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Constituency

253. Chail

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Uttar Pradesh · Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 2012

UP-CHAIL

BSP 30.7%won by 0.7%SP 29.9%

What changed here

Derived

Bahujan Samaj Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.4% to 0.7%.

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 7.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 1,290 votes (0.72%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
3,32,357
Turnout
53.8%
Valid votes
1,78,764
Margin
1,290
0.72%

Since 2007

Derived

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

Winner then
BSP
Winner now
BSP
BSPSP swing
−14.7%
BSP share
37.8% 30.7%
SP share
22.4% 29.9%
Turnout
53.8%