Constituency
434. Gorakhpur
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-GORAKHPUR
IND 48.0%won by 16.9%INC 31.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 16.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 3.6% to 48.0% of the vote here (+44.4%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.1% of the vote between them, up from 66.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 9.5% to 58.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,34,485
Turnout
58.3%
Valid votes
2,53,135
Margin
42,715
16.87%
Candidates
5 contested · winner IND- 1D. V. NATHIndependent · IND1,21,49048.0%
- 2S. L. SAXENAIndian National Congress · INC78,77531.1%
- 3J. R. KHATNANISamyukta Socialist Party · SSP37,78314.9%
- 4ASHRAFIndependent · IND11,0754.4%
- 5M. SHAREEFSwatantra Party · SWA4,0121.6%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +47.1%
- IND share
- 3.6% → 48.0%
- INC share
- 33.9% → 31.1%
- Turnout
- 48.8% → 58.3%