Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Mahadewa

Assembly constituency 311 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#311 · SC

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants12

Electors3,19,344

Votes polled1,81,503

Turnout56.8%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerRam Karan AryaSamajwadi Party83,20245.8% of votes

MARGIN19,259 votes · 10.6 pp83,202 − 63,943

Runner-upDoodhram Bahujan Samaj Party63,94335.2% of votes

SP 56.5% of top-two votesBSP 43.5%

All candidates 12

01 Ram Karan AryaSP83,202 45.8%
02 DoodhramBSP63,943 35.2%
03 Beena RaiBJP10,816 6.0%
04 Gauri ShankarINC7,889 4.3%
05 Kripa SankarSBSP4,797 2.6%
06 LavkushIND3,848 2.1%
07 GowardhanPECP3,089 1.7%
08 Sanjay KumarSHS1,391 0.8%
09 Raj KumarIJP794 0.4%
10 Ram PrakashRL706 0.4%
11 KamleshSSD518 0.3%
12 Chhedi PrasadBSPK510 0.3%

Turnout 56.8%

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 12 candidates = 1,81,503Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
6.5 pp
Birendra Singh Bund BhagatrajaIndian National Congress
2007
10.8 pp
Engineer Nathu Ram KushwahaBahujan Samaj Party
2012
10.6 pp
Ram Karan AryaSamajwadi Party
2017
13.1 pp
Ravi Kumar SonkarBharatiya Janata Party
2022
2.6 pp
DudhramSuheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party

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

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 81.1% of votes; the other 10 candidates 18.9% between them.
(83,202 + 63,943) ÷ 1,81,503 = 81.1% · 34,358 ÷ 1,81,503 = 18.9%
Turnout of 56.8% was 2.6 pp below the state's median seat (59.4%).
56.8 − 59.4 = −2.6
The margin narrowed from 10.8 pp in 2007 to 10.6 pp.
10.6 − 10.8 = −0.2 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 12 candidate lines1,81,503
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,81,503
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

Candidates12 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