Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

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Assembly constituency 315 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#315 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants20

Electors3,03,960

Votes polled1,82,318

Turnout60.0%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerBajrang Bahadur SinghBharatiya Janata Party47,92126.3% of votes

MARGIN13,335 votes · 7.3 pp47,921 − 34,586

Runner-upVirendra Chaudhary Indian National Congress34,58619.0% of votes

BJP 58.1% of top-two votesINC 41.9%

All candidates 20

01 Bajrang Bahadur SinghBJP47,921 26.3%
02 Virendra ChaudharyINC34,586 19.0%
03 ParsuramBSP34,065 18.7%
04 Shyam NarainSP26,006 14.3%
05 Ram Prakash SinghPECP23,438 12.9%
06 Jitendra SharmaIND2,245 1.2%
07 Vinod ManiCPI(ML)L1,835 1.0%
08 Prem ShankerBKD1,752 1.0%
09 Satyendra PratapIND1,304 0.7%
10 Vijay SinghJD(U)1,258 0.7%
11 Shashi BhooshanLKD1,227 0.7%
12 Arvind Kumar Mishra AdvocateNCP1,191 0.7%
13 Shiv PoojanIND1,002 0.5%
14 UpendraRPI(A)983 0.5%
15 GurudyalIND648 0.4%
16 Ram ShakalIND633 0.3%
17 Kailash ChandraRL611 0.3%
18 ManindraJKPR608 0.3%
19 Gulraj Urf GulabrajAIMF548 0.3%
20 Pawan KumarIND457 0.3%

Turnout 60.0%

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 20 candidates = 1,82,318Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
8.6 pp
Brijendra Kumar Vyas "damdam Mahraj"Bahujan Samaj Party
2007
9.0 pp
Deep Narayan SinghSamajwadi Party
2012
7.3 pp
Bajrang Bahadur SinghBharatiya Janata Party
2017
1.2 pp
Bajrang Bahadur SinghBharatiya Janata Party
2022
0.6 pp
Virendra ChaudharyIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 9.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 34,065 votes, 2.6× the 13,335-vote margin.
34,065 ÷ 13,335 = 2.6
The top two polled 45.3% of votes; the other 18 candidates 54.7% between them.
(47,921 + 34,586) ÷ 1,82,318 = 45.3% · 99,811 ÷ 1,82,318 = 54.7%
Turnout of 60.0% was 0.6 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
60.0 − 59.4 = +0.6
The margin narrowed from 9.0 pp in 2007 to 7.3 pp.
7.3 − 9.0 = −1.7 pp
The seat changed hands: SP in 2007, BJP in 2012.
2007 SP · 2012 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 20 candidate lines1,82,318
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,82,318
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

Candidates20 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