Constituency
431. Gorakhpur
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-GORAKHPUR
INC 53.2%won by 14.6%IND 38.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 14.6%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 31.1% to 53.2% of the vote here (+22.1%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.8% of the vote between them, up from 79.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 6.1% to 52.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,93,030
Turnout
52.1%
Valid votes
2,57,119
Margin
37,578
14.62%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1NARSINGH NARIANIndian National Congress · INC1,36,84353.2%
- 2AVEDH NATHIndependent · IND99,26538.6%
- 3PALTONIndependent · IND7,3732.9%
- 4ASHRAFIndependent · IND5,5802.2%
- 5DAYA SHANKERBhartiya Krishak Dal · BKD5,1002.0%
- 6ACCHAIBAR SINGHNCO · NCO2,9581.2%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- +31.5%
- INC share
- 31.1% → 53.2%
- IND share
- 48.0% → 38.6%
- Turnout
- 58.3% → 52.1%