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245. Gorakhpur

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1957

UP-GORAKHPUR

INC 67.6%won by 53.7%IND 13.9%

What the numbers say

Derived

Indian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
41,863
Margin
22,488
53.72%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ISTIFA HUSAINIndian National Congress · INC28,29967.6%
  2. 2LAXMI SHANKAR VERMAIndependent · IND5,81113.9%
  3. 3RAM CHANDRA SRIVASTAVABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS5,41512.9%
  4. 4JAGDISHCommunist Party of India · CPI2,3385.6%
244. Pharenda East246. Maghar
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