Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

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Assembly constituency 398 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#398 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants16

Electors3,01,836

Votes polled1,85,019

Turnout61.3%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerJagatamba SinghSamajwadi Party67,26536.4% of votes

MARGIN20,708 votes · 11.2 pp67,265 − 46,557

Runner-upGhanshyam Bahujan Samaj Party46,55725.2% of votes

SP 59.1% of top-two votesBSP 40.9%

All candidates 16

01 Jagatamba SinghSP67,265 36.4%
02 GhanshyamBSP46,557 25.2%
03 Om Prakash SinghBJP35,573 19.2%
04 Ramraj Singh PatelINC21,981 11.9%
05 RamrajAD1,924 1.0%
06 RajeshIND1,807 1.0%
07 Ramkrit BiyarCPI(ML)L1,728 0.9%
08 Arjun PrasadNCP1,476 0.8%
09 ManoharQED1,153 0.6%
10 Sudesh Kumar SinghSJP1,039 0.6%
11 PrabhakarRUC1,037 0.6%
12 Phagu Lal MauryaAITC910 0.5%
13 Suresh SinghJKPR895 0.5%
14 PradeepRL744 0.4%
15 Bihari LalJD(U)469 0.3%
16 Ramesh Kumar SinghGSP461 0.2%

Turnout 61.3%

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 = 1,85,019Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
5.9 pp
Dharam SinghBahujan Samaj Party
2007
22.1 pp
Dr.Dharm Singh SainiBahujan Samaj Party
2012
11.2 pp
Jagatamba SinghSamajwadi Party
2017
29.1 pp
Anurag SinghBharatiya Janata Party
2022
22.0 pp
Anurag SinghBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 29.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed BJP polled 35,573 votes, 1.7× the 20,708-vote margin.
35,573 ÷ 20,708 = 1.7
The top two polled 61.5% of votes; the other 14 candidates 38.5% between them.
(67,265 + 46,557) ÷ 1,85,019 = 61.5% · 71,197 ÷ 1,85,019 = 38.5%
Turnout of 61.3% was 1.9 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
61.3 − 59.4 = +1.9
The margin narrowed from 22.1 pp in 2007 to 11.2 pp.
11.2 − 22.1 = −10.9 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 16 candidate lines1,85,019
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,85,019
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