Constituency
286. Bahraich
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 2012
UP-BAHRAICH
SP 29.5%won by 9.0%INC 20.5%
What changed here
DerivedSamajwadi Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.8% to 9.0%.
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 4.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 20.5% — it polled just 1.6% in 2007.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 50.0% between them, down from 66.3% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
3,06,036
Turnout
56.2%
Valid votes
1,72,029
Margin
15,496
9.01%
Candidates
16 contested · winner SP- 1DR. WAQAR AHMAD SHAHSamajwadi Party · SP50,75929.5%
- 2CHANDRA SHEKHAR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC35,26320.5%
- 3ANUPAMA JAISWALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP32,30818.8%
- 4SHEKH MOHD. MUSHRRAFBahujan Samaj Party · BSP28,05416.3%
- 5WALIULLA KHANRUC · RUC11,4806.7%
- 6MOHD. ZUBAIRPECP · PECP4,1142.4%
- 7PRADEEP PANDEYApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD2,8541.7%
- 8MOHD. RASHID SIDDIQUEEIndependent · IND1,8231.1%
- 9INDARRashtriya Lok Morcha · RLM1,1960.7%
- 10SAJJAN AHMADARVP · ARVP9140.5%
- 11SHAMSUL HAQLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP8550.5%
- 12RAJNEESH KUMARJ · J5380.3%
- 13ZIYAULLA KHANSanyukt Samajwadi Dal · SSD5010.3%
- 14TEK RAMSPI · SPI4990.3%
- 15INDRA KUMARRPIA · RPIA4780.3%
- 16SYED MOHD. TAJ ALAMJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS3930.2%
Since 2007
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2007 and 2012. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SP
- Winner now
- SP
- SP–INC swing
- −23.5%
- SP share
- 34.1% → 29.5%
- INC share
- 1.6% → 20.5%
- Turnout
- — → 56.2%