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Constituency

322. Gorakhpur Urban

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Uttar Pradesh · Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 2017

UP-GORAKHPUR-URBAN

BJP 55.9%won by 27.8%INC 28.1%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.8% to 27.8%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.0% of the vote between them, up from 69.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.8% to 51.0%.

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

Electorate
4,29,226
Turnout
51.0%
Valid votes
2,18,831
Margin
60,730
27.75%

Since 2012

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
−14.7%
BJP share
49.2% 55.9%
INC share
6.8% 28.1%
Turnout
46.2% 51.0%