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Constituency

216. Kanpur Cantonment

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Uttar Pradesh · Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 2012

UP-KANPUR-CANTONMENT

BJP 29.5%won by 6.4%SP 23.0%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.2% to 6.4%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2007 and 2012 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 52.5% between them, down from 67.3% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
2,97,863
Turnout
48.5%
Valid votes
1,44,351
Margin
9,308
6.45%

Since 2007

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 2007 and 2012. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPSP swing
−19.7%
BJP share
46.7% 29.5%
SP share
20.6% 23.0%
Turnout
48.5%