Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Shikarpur

Assembly constituency 69 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#69 · GEN

Poll date23 Feb 2012

Contestants13

Electors2,94,460

Votes polled1,84,361

Turnout62.6%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerMukesh SharmaSamajwadi Party64,49835.0% of votes

MARGIN8,403 votes · 4.6 pp64,498 − 56,095

Runner-upAnil Kumar Bahujan Samaj Party56,09530.4% of votes

SP 53.5% of top-two votesBSP 46.5%

All candidates 13

01 Mukesh SharmaSP64,498 35.0%
02 Anil KumarBSP56,095 30.4%
03 Kiranpal SinghRLD45,312 24.6%
04 Jai Prakash GuptaBJP9,884 5.4%
05 SubhashIND3,160 1.7%
06 MukeshPECP1,092 0.6%
07 RajpalIND983 0.5%
08 IrshadLKD863 0.5%
09 DharmendraJKPR772 0.4%
10 Raj Kumar GotamIND612 0.3%
11 JameelIND471 0.3%
12 Zaheer AbbasPDP321 0.2%
13 Vijay Kumar JainwalBC298 0.2%

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 13 candidates = 1,84,361Verified

Seat history 2002–2022

2002
3.6 pp
Usha VermaSamajwadi Party
2007
8.5 pp
Virendra KumarBahujan Samaj Party
2012
4.6 pp
Mukesh SharmaSamajwadi Party
2017
25.0 pp
Anil KumarBharatiya Janata Party
2022
26.1 pp
Anil KumarBharatiya Janata Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 26.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed RLD polled 45,312 votes, 5.4× the 8,403-vote margin.
45,312 ÷ 8,403 = 5.4
The top two polled 65.4% of votes; the other 11 candidates 34.6% between them.
(64,498 + 56,095) ÷ 1,84,361 = 65.4% · 63,768 ÷ 1,84,361 = 34.6%
Turnout of 62.6% was 3.2 pp above the state's median seat (59.4%).
62.6 − 59.4 = +3.2
The margin narrowed from 8.5 pp in 2007 to 4.6 pp.
4.6 − 8.5 = −3.9 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 13 candidate lines1,84,361
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,84,361
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

Candidates13 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