Constituency
298. Colonelganj
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 2012
UP-COLONELGANJ
SP 43.4%won by 7.5%BSP 35.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Samajwadi Party (SP), which now leads by 7.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2007 and 2012 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- SP vote shareSP went from 26.6% to 43.4% of the vote here (+16.8%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.2% of the vote between them, up from 71.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,82,991
Turnout
55.2%
Valid votes
1,56,167
Margin
11,721
7.51%
Candidates
16 contested · winner SP- 1YOGESH PRATAP SINGH 'YOGESH BHAIYA'Samajwadi Party · SP67,72343.4%
- 2AJAY PRATAP SINGH ALIAS LALLA BHAIYABahujan Samaj Party · BSP56,00235.9%
- 3DHARMENDRA PRATAP SINGHIndian National Congress · INC9,0935.8%
- 4DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR GOSWAMI (BABA)Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP9,0525.8%
- 5RAJ DATTAIndependent · IND2,8181.8%
- 6DEVI PRASADPECP · PECP2,4461.6%
- 7VINDESHWARI PRASAD URF LAL SAHEBJ · J2,3031.5%
- 8NAKCHHED PRASADIndependent · IND1,1900.8%
- 9SHESH NATHLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP1,0650.7%
- 10OM PRAKASHIndependent · IND9020.6%
- 11RAKASH KUMARIndependent · IND8280.5%
- 12DEV MANIRashtriya Lok Morcha · RLM6980.4%
- 13JAGDISH PRASAD S/O SANTOSHIIndependent · IND5960.4%
- 14JAGDISH PRASAD S/O BHAGIRATHIndependent · IND5270.3%
- 15RAKESHM · M4970.3%
- 16OM PRAKASH MISHRAIndependent · IND4270.3%
Since 2007
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2007 and 2012. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- SPflipped
- SP–BSP swing
- −5.9%
- SP share
- 26.6% → 43.4%
- BSP share
- 13.2% → 35.9%
- Turnout
- — → 55.2%