Constituency
185. Gorakhpur
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977
UP-GORAKHPUR
JNP 70.8%won by 44.9%INC 25.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 44.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 70.8% of the vote here (+70.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.7% of the vote between them, up from 62.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
46,209
Margin
20,767
44.94%
Candidates
3 contested · winner JNP- 1AVDHESH KUMAR SHRIVASTAVAJanata Party · JNP32,72870.8%
- 2JAMIR AHMAD PAYAMIndian National Congress · INC11,96125.9%
- 3SOHAN LALIndependent · IND1,5203.3%
Since 1974
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJS
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +74.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 70.8%
- INC share
- 29.7% → 25.9%
- Turnout
- — → —