Election
Constituency

190. Gorakhpur

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1969

UP-GORAKHPUR

INC 33.0%won by 0.6%BJS 32.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.6%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 21.8% to 33.0% of the vote here (+11.2%).
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 297 votes (0.58%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered3 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
51,339
Margin
297
0.58%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAM LAL BHAIIndian National Congress · INC16,95933.0%
  2. 2UDAI PRATAP DUBEBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS16,66232.5%
  3. 3RATAN SINGHUSP · USP11,89023.2%
  4. 4ZAMIN ALICommunist Party of India · CPI2,3874.6%
  5. 5CHANDRAKANT SHANTARAMBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD1,0712.1%
  6. 6GOPPO LALRPI · RPI9461.8%
  7. 7HAIDER ALISamyukta Socialist Party · SSP7241.4%
  8. 8SATYA NARAIN SINGHMAP · MAP3710.7%
  9. 9KESHAVA SINGHSOC · SOC3290.6%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
BJS
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJS swing
+17.8%
INC share
21.8% → 33.0%
BJS share
39.0% → 32.5%
Turnout
— → —
189. Pipraich191. Maniram
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