Uttar Pradesh assembly election, Mar 2012
The 16th Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly. Polled.
Seats declared
403
202 needed for a majority
Largest party
SP
224 seats · majority
Candidates
6,838
583 women, 35 elected
Turnout
59.48%
7.58 cr of 12.7 cr
The house
403 seats, each dot one assembly constituency
- SP224
- BSP80
- BJP47
- INC28
- RLD9
- IND6
- PECP4
- QED2
- Others3
Biggest movements
Seat change against the previous Uttar Pradesh assembly election (2007)
SP
+127
BSP
-126
INC
+6
BJP
-4
IND
-3
Parties
Ordered by seats won
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Strike rate | Votes | Share | Share +/− | Deposits lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPSamajwadi Party | 224 | +127 | 401 | 29.2% | 2,20,90,571 | 29.13% | +3.70 | 53 |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 80 | -126 | 403 | 25.9% | 1,96,47,303 | 25.91% | -4.52 | 51 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 47 | -4 | 398 | 15.2% | 1,13,71,080 | 14.99% | -1.97 | 229 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 28 | +6 | 355 | 13.2% | 88,32,895 | 11.65% | +3.04 | 240 |
| RLDRashtriya Lok Dal | 9 | -1 | 46 | 20.0% | 17,63,354 | 2.33% | -1.37 | 19 |
| INDIndependent | 6 | -3 | 1691 | 1.0% | 31,34,336 | 4.13% | -2.84 | 1681 |
| PECPPECP | 4 | — | 208 | 4.5% | 17,84,258 | 2.35% | — | 193 |
| QEDQED | 2 | — | 43 | 5.3% | 4,17,552 | 0.55% | — | 37 |
| ADAD | 1 | +1 | 76 | 4.9% | 6,78,924 | 0.90% | -0.16 | 69 |
| NCPNationalist Congress Party | 1 | +1 | 127 | 1.0% | 2,48,283 | 0.33% | +0.23 | 126 |
| IEMCIEMC | 1 | +1 | 18 | 5.6% | 1,90,052 | 0.25% | +0.08 | 16 |
| JAKPJAKP | 0 | — | 208 | 2.4% | 9,43,614 | 1.24% | — | 198 |
| MDMD | 0 | — | 74 | 4.8% | 6,83,808 | 0.90% | — | 71 |
| RLMRashtriya Lok Morcha | 0 | — | 362 | 0.7% | 4,78,700 | 0.63% | — | 362 |
| SBSPSBSP | 0 | 0 | 52 | 5.1% | 4,77,330 | 0.63% | -0.31 | 48 |
| JD(U)JD(U) | 0 | -1 | 219 | 0.7% | 2,70,303 | 0.36% | -0.07 | 219 |
| AITCAll India Trinamool Congress | 0 | — | 144 | 1.0% | 2,69,746 | 0.36% | — | 143 |
| PMSPPragatisheel Manav Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3.1% | 2,10,842 | 0.28% | +0.15 | 35 |
| RSBPRSBP | 0 | -1 | 62 | 1.5% | 1,80,387 | 0.24% | -0.02 | 59 |
| LJPLok Janshakti Party | 0 | 0 | 212 | 0.4% | 1,73,458 | 0.23% | +0.07 | 212 |
| RUCRUC | 0 | — | 64 | 1.3% | 1,55,527 | 0.20% | — | 63 |
| JPSJustice Party | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2.3% | 1,51,882 | 0.20% | +0.05 | 35 |
| IJPIJP | 0 | 0 | 92 | 0.7% | 1,11,410 | 0.15% | -0.29 | 92 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 0 | 0 | 51 | 1.1% | 99,902 | 0.13% | +0.04 | 51 |
| RPDRPD | 0 | -2 | 33 | 1.5% | 91,211 | 0.12% | -0.09 | 32 |
| LDLD | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0.5% | 86,741 | 0.11% | +0.02 | 90 |
| RSMDRSMD | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0.9% | 77,231 | 0.10% | +0.01 | 44 |
| RCPRCP | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4.2% | 76,958 | 0.10% | +0.02 | 8 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2.1% | 69,040 | 0.09% | -0.21 | 16 |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0.7% | 50,680 | 0.07% | -0.01 | 41 |
| ARVPARVP | 0 | — | 68 | 0.4% | 49,785 | 0.07% | — | 68 |
| NLPNLP | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0.5% | 49,230 | 0.07% | +0.05 | 46 |
| ABLTCABLTC | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22.6% | 45,203 | 0.06% | -0.12 | 0 |
| RPIARPIA | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0.4% | 42,594 | 0.06% | +0.04 | 53 |
| BCBC | 0 | — | 33 | 0.5% | 34,627 | 0.05% | — | 33 |
| RJDRashtriya Janata Dal | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.1% | 31,847 | 0.04% | -0.22 | 4 |
| SSDSSD | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0.3% | 30,526 | 0.04% | +0.03 | 48 |
| ASPAadim Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0.3% | 29,334 | 0.04% | -0.01 | 46 |
| RMDRMD | 0 | — | 17 | 0.9% | 27,961 | 0.04% | — | 17 |
| RLNPRLNP | 0 | — | 32 | 0.4% | 23,200 | 0.03% | — | 32 |
Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Uttar Pradesh at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one. Showing the 40 largest parties. The full list is at /api/elections/uttar-pradesh-2012/parties?limit=500.
Largest victories of Mar 2012
| Assembly seat | State | Winner | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KUNDA | Uttar Pradesh | INDRAGHURAJ PRATAP SINGH | BSPSHIV PRAKASH MISHRA SENANI | 88,25553.84% |
| JASWANTNAGAR | Uttar Pradesh | SPSHIVPAL SINGH YADAV | BSPMANISH YADAV PATARAY | 81,08437.58% |
| RAMPUR | Uttar Pradesh | SPMOHAMMAD AZAM KHAN | INCDR. TANVEER AHMAD KHAN | 63,26936.54% |
| BABAGANJ | Uttar Pradesh | INDVINOD KUMAR | BSPMAHENDRA KUMAR | 42,06629.90% |
| RASRA | Uttar Pradesh | BSPUMASHANKAR | SPSANATAN | 52,82529.29% |
| GORAKHPUR URBAN | Uttar Pradesh | BJPDR RADHA MOHAN DAS AGARWAL | SPRAJ KUMARI DEVI | 47,45428.76% |
| GOSHAINGANJ | Uttar Pradesh | SPABHAY SINGH | BSPINDRA PRATAP URF KHABBU TIWARI | 58,68128.06% |
| BISALPUR | Uttar Pradesh | BJPAGYS RAMSARAN VERMA | INCANIS AHMAD KHAN ALIAS PHOOL BABU | 56,07124.94% |
| HANDIA | Uttar Pradesh | SPMAHESHNARAYAN SINGH | PMSPDR. RAKESHDHAR TRIPATHI | 45,37924.88% |
| ATRAULIA | Uttar Pradesh | SPDR.SANGRAM YADAV | BSPSURENDRA PRASAD MISHRA | 43,62023.40% |
Closest results of Mar 2012
| Assembly seat | State | Winner | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAHERI | Uttar Pradesh | SPATAURREHMAN | BJPCHHATRA PAL SINGH | 180.01% |
| SIKANDRABAD | Uttar Pradesh | BJPBIMLA SINGH SOLANKI | BSPSALEEM AKHTAR KHAN | 1230.06% |
| PATTI | Uttar Pradesh | SPRAM SINGH | BJPRAJENDRA PRATAP SINGH URF MOTI SINGH | 1560.08% |
| FARRUKHABAD | Uttar Pradesh | INDVIJAY SINGH S/O PREM SINGH | BJPMAJOR SUNEEL DUTT DWIVEDI | 1470.08% |
| BALAMAU | Uttar Pradesh | SPANIL VERMA | BSPRAMPAL VERMA | 1730.10% |
| GHAZIPUR | Uttar Pradesh | SPVIJAY KUMAR MISHRA | BSPRAJ KUMAR | 2410.13% |
| THANA BHAWAN | Uttar Pradesh | BJPSURESH KUMAR | RLDASHRAF ALI KHAN | 2650.15% |
| MAHOBA | Uttar Pradesh | BSPRAJNARAIN ALIAS RAJJU | SPSIDDHGOPAL SAHU | 3540.20% |
| KARACHHANA | Uttar Pradesh | BSPDEEPAK PATEL | SPUJJWAL RAMAN SINGH | 4040.23% |
| BEHAT | Uttar Pradesh | BSPMAHAVEER SINGH RANA | INCNARESH | 5140.23% |