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185. Gorakhpur

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1985

UP-GORAKHPUR

INC 53.1%won by 21.7%BJP 31.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.0% to 21.7%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.5% of the vote between them, up from 68.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
50,970
Margin
11,053
21.69%

Candidates

21 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SUNIL SHASTRIIndian National Congress · INC27,05153.1%
  2. 2AWADHESH KUMAR SRIVASTAVABharatiya Janata Party · BJP15,99831.4%
  3. 3ADIL AHMADICJ · ICJ1,7093.4%
  4. 4SADIK ALIIndependent · IND1,1202.2%
  5. 5ANANDLKD · LKD8791.7%
  6. 6BANARSI PRASAD PATHAKIndependent · IND8131.6%
  7. 7ARUN KUMARJanata Party · JNP7511.5%
  8. 8SAYEDIndependent · IND5261.0%
  9. 9ASHASHWAR NATH MISRAIndependent · IND4891.0%
  10. 10SHRI KRISHNA MAURYADDP · DDP4210.8%
  11. 11RAM SURATIndependent · IND1850.4%
  12. 12GORAKH KUMAR GUPTAIndependent · IND1500.3%
  13. 13RAJENDRA PRASADIndependent · IND1490.3%
  14. 14JAMALIndependent · IND1440.3%
  15. 15SUSHIL KUMAR VARMAIndependent · IND1420.3%
  16. 16RAKESH KUMARIndependent · IND1180.2%
  17. 17RAM SHANKAR NANGALIAIndependent · IND890.2%
  18. 18RADHA KRISHNA MALLIndependent · IND830.2%
  19. 19PAVHARI SHARAN TRIPATHIIndependent · IND740.1%
  20. 20BHAGWAN DEIIndependent · IND490.1%
  21. 21RAJ KUMAR 'MAYANK ' URF LALLUIndependent · IND300.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
+11.7%
INC share
39.4% → 53.1%
BJP share
29.4% → 31.4%
Turnout
— → —
184. Pipraich186. Maniram
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