Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Sambhal

Assembly constituency 33 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#33 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants15

Electors2,95,475

Votes polled1,96,140

Turnout66.4%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerIqbal MehmoodSamajwadi Party79,82040.7% of votes

MARGIN30,047 votes · 15.3 pp79,820 − 49,773

Runner-upRajesh Singhal Bharatiya Janata Party49,77325.4% of votes

SP 61.6% of top-two votesBJP 38.4%

All candidates 15

01 Iqbal MehmoodSP79,820 40.7%
02 Rajesh SinghalBJP49,773 25.4%
03 RafatullaBSP46,220 23.6%
04 H. AzamRLD10,512 5.4%
05 Suresh SinghMD1,965 1.0%
06 Kaleem AshrafMLKSC1,451 0.7%
07 Aihatsham AhmadIND1,289 0.7%
08 Mohammad HamzaAITC1,276 0.7%
09 Sayyad AslamWPI1,141 0.6%
10 SeemaRL871 0.4%
11 Inamur Rehman KhanPECP766 0.4%
12 Haji Rashid HusainIEMC425 0.2%
13 Kallu SinghLJP231 0.1%
14 Qaisar AbbasIOP217 0.1%
15 GayyurJD(U)183 0.1%

Turnout 66.4%

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 15 candidates = 1,96,140Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
2.3 pp
Dharmendra KumarBahujan Samaj Party
2007
2.6 pp
Dharmendra Kumar KashyapSamajwadi Party
2012
15.3 pp
Iqbal MehmoodSamajwadi Party
2017
7.8 pp
Iqbal MehmoodSamajwadi Party
2022
17.1 pp
Iqbal MehmoodSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 17.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 46,220 votes, 1.5× the 30,047-vote margin.
46,220 ÷ 30,047 = 1.5
The top two polled 66.1% of votes; the other 13 candidates 33.9% between them.
(79,820 + 49,773) ÷ 1,96,140 = 66.1% · 66,547 ÷ 1,96,140 = 33.9%
Turnout of 66.4% was 7.0 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
66.4 − 59.4 = +7.0
The margin widened from 2.6 pp in 2007 to 15.3 pp.
15.3 − 2.6 = +12.7 pp
SP held the seat it won in 2007.
2007 SP · 2012 SP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 15 candidate lines1,96,140
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,96,140
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

Candidates15 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