Election
Constituency

185. Gorakhpur

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1996

UP-GORAKHPUR

BJP 47.0%won by 30.7%JD 16.3%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.0% to 30.7%.

  • New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 16.3% — it polled just 1.3% in 1993.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.3% between them, down from 70.5% — 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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Valid votes
1,02,919
Margin
31,565
30.67%

Candidates

14 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1SHIVA PRATAP SHUKLABharatiya Janata Party · BJP48,35247.0%
  2. 2MANJU ZAKIJanata Dal · JD16,78716.3%
  3. 3VIRENDRA PRATAP SHAHIIndependent · IND15,63015.2%
  4. 4GHANSHYAMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP14,24713.8%
  5. 5BHANU PRAKASH MISRAIndependent · IND4,2034.1%
  6. 6IQBAL AHMADNew Labour Party · NLP1,0261.0%
  7. 7RAM MILAN SHARMAApna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD8820.9%
  8. 8CHANDRA MATI DEVIBHJS · BHJS4910.5%
  9. 9SUNEEL KUMAR SRIVASTAVAkhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha · ABHM3410.3%
  10. 10TRIYUGI NARAIN MISRAAIICT · AIICT3130.3%
  11. 11OM PRAKASHBKDJ · BKDJ1910.2%
  12. 12RAM LALIndependent · IND1800.2%
  13. 13VIJAI GUPTAIndependent · IND1500.1%
  14. 14CHANDRA BHAN RAIIndependent · IND1260.1%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–JD swing
−13.3%
BJP share
45.3% → 47.0%
JD share
1.3% → 16.3%
Turnout
— → —
184. Pipraich186. Maniram
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