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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2012

Amritsar West

Assembly constituency 16 (SC) · Punjab

State boardPunjab 2012

[01]Result · 2012

#16 · SC
Poll date30 Jan 2012
Contestants8
Electors1,65,659
Votes polled95,434
Turnout57.6%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerRaj KumarIndian National Congress45,76247.9% of votes
MARGIN11,591 votes · 12.1 pp45,762 − 34,171
Runner-upRakesh Gill Bharatiya Janata Party34,17135.8% of votes
INC 57.3% of top-two votesBJP 42.7%

All candidates 8

  1. 01 Raj KumarINC45,762 47.9%
  2. 02 Rakesh GillBJP34,171 35.8%
  3. 03 Amarjit Singh AsalCPI11,682 12.2%
  4. 04 Rohit KhokharBSP1,298 1.4%
  5. 05 Surinder Kumar KhoslaNCP877 0.9%
  6. 06 Manjit SinghIND741 0.8%
  7. 07 Sham Lal GandhiwadiBCP551 0.6%
  8. 08 Jaspal SinghIND352 0.4%

Turnout 57.6%

025507510057.6%TURNOUT◦ state median 79.7%
Male 87,69252.9% Female 77,96747.1%

Share of 1,65,659 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males889
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 117 seats, 201279.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 8 candidates = 95,434Verified

Seat history 2022–1962

  1. 2022
    37.0 pp
    Dr. Jasbir Singh SandhuAam Aadmi Party
  2. 2017
    25.2 pp
    Raj Kumar VerkaIndian National Congress
  3. 2012
    12.1 pp
    Raj KumarIndian National Congress
  4. 2007
    19.7 pp
    Anil JoshiBharatiya Janata Party
  5. 2002
    25.9 pp
    Jugal Kishore SharmaIndian National Congress
  6. 1997
    27.9 pp
    Baldev Raj ChawlaBharatiya Janata Party
  7. 1992
    11.8 pp
    Faqur ChandIndian National Congress
  8. 1985
    25.5 pp
    Brij Bhushan MehraIndian National Congress
  9. 1980
    18.5 pp
    Brij Bhushan MehraIndian National Congress
  10. 1977
    8.9 pp
    Harbans Lal KhannaJanata Party
  11. 1972
    8.3 pp
    Jaswant KaurIndian National Congress
  12. 1969
    21.7 pp
    Mohan SinghShiromani Akali Dal
  13. 1967
    1.9 pp
    J.M.S. NagokeIndian National Congress
  14. 1962
    11.4 pp
    Shanno DeviIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 37.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed CPI polled 11,682 votes, 1.0× the 11,591-vote margin.

    11,682 ÷ 11,591 = 1.0

  2. The top two polled 83.8% of votes; the other 6 candidates 16.2% between them.

    (45,762 + 34,171) ÷ 95,434 = 83.8% · 15,501 ÷ 95,434 = 16.2%

  3. Turnout of 57.6% was 22.1 pp below the state's median seat (79.7%).

    57.6 − 79.7 = −22.1

  4. The margin narrowed from 19.7 pp in 2007 to 12.1 pp.

    12.1 − 19.7 = −7.6 pp

  5. The seat changed hands: BJP in 2007, INC in 2012.

    2007 BJP · 2012 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 8 candidate lines95,434
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled95,434
  • Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2012 · Punjab · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates8 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 117 seats on the Punjab Vidhan Sabha 2012 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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