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185. Gorakhpur

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1993

UP-GORAKHPUR

BJP 45.3%won by 20.0%IND 25.3%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.3% to 20.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 25.3% — it polled just 0.6% in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.5% between them, down from 75.5% — the field split more ways.

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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not in source
Valid votes
95,653
Margin
19,132
20.00%

Candidates

45 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1SHIV PRATAP SHUKLABharatiya Janata Party · BJP43,29045.3%
  2. 2VIRENDRA PRATAP SHAHIIndependent · IND24,15825.3%
  3. 3JAFAR ALI JIPPUBahujan Samaj Party · BSP13,50214.1%
  4. 4DINESH CHANDRA SRIVASTAVAIndian National Congress · INC7,8828.2%
  5. 5BHANU PRAKASH MISHRAShiv Sena · SHS1,6051.7%
  6. 6ARUN KUMAR SRIVASTAVAJanata Dal · JD1,2291.3%
  7. 7MANOJ KUMAR GUPTAJanahitha Paksha · JP5950.6%
  8. 8PREM CHAND SINGHDDP · DDP3940.4%
  9. 9PREM NARIAN TRIPATHIIndependent · IND3310.3%
  10. 10SHARDA JAISWALIndependent · IND1880.2%
  11. 11RAVI SHANKAR VERMAIndependent · IND1780.2%
  12. 12CHOTE LAL NISHADIndependent · IND1480.2%
  13. 13CHABINATHIndependent · IND1450.2%
  14. 14DILIP KUMAR GUPTAIndependent · IND1340.1%
  15. 15PREM NATH BODHIIndependent · IND1180.1%
  16. 16ROHIT YADAVABKDJ · BKDJ1150.1%
  17. 17VINAY PRAKASH CHATURVEDI URF BINNUIndependent · IND1150.1%
  18. 18DURGAWATI CHOUDHARIIPF · IPF1130.1%
  19. 19MASIHUJJAMA KHAN URF MASTER SAHABIndependent · IND1090.1%
  20. 20BRIJMANI SINGHIndependent · IND970.1%
  21. 21RAGHAV DASIndependent · IND960.1%
  22. 22GEETAIndependent · IND930.1%
  23. 23PRAKASH LAL SRIVASTAVAIndependent · IND880.1%
  24. 24RAJEEV KUMAR JAINIndependent · IND780.1%
  25. 25NURUL ISLAM USMANIIndependent · IND750.1%
  26. 26HASAN JAMALIndependent · IND750.1%
  27. 27SUBHASH CHANDRA SHARMAIndependent · IND720.1%
  28. 28PURUSHOTTAM URF SWAMI PURUSHOTTAMA NANDIndependent · IND620.1%
  29. 29MADHURI LATA SRIVASTAVAIndependent · IND580.1%
  30. 30VIRENDRA PRASAD PANDEYIndependent · IND460.0%
  31. 31GANESH PRASAD JAISWALIndependent · IND410.0%
  32. 32SUNIL KUMAR SRIVASTAVAIndependent · IND390.0%
  33. 33ORI SINGH URF ATIMARIDAN SINGHIndependent · IND380.0%
  34. 34ASHOK KUMAR MODIIndependent · IND380.0%
  35. 35SANT LAL JAISWALNDPF · NDPF350.0%
  36. 36ASHUTOSH SINGH SOLANKIIndependent · IND350.0%
  37. 37NARENDAR DHAR DWIVEDIIndependent · IND340.0%
  38. 38DEVENDRA PRATAP SINGHIndependent · IND330.0%
  39. 39SUNIL KUMARIndependent · IND330.0%
  40. 40ANAND SHANKAR UPADHYAIndependent · IND320.0%
  41. 41MUNDER LAL URF SUNDER LALIndependent · IND310.0%
  42. 42MOHAMAD YUSUF ANSARIIndependent · IND270.0%
  43. 43SYED ALTAF KUSENIndependent · IND230.0%
  44. 44GYAN PRAKASHIndependent · IND140.0%
  45. 45SURESH CHANDRA SRIVASTAVAIndependent · IND110.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–IND swing
−34.9%
BJP share
55.4% → 45.3%
IND share
0.6% → 25.3%
Turnout
— → —
184. Pipraich186. Maniram
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