Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Bilaspur

Assembly constituency 36 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#36 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants15

Electors2,95,959

Votes polled1,94,175

Turnout65.6%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerSanjay KapoorIndian National Congress52,81827.2% of votes

MARGIN10,177 votes · 5.2 pp52,818 − 42,641

Runner-upBeena Bhardwaj Samajwadi Party42,64122.0% of votes

INC 55.3% of top-two votesSP 44.7%

All candidates 15

01 Sanjay KapoorINC52,818 27.2%
02 Beena BhardwajSP42,641 22.0%
03 Amrish KumarBSP36,224 18.7%
04 Jwala PrasadBJP36,175 18.6%
05 Shahid Hussain KhanMD7,810 4.0%
06 Parvej AliRL6,738 3.5%
07 Dev KaranJKPR4,320 2.2%
08 Salamat ShahIND1,765 0.9%
09 Abdul KadarLPIVV1,154 0.6%
10 Babbu ShahIND978 0.5%
11 Arvind KumarIND859 0.4%
12 Waseem HasanPECP796 0.4%
13 ShamsuddinIND694 0.4%
14 Sharif AhmadNNP667 0.3%
15 Rayees BegIJP536 0.3%

Turnout 65.6%

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 15 candidates = 1,94,175Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
13.9 pp
Rajesh AgrawalBharatiya Janata Party
2007
12.2 pp
Rajesh AgarwalBharatiya Janata Party
2012
5.2 pp
Sanjay KapoorIndian National Congress
2017
10.1 pp
Baldev Singh AulakhBharatiya Janata Party
2022
0.1 pp
Baldev Singh AulakhBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 13.9 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 36,224 votes, 3.6× the 10,177-vote margin.
36,224 ÷ 10,177 = 3.6
The top two polled 49.2% of votes; the other 13 candidates 50.8% between them.
(52,818 + 42,641) ÷ 1,94,175 = 49.2% · 98,716 ÷ 1,94,175 = 50.8%
Turnout of 65.6% was 6.2 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
65.6 − 59.4 = +6.2
The margin narrowed from 12.2 pp in 2007 to 5.2 pp.
5.2 − 12.2 = −7.0 pp
The seat changed hands: BJP in 2007, INC in 2012.
2007 BJP · 2012 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 15 candidate lines1,94,175
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,94,175
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

Candidates15 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