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340. Gorakhpur

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-GORAKHPUR

INC 27.3%won by 0.8%INC 26.4%

What the numbers say

Derived

Decided by 5,206 votes (0.82%) — among the closest results anywhere.

  • Multi-cornered7 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
8,49,617
Turnout
74.5%
Valid votes
6,33,241
Margin
5,206
0.82%

Candidates

10 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SINHASAN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC1,72,66227.3%
  2. 2MAHADEO PRASADIndian National Congress · INC1,67,45626.4%
  3. 3BRIJ LALIndependent · IND61,3719.7%
  4. 4HORI LAL SAXENAIndependent · IND41,6066.6%
  5. 5NAGENDRA NATHPraja Socialist Party · PSP39,3336.2%
  6. 6RAGHURAJBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS37,7526.0%
  7. 7CHHOTKANIndependent · IND33,8245.3%
  8. 8RAM CHARITTARBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS29,7114.7%
  9. 9GAPOO LALPraja Socialist Party · PSP27,5504.4%
  10. 10LAKSHMI NARAINIndependent · IND21,9763.5%
339. Gonda341. Hamirpur
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