Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Salempur

Assembly constituency 341 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#341 · SC

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants17

Electors3,08,479

Votes polled1,41,695

Turnout45.9%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerManbodhSamajwadi Party47,88433.8% of votes

MARGIN16,158 votes · 11.4 pp47,884 − 31,726

Runner-upVijaylaxmi Bharatiya Janata Party31,72622.4% of votes

SP 60.1% of top-two votesBJP 39.9%

All candidates 17

01 ManbodhSP47,884 33.8%
02 VijaylaxmiBJP31,726 22.4%
03 ValiramBSP28,615 20.2%
04 Ram AdharINC10,096 7.1%
05 UdaipratapPECP7,552 5.3%
06 SatishCPI(M)3,526 2.5%
07 BhagirathiJD(U)2,708 1.9%
08 ShivchandSBSP2,412 1.7%
09 SubhashIND1,418 1.0%
10 SadabrikshIND1,260 0.9%
11 SheshnathIND1,061 0.7%
12 RamkripalIND793 0.6%
13 RambadanLJP651 0.5%
14 KashiASP603 0.4%
15 RajeshLKD517 0.4%
16 ShantiIND495 0.3%
17 VibhutiRL378 0.3%

Turnout 45.9%

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 17 candidates = 1,41,695Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
1.7 pp
Mohammad BasheerBahujan Samaj Party
2007
3.5 pp
Julfikar Ahmed BhuttoBahujan Samaj Party
2012
11.4 pp
ManbodhSamajwadi Party
2017
16.0 pp
Kali PrasadBharatiya Janata Party
2022
9.4 pp
Bijaylaxmi GautamBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 16.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 28,615 votes, 1.8× the 16,158-vote margin.
28,615 ÷ 16,158 = 1.8
The top two polled 56.2% of votes; the other 15 candidates 43.8% between them.
(47,884 + 31,726) ÷ 1,41,695 = 56.2% · 62,085 ÷ 1,41,695 = 43.8%
Turnout of 45.9% was 13.5 pp below the state's median seat (59.4%).
45.9 − 59.4 = −13.5
The margin widened from 3.5 pp in 2007 to 11.4 pp.
11.4 − 3.5 = +7.9 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 17 candidate lines1,41,695
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,41,695
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

Candidates17 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