Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Azamgarh

Assembly constituency 347 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#347 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants16

Electors3,41,273

Votes polled1,85,680

Turnout54.4%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerDurga Prasad YadavSamajwadi Party93,62950.4% of votes

MARGIN31,441 votes · 16.9 pp93,629 − 62,188

Runner-upSarvesh Singh Sipu Bahujan Samaj Party62,18833.5% of votes

SP 60.1% of top-two votesBSP 39.9%

All candidates 16

01 Durga Prasad YadavSP93,629 50.4%
02 Sarvesh Singh SipuBSP62,188 33.5%
03 Jai NathBJP8,577 4.6%
04 Karuna Kant MishraINC6,639 3.6%
05 Harikesh Vikram ShrivastavIND4,221 2.3%
06 Ravindra Nath TiwariRUC2,575 1.4%
07 BijendraRL2,486 1.3%
08 AmirQED1,226 0.7%
09 HarishchandraNCP740 0.4%
10 SatyendraBRP633 0.3%
11 Dev MuniIND628 0.3%
12 Jameel Ahmad AzamiCPI625 0.3%
13 Pramod Singh Alias GudduABHM610 0.3%
14 BashishthaLJP426 0.2%
15 Nirbhaya Kumar SinghARVP272 0.1%
16 Pushpa RaiRSVC205 0.1%

Turnout 54.4%

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 16 candidates = 1,85,680Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
6.7 pp
Pradeep MathurIndian National Congress
2007
17.2 pp
Prdeep MathurIndian National Congress
2012
16.9 pp
Durga Prasad YadavSamajwadi Party
2017
12.4 pp
Durga PrasadSamajwadi Party
2022
6.8 pp
Durga Prasad YadavSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 17.2 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 83.9% of votes; the other 14 candidates 16.1% between them.
(93,629 + 62,188) ÷ 1,85,680 = 83.9% · 29,863 ÷ 1,85,680 = 16.1%
Turnout of 54.4% was 5.0 pp below the state's median seat (59.4%).
54.4 − 59.4 = −5.0
The margin narrowed from 17.2 pp in 2007 to 16.9 pp.
16.9 − 17.2 = −0.3 pp
The seat changed hands: INC in 2007, SP in 2012.
2007 INC · 2012 SP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 16 candidate lines1,85,680
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,85,680
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

Candidates16 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