Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Machhlishahr

Assembly constituency 369 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#369 · SC

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants14

Electors3,57,038

Votes polled1,87,208

Turnout52.4%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerJagdish SonkarSamajwadi Party82,48444.1% of votes

MARGIN24,425 votes · 13.0 pp82,484 − 58,059

Runner-upRampher Gautam Bahujan Samaj Party58,05931.0% of votes

SP 58.7% of top-two votesBSP 41.3%

All candidates 14

01 Jagdish SonkarSP82,484 44.1%
02 Rampher GautamBSP58,059 31.0%
03 Dr.Vinod Kumar NigamBJP26,910 14.4%
04 Lal Ratnakar NagINC7,418 4.0%
05 Hari Prasad SarojAD5,459 2.9%
06 Bachchu LalIND1,865 1.0%
07 RamjeetNCP1,573 0.8%
08 Phool Chand BharatiAITC633 0.3%
09 ShailendrRL631 0.3%
10 Udal PaswanLJP612 0.3%
11 Jai PrakashIND503 0.3%
12 Rajesh KumarRASHTR442 0.2%
13 Motilal PasiARVP315 0.2%
14 Neelam DeviSPP304 0.2%

Turnout 52.4%

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 = 1,87,208Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
1.0 pp
Munshi Lal GautamBharatiya Janata Party
2007
4.1 pp
Vasdev SinghBahujan Samaj Party
2012
13.0 pp
Jagdish SonkarSamajwadi Party
2017
2.0 pp
Jagdish SonkarSamajwadi Party
2022
3.9 pp
Dr. RaginiSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 13.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BJP polled 26,910 votes, 1.1× the 24,425-vote margin.
26,910 ÷ 24,425 = 1.1
The top two polled 75.1% of votes; the other 12 candidates 24.9% between them.
(82,484 + 58,059) ÷ 1,87,208 = 75.1% · 46,665 ÷ 1,87,208 = 24.9%
Turnout of 52.4% was 7.0 pp below the state's median seat (59.4%).
52.4 − 59.4 = −7.0
The margin widened from 4.1 pp in 2007 to 13.0 pp.
13.0 − 4.1 = +8.9 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 lines1,87,208
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,87,208
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