Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Saharanpur

Assembly constituency 4 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#4 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants15

Electors2,76,294

Votes polled2,03,882

Turnout73.8%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerJagpalBahujan Samaj Party80,67039.6% of votes

MARGIN17,113 votes · 8.4 pp80,670 − 63,557

Runner-upCh. Abdul Wahid Indian National Congress63,55731.2% of votes

BSP 55.9% of top-two votesINC 44.1%

All candidates 15

01 JagpalBSP80,670 39.6%
02 Ch. Abdul WahidINC63,557 31.2%
03 Abdul Sarfraz KhanSP43,018 21.1%
04 Vikram SinghBJP10,739 5.3%
05 SarafatIND1,127 0.6%
06 Harpal SinghIND1,044 0.5%
07 AshalataIND937 0.5%
08 Mahaveer Singh SainiIND908 0.4%
09 Akshay KumarAITC418 0.2%
10 PavanIND388 0.2%
11 Rahul BhartiPECP282 0.1%
12 Nand Lal SinghIND215 0.1%
13 Saleem AhmadNCP209 0.1%
14 Satya PrakashRKSP187 0.1%
15 Rakesh KumarRL183 0.1%

Turnout 73.8%

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 15 candidates = 2,03,882Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
1.6 pp
Omvati DeviSamajwadi Party
2007
6.9 pp
Omwati DeviBahujan Samaj Party
2012
8.4 pp
JagpalBahujan Samaj Party
2017
5.2 pp
Masood AkhtarIndian National Congress
2022
11.9 pp
Ashu MalikSamajwadi Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 11.9 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed SP polled 43,018 votes, 2.5× the 17,113-vote margin.
43,018 ÷ 17,113 = 2.5
The top two polled 70.7% of votes; the other 13 candidates 29.3% between them.
(80,670 + 63,557) ÷ 2,03,882 = 70.7% · 59,655 ÷ 2,03,882 = 29.3%
Turnout of 73.8% was 14.4 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
73.8 − 59.4 = +14.4
The margin widened from 6.9 pp in 2007 to 8.4 pp.
8.4 − 6.9 = +1.5 pp
BSP held the seat it won in 2007.
2007 BSP · 2012 BSP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 15 candidate lines2,03,882
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled2,03,882
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

Candidates15 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