Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Belthara Road

Assembly constituency 357 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#357 · SC

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants17

Electors3,12,704

Votes polled1,70,951

Turnout54.7%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerGorakh PaswanSamajwadi Party57,36333.6% of votes

MARGIN10,297 votes · 6.0 pp57,363 − 47,066

Runner-upChhathu Ram Bahujan Samaj Party47,06627.5% of votes

SP 54.9% of top-two votesBSP 45.1%

All candidates 17

01 Gorakh PaswanSP57,363 33.6%
02 Chhathu RamBSP47,066 27.5%
03 Praveen PrakashSBSP35,578 20.8%
04 Surya BaliBJP14,706 8.6%
05 Chandra ShekharJPS7,539 4.4%
06 Ram BachanINC2,165 1.3%
07 AkankshaIND1,330 0.8%
08 HardeoJD(U)1,289 0.8%
09 Ram AshishRSD816 0.5%
10 Parashuram PrasadLKD595 0.3%
11 Suman PratapBSD590 0.3%
12 NareshPECP535 0.3%
13 Krishna MohanRJPK375 0.2%
14 Chandra BaliLJP287 0.2%
15 DhirendraRUC257 0.2%
16 LaluRL232 0.1%
17 DevikaARVP228 0.1%

Turnout 54.7%

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 = 1,70,951Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
21.4 pp
Vivek BansalIndian National Congress
2007
6.5 pp
Zamir UllahSamajwadi Party
2012
6.0 pp
Gorakh PaswanSamajwadi Party
2017
9.7 pp
Dhananjay KannoujiaBharatiya Janata Party
2022
2.8 pp
Hansu RamSuheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 21.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed SBSP polled 35,578 votes, 3.5× the 10,297-vote margin.
35,578 ÷ 10,297 = 3.5
The top two polled 61.1% of votes; the other 15 candidates 38.9% between them.
(57,363 + 47,066) ÷ 1,70,951 = 61.1% · 66,522 ÷ 1,70,951 = 38.9%
Turnout of 54.7% was 4.7 pp below the state's median seat (59.4%).
54.7 − 59.4 = −4.7
The margin narrowed from 6.5 pp in 2007 to 6.0 pp.
6.0 − 6.5 = −0.5 pp
SP held the seat it won in 2007.
2007 SP · 2012 SP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 17 candidate lines1,70,951
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,70,951
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