Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Shahganj

Assembly constituency 365 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#365 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants14

Electors3,36,002

Votes polled1,95,482

Turnout58.2%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerShailendra Yadav #lalaee#Samajwadi Party74,48638.1% of votes

MARGIN10,223 votes · 5.2 pp74,486 − 64,263

Runner-upDharmraj Nishad Bahujan Samaj Party64,26332.9% of votes

SP 53.7% of top-two votesBSP 46.3%

All candidates 14

01 Shailendra Yadav #lalaee#SP74,486 38.1%
02 Dharmraj NishadBSP64,263 32.9%
03 Om Prakash JaiswalBJP36,085 18.5%
04 Vijai KumarINC6,084 3.1%
05 RamdhariRUC5,091 2.6%
06 Vikas SinghSBSP2,099 1.1%
07 Vinay KumarIND1,944 1.0%
08 DilrajBRP1,221 0.6%
09 Mohd.AslamAITC1,150 0.6%
10 Harendra KumarLJP1,073 0.5%
11 Rajendra Prasad SinghRL685 0.4%
12 RamnayalBNKP617 0.3%
13 DhirendraNYP447 0.2%
14 RamujagirJD(U)237 0.1%

Turnout 58.2%

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 = 1,95,482Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
0.8 pp
Hoshiyar SinghIndependent
2007
7.6 pp
Gajendra SinghBahujan Samaj Party
2012
5.2 pp
Shailendra Yadav #lalaee#Samajwadi Party
2017
4.3 pp
Shailendra Yadav LalaiSamajwadi Party
2022
0.3 pp
RameshNirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 7.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BJP polled 36,085 votes, 3.5× the 10,223-vote margin.
36,085 ÷ 10,223 = 3.5
The top two polled 71.0% of votes; the other 12 candidates 29.0% between them.
(74,486 + 64,263) ÷ 1,95,482 = 71.0% · 56,733 ÷ 1,95,482 = 29.0%
Turnout of 58.2% was 1.2 pp below the state's median seat (59.4%).
58.2 − 59.4 = −1.2
The margin narrowed from 7.6 pp in 2007 to 5.2 pp.
5.2 − 7.6 = −2.4 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 14 candidate lines1,95,482
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,95,482
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