Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Ghazipur

Assembly constituency 375 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#375 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants16

Electors3,04,680

Votes polled1,87,661

Turnout61.6%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerVijay Kumar MishraSamajwadi Party49,56126.4% of votes

MARGIN241 votes · 0.1 pp49,561 − 49,320

Runner-upRaj Kumar Bahujan Samaj Party49,32026.3% of votes

SP 50.1% of top-two votesBSP 49.9%

All candidates 16

01 Vijay Kumar MishraSP49,561 26.4%
02 Raj KumarBSP49,320 26.3%
03 Arun Kumar SinghBJP41,567 22.2%
04 OmkalaQED36,353 19.4%
05 Raghvendra PathakINC2,165 1.2%
06 Satyadev YadavIND1,424 0.8%
07 LorikRL1,383 0.7%
08 Ishwar Deo SinghARVP904 0.5%
09 Braj Bhushan DubeyIND856 0.5%
10 Ramashray RaiIOP806 0.4%
11 Ram BachanPMSP793 0.4%
12 Anand Kumar ChawrasiaIND728 0.4%
13 KamlakarCPI(ML)L670 0.4%
14 JaichandraIND631 0.3%
15 Mahendra Pratap SinghPSS291 0.2%
16 NarsinghJD(U)209 0.1%

Turnout 61.6%

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 16 candidates = 1,87,661Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
6.9 pp
DharampalBahujan Samaj Party
2007
7.8 pp
Dharam Pal S/o Ram KishanBahujan Samaj Party
2012
0.1 pp
Vijay Kumar MishraSamajwadi Party
2017
15.4 pp
SangeetaBharatiya Janata Party
2022
0.7 pp
JaikishanSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 15.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BJP polled 41,567 votes, 172× the 241-vote margin.
41,567 ÷ 241 = 172.5
The top two polled 52.7% of votes; the other 14 candidates 47.3% between them.
(49,561 + 49,320) ÷ 1,87,661 = 52.7% · 88,780 ÷ 1,87,661 = 47.3%
Turnout of 61.6% was 2.2 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
61.6 − 59.4 = +2.2
The margin narrowed from 7.8 pp in 2007 to 0.1 pp.
0.1 − 7.8 = −7.7 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 16 candidate lines1,87,661
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,87,661
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

Candidates16 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