Seat record · Vidhan Sabha

Bara

Assembly constituency 264 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh · 5 contests, 2002–2022

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

Held by

ADS

Vachaspati · 2022

Contests

2002–2022

Parties that won

Across all 5 contests

Median margin

6.2pp

Over all 5 contests

Margin 2022

12,524votes

6.2 pp of votes polled

Turnout 2022

60.3%

Seat median 58.5% over 5 contests

[01]Winners and margins

Oldest first · bars scaled to the widest margin, 20.6 pp

2002
3.2 pp
Matesh Chandra SonkarBahujan Samaj Partyby 3,809 votes
2007
20.6 pp
WachaspatiBahujan Samaj Partyby 21,998 votes
2012
2.2 pp
Dr.Ajay KumarSamajwadi Partyby 3,756 votes
2017
18.1 pp
Dr. Ajai KumarBharatiya Janata Partyby 34,053 votes
2022
6.2 pp
VachaspatiApna Dal (Soneylal)by 12,524 votes

[02]Parties on this seat

Top 8 by wins · 27 parties and independents

BSP 2 of 540% won · 1 second SP 1 of 520% won · 4 second BJP 1 of 333.3% won ADS 1 of 1100% won IND 0 of 300% won INC 0 of 50% won AD 0 of 30% won LKD 0 of 30% won

Won of candidatures, counted from the published candidate lines; independents are counted together.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

BSP won 2 of 5 contests on record (40.0%).
wins by party: BSP 2 · ADS 1 · BJP 1 · SP 1 · 2 ÷ 5 = 40.0%
The seat changed party 3 times in 4 successive pairs of contests.
2002 BSP → 2007 BSP → 2012 SP → 2017 BJP → 2022 ADS
The closest contest was 2012 at 2.2 pp; the widest 2007 at 20.6 pp.
min / max of margin % over 5 contests
The 2022 margin of 6.2 pp equals the seat's median.
6.2 − 6.2 = 0.0
Turnout moved from 50.3% in 2002 to 60.3% in 2022, +10.0 pp.
60.3 − 50.3 = +10.0

Each line is arithmetic over the contests on this page.

[04]Turnout by year

White mark: seat median, 58.5%

2002 50.3%

2007 39.8%

2012 59.1%

2017 58.5%

2022 60.3%

[05]Every contest

5 rows · most recent first

Every Vidhan Sabha contest on record for Bara, Uttar Pradesh
Year	Winner	Party	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
2022	Vachaspati	Apna Dal (Soneylal)	12,524	6.2	60.3
2017	Dr. Ajai Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party	34,053	18.1	58.5
2012	Dr.Ajay Kumar	Samajwadi Party	3,756	2.2	59.1
2007	Wachaspati	Bahujan Samaj Party	21,998	20.6	39.8
2002	Matesh Chandra Sonkar	Bahujan Samaj Party	3,809	3.2	50.3

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 34,053 votes

ContestsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha · Bara, Uttar Pradesh · 5 contests · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Party recordCounted from the published candidate lines for this seat · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Medians and countsComputed from the contests on this page when the page was built