Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Sakaldiha

Assembly constituency 381 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#381 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants16

Electors2,94,992

Votes polled1,84,675

Turnout62.6%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerSushil SinghIndependent66,50936.0% of votes

MARGIN6,848 votes · 3.7 pp66,509 − 59,661

Runner-upPrabhunarayan Yadav Samajwadi Party59,66132.3% of votes

IND 52.7% of top-two votesSP 47.3%

All candidates 16

01 Sushil SinghIND66,509 36.0%
02 Prabhunarayan YadavSP59,661 32.3%
03 Ram BihariBSP42,818 23.2%
04 ShashikantBJP7,683 4.2%
05 Pramod KumarINC2,637 1.4%
06 SechanSBSP1,144 0.6%
07 Vinay KumarIND925 0.5%
08 Haridwar Singh YadavJD(U)817 0.4%
09 Shashi KantCPI(ML)L420 0.2%
10 Arvind KumarRL414 0.2%
11 YashwantKSP364 0.2%
12 KishoriAITC328 0.2%
13 AjeetRPI(A)241 0.1%
14 RajeshARVP240 0.1%
15 UmashankarLJP238 0.1%
16 Pramod KumarPMSP236 0.1%

Turnout 62.6%

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 = 1,84,675Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
20.2 pp
Dr. Laxmi Kant VajpaiBharatiya Janata Party
2007
0.8 pp
Haji YaqubUttar Pradesh United Democratic Front
2012
3.7 pp
Sushil SinghIndependent
2017
7.5 pp
Prabhunarayan YadavSamajwadi Party
2022
7.9 pp
Prabhu Narayan YadavSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 20.2 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BSP polled 42,818 votes, 6.3× the 6,848-vote margin.
42,818 ÷ 6,848 = 6.3
The top two polled 68.3% of votes; the other 14 candidates 31.7% between them.
(66,509 + 59,661) ÷ 1,84,675 = 68.3% · 58,505 ÷ 1,84,675 = 31.7%
Turnout of 62.6% was 3.2 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
62.6 − 59.4 = +3.2
The margin widened from 0.8 pp in 2007 to 3.7 pp.
3.7 − 0.8 = +2.9 pp
The seat changed hands: UPUDF in 2007, IND in 2012.
2007 UPUDF · 2012 IND

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 16 candidate lines1,84,675
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,84,675
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