Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Khajani

Assembly constituency 325 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#325 · SC

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants18

Electors3,25,282

Votes polled1,65,073

Turnout50.7%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerSant PrasadBharatiya Janata Party57,92035.1% of votes

MARGIN9,436 votes · 5.7 pp57,920 − 48,484

Runner-upRam Samujh Bahujan Samaj Party48,48429.4% of votes

BJP 54.4% of top-two votesBSP 45.6%

All candidates 18

01 Sant PrasadBJP57,920 35.1%
02 Ram SamujhBSP48,484 29.4%
03 DashrathSP30,153 18.3%
04 Raj Narayan PasiINC9,067 5.5%
05 ShambhuPECP4,736 2.9%
06 RajdevIND2,364 1.4%
07 RajkumarNCP1,639 1.0%
08 Arvind Kumar PaswanLJP1,636 1.0%
09 Satish KumarBSPK1,291 0.8%
10 BhikhariIND1,233 0.7%
11 Shyam CharanCPI(ML)L1,163 0.7%
12 SwaminathASP1,109 0.7%
13 Ravi ShankarRKSP1,033 0.6%
14 RamchandraIND967 0.6%
15 Sant PrasadIND795 0.5%
16 MukhrajBRP542 0.3%
17 Indra DevLKD484 0.3%
18 RamyashJD(U)457 0.3%

Turnout 50.7%

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 18 candidates = 1,65,073Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
0.4 pp
Jaibir SinghBahujan Samaj Party
2007
2.0 pp
Jaivir SinghBahujan Samaj Party
2012
5.7 pp
Sant PrasadBharatiya Janata Party
2017
10.8 pp
Sant PrasadBharatiya Janata Party
2022
18.8 pp
Shriram ChauhanBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 18.8 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed SP polled 30,153 votes, 3.2× the 9,436-vote margin.
30,153 ÷ 9,436 = 3.2
The top two polled 64.5% of votes; the other 16 candidates 35.5% between them.
(57,920 + 48,484) ÷ 1,65,073 = 64.5% · 58,669 ÷ 1,65,073 = 35.5%
Turnout of 50.7% was 8.7 pp below the state's median seat (59.4%).
50.7 − 59.4 = −8.7
The margin widened from 2.0 pp in 2007 to 5.7 pp.
5.7 − 2.0 = +3.7 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 lines1,65,073
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,65,073
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