Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Barhaj

Assembly constituency 342 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#342 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants18

Electors2,87,442

Votes polled1,54,835

Turnout53.9%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerPrem Prakash SinghSamajwadi Party65,67242.4% of votes

MARGIN11,776 votes · 7.6 pp65,672 − 53,896

Runner-upRenu Jaiswal Bahujan Samaj Party53,89634.8% of votes

SP 54.9% of top-two votesBSP 45.1%

All candidates 18

01 Prem Prakash SinghSP65,672 42.4%
02 Renu JaiswalBSP53,896 34.8%
03 Narendra MishraBJP9,291 6.0%
04 Durga Prasad MishraPECP8,010 5.2%
05 Virendra Kumar ChaudhariINC5,864 3.8%
06 KashinathCPI2,333 1.5%
07 SudamaSBSP1,336 0.9%
08 Chandra Shekhar SinghIND1,182 0.8%
09 Markende Urf Guddu MallNCP1,049 0.7%
10 VirendraIND837 0.5%
11 Shailendra PandeyIND828 0.5%
12 Ajay PratapRL817 0.5%
13 SureshIND787 0.5%
14 KalaktarCPI(ML)L758 0.5%
15 Vijay Shankar Singh KaushikIND742 0.5%
16 RamchandraIND633 0.4%
17 AnilIJP418 0.3%
18 Dhruv DevJD(U)382 0.2%

Turnout 53.9%

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 18 candidates = 1,54,835Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
16.1 pp
Jagan Prasad GargBharatiya Janata Party
2007
9.3 pp
Jagan Prashad GargBharatiya Janata Party
2012
7.6 pp
Prem Prakash SinghSamajwadi Party
2017
7.0 pp
Suresh TiwariBharatiya Janata Party
2022
9.2 pp
Deepak Kumar MishrBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 16.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 77.2% of votes; the other 16 candidates 22.8% between them.
(65,672 + 53,896) ÷ 1,54,835 = 77.2% · 35,267 ÷ 1,54,835 = 22.8%
Turnout of 53.9% was 5.5 pp below the state's median seat (59.4%).
53.9 − 59.4 = −5.5
The margin narrowed from 9.3 pp in 2007 to 7.6 pp.
7.6 − 9.3 = −1.7 pp
The seat changed hands: BJP in 2007, SP in 2012.
2007 BJP · 2012 SP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 18 candidate lines1,54,835
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,54,835
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