Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Didarganj

Assembly constituency 350 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#350 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants12

Electors3,22,374

Votes polled1,76,037

Turnout54.6%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerAdil SheikhSamajwadi Party64,36136.6% of votes

MARGIN2,227 votes · 1.3 pp64,361 − 62,134

Runner-upSukhdev Rajbhar Bahujan Samaj Party62,13435.3% of votes

SP 50.9% of top-two votesBSP 49.1%

All candidates 12

01 Adil SheikhSP64,361 36.6%
02 Sukhdev RajbharBSP62,134 35.3%
03 BhupendraRUC34,174 19.4%
04 Shyam Sundar ChauhanBJP3,187 1.8%
05 ArvindRL2,569 1.5%
06 Mohd. AtaharINC2,432 1.4%
07 SushilaSBSP2,380 1.4%
08 SureshIND1,865 1.1%
09 PheraiIND988 0.6%
10 Lalta ChauhanJPS877 0.5%
11 KamleshLJP577 0.3%
12 Kunj Bihari YadavRASHTR493 0.3%

Turnout 54.6%

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 12 candidates = 1,76,037Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
9.9 pp
Prem SinghRashtriya Lok Dal
2007
8.0 pp
Raj Kumar RawatBahujan Samaj Party
2012
1.3 pp
Adil SheikhSamajwadi Party
2017
2.0 pp
Sukhdev RajbharBahujan Samaj Party
2022
6.8 pp
KamalkantSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 9.9 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed RUC polled 34,174 votes, 15× the 2,227-vote margin.
34,174 ÷ 2,227 = 15.3
The top two polled 71.9% of votes; the other 10 candidates 28.1% between them.
(64,361 + 62,134) ÷ 1,76,037 = 71.9% · 49,542 ÷ 1,76,037 = 28.1%
Turnout of 54.6% was 4.8 pp below the state's median seat (59.4%).
54.6 − 59.4 = −4.8
The margin narrowed from 8.0 pp in 2007 to 1.3 pp.
1.3 − 8.0 = −6.7 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 12 candidate lines1,76,037
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,76,037
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

Candidates12 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