,246 0.7%
11 JagdishRASHTR1,005 0.5%
12 Laxmi RamESP883 0.5%
13 Paltu RamARVP878 0.5%
14 Rahul Sangh Priya BhartiIJP842 0.4%
15 Devendra NathJD(S)736 0.4%
16 Pingal PrasadSSD485 0.3%

Turnout 49.7%

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 = 1,90,574Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
1.7 pp
Babu Lal KushwahaBahujan Samaj Party
2007
0.2 pp
Vivek Kumar SinghIndian National Congress
2012
19.4 pp
Vijay KumarSamajwadi Party
2017
16.4 pp
Shyam DhaniBharatiya Janata Party
2022
12.4 pp
Shyamdhani RahiBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 19.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 63.0% of votes; the other 14 candidates 37.0% between them.
(78,449 + 41,553) ÷ 1,90,574 = 63.0% · 70,572 ÷ 1,90,574 = 37.0%
Turnout of 49.7% was 9.7 pp below the state's median seat (59.4%).
49.7 − 59.4 = −9.7
The margin widened from 0.2 pp in 2007 to 19.4 pp.
19.4 − 0.2 = +19.2 pp
The seat changed hands: INC in 2007, SP in 2012.
2007 INC · 2012 SP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 16 candidate lines1,90,574
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,90,574
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