Constituency
185. Gorakhpur
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1991
UP-GORAKHPUR
BJP 55.4%won by 35.3%JD 20.1%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.1% to 35.3%.
- New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 20.1% — it did not contest here in 1989.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.5% of the vote between them, up from 62.6% — 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
71,963
Margin
25,435
35.34%
Candidates
27 contested · winner BJP- 1SHIV PRATAP SHUKALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP39,89755.4%
- 2JAFAR AMIN URF DAKKUJanata Dal · JD14,46220.1%
- 3DINESH CHANDER SRIVASTAVAIndian National Congress · INC11,23115.6%
- 4AZAD HUSAINJanahitha Paksha · JP1,7482.4%
- 5WAHID ALIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,4982.1%
- 6AHAMADIndependent · IND4080.6%
- 7JEETA KAURIPF · IPF3760.5%
- 8CHANDRIKALKD · LKD3690.5%
- 9CHANDER PRATAP URF KANHIYA SINGHIndependent · IND3230.4%
- 10CHHOTE LAL NISHADIndependent · IND2180.3%
- 11GURUJEETIndependent · IND2020.3%
- 12KRISHAN MAURYADDP · DDP2010.3%
- 13SATYA PARKASHHMS · HMS1290.2%
- 14GANESH DUTT SHARMAIndependent · IND1240.2%
- 15KAMAL AHMAD KHANIndependent · IND1000.1%
- 16KISHORE ASTHANAIndependent · IND840.1%
- 17SHOKAT ALI URF HAFIJIIndependent · IND790.1%
- 18RAJ KUMAR JAISWALRPI · RPI760.1%
- 19RADHAV DASIndependent · IND720.1%
- 20KRIPA SHANKER SRIVASTAVIndependent · IND720.1%
- 21SHIV KUMARIndependent · IND700.1%
- 22SUMAN DIDIIndependent · IND450.1%
- 23SRI NATHIndependent · IND450.1%
- 24SHRI PARKASH BHALOTIYAIndependent · IND410.1%
- 25RAM NARAINIndependent · IND400.1%
- 26MAHMOODIndependent · IND290.0%
- 27ANIL KUMAR SRIVASTAVIndependent · IND240.0%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–JD swing
- −3.5%
- BJP share
- 38.8% → 55.4%
- JD share
- 0.0% → 20.1%
- Turnout
- — → —