Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Ghosi

Assembly constituency 354 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#354 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants14

Electors3,67,099

Votes polled2,07,663

Turnout56.6%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerSudhakarSamajwadi Party73,68835.5% of votes

MARGIN15,544 votes · 7.5 pp73,688 − 58,144

Runner-upFagu Chauhan Bahujan Samaj Party58,14428.0% of votes

SP 55.9% of top-two votesBSP 44.1%

All candidates 14

01 SudhakarSP73,688 35.5%
02 Fagu ChauhanBSP58,144 28.0%
03 Mukhtar AnsariQED44,645 21.5%
04 NeelamJPS19,521 9.4%
05 Rana KhatunINC3,493 1.7%
06 Gopal NishadRL2,412 1.2%
07 Ram Prasad ChaudharyIND1,962 0.9%
08 SheshnathMSP942 0.5%
09 Jangi PrasadJD(U)700 0.3%
10 HridaynarayanARVP679 0.3%
11 Jagar NathIND508 0.2%
12 PurshottamIND379 0.2%
13 Javed AkhtarLJP352 0.2%
14 SaltanRPI238 0.1%

Turnout 56.6%

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 14 candidates = 2,07,663Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
4.1 pp
Amar Singh Yadav S/o Sunder SinghIndependent
2007
1.7 pp
Yashpal Singh ChauhanBharatiya Janata Party
2012
7.5 pp
SudhakarSamajwadi Party
2017
2.9 pp
Fagu ChauhanBharatiya Janata Party
2022
8.7 pp
Dara Singh ChauhanSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 8.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed QED polled 44,645 votes, 2.9× the 15,544-vote margin.
44,645 ÷ 15,544 = 2.9
The top two polled 63.5% of votes; the other 12 candidates 36.5% between them.
(73,688 + 58,144) ÷ 2,07,663 = 63.5% · 75,831 ÷ 2,07,663 = 36.5%
Turnout of 56.6% was 2.8 pp below the state's median seat (59.4%).
56.6 − 59.4 = −2.8
The margin widened from 1.7 pp in 2007 to 7.5 pp.
7.5 − 1.7 = +5.8 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 14 candidate lines2,07,663
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled2,07,663
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

Candidates14 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