Constituency
195. Gorakhpur
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962
UP-GORAKHPUR
INC 44.8%won by 8.2%JS 36.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 53.7% to 8.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 22.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 36.6% — it did not contest here in 1957.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
50,121
Margin
4,094
8.17%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1NIAMATULLAH ANSARIIndian National Congress · INC22,44144.8%
- 2LAKSHMI KANT CHATURVEDIJS · JS18,34736.6%
- 3LAKSHMI SHANKER VERMAHMS · HMS3,8537.7%
- 4JAGDISH PATHAKCommunist Party of India · CPI3,4556.9%
- 5KESHAV SINGHSOC · SOC1,3292.7%
- 6ABDUL MAROOFPraja Socialist Party · PSP6961.4%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JS swing
- −59.4%
- INC share
- 67.6% → 44.8%
- JS share
- 0.0% → 36.6%
- Turnout
- — → —