Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Meerut South

Assembly constituency 49 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#49 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants16

Electors3,54,863

Votes polled2,18,304

Turnout61.5%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerRavindra BhadanaBharatiya Janata Party71,58432.8% of votes

MARGIN9,784 votes · 4.5 pp71,584 − 61,800

Runner-upHaji Rashid Akhlaq Bahujan Samaj Party61,80028.3% of votes

BJP 53.7% of top-two votesBSP 46.3%

All candidates 16

01 Ravindra BhadanaBJP71,584 32.8%
02 Haji Rashid AkhlaqBSP61,800 28.3%
03 AadilSP49,103 22.5%
04 Manzoor SaifiRLD25,150 11.5%
05 Naseem Ahmad AnsariPECP2,730 1.3%
06 Rakesh PrajapatiIND1,523 0.7%
07 Dr. Satish PrakashIND1,222 0.6%
08 Sanjay AgarwalIND1,173 0.5%
09 Amit GargJD(U)817 0.4%
10 Vishnu Avtar ShastriIND788 0.4%
11 Munender KumarRJSP530 0.2%
12 Pt. Mahesh Paliwal AdvocateSHS490 0.2%
13 Sachin SharmaIND483 0.2%
14 Anshul KasanaRASHTR357 0.2%
15 Dr. Hari Singh AzadABLP309 0.1%
16 Idda ShahLJP245 0.1%

Turnout 61.5%

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 = 2,18,304Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
3.2 pp
Avdhesh KumarBahujan Samaj Party
2007
4.8 pp
Avadhesh Kumar VermaBahujan Samaj Party
2012
4.5 pp
Ravindra BhadanaBharatiya Janata Party
2017
13.1 pp
Dr. Somendra TomarBharatiya Janata Party
2022
2.7 pp
Dr. Somendra Singh TomarBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 13.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed SP polled 49,103 votes, 5.0× the 9,784-vote margin.
49,103 ÷ 9,784 = 5.0
The top two polled 61.1% of votes; the other 14 candidates 38.9% between them.
(71,584 + 61,800) ÷ 2,18,304 = 61.1% · 84,920 ÷ 2,18,304 = 38.9%
Turnout of 61.5% was 2.1 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
61.5 − 59.4 = +2.1
The margin narrowed from 4.8 pp in 2007 to 4.5 pp.
4.5 − 4.8 = −0.3 pp
The seat changed hands: BSP in 2007, BJP in 2012.
2007 BSP · 2012 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 16 candidate lines2,18,304
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled2,18,304
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