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Constituency

342. Barhaj

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Uttar Pradesh · Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 2012

UP-BARHAJ

SP 42.4%won by 7.6%BSP 34.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) lost it to Samajwadi Party (SP), which now leads by 7.6%.

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

  • SP vote shareSP went from 21.7% to 42.4% of the vote here (+20.7%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.2% of the vote between them, up from 58.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
2,87,442
Turnout
53.9%
Valid votes
1,54,835
Margin
11,776
7.61%

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
SPflipped
SPBSP swing
+22.3%
SP share
21.7% 42.4%
BSP share
36.4% 34.8%
Turnout
53.9%