Constituency
453. Gorakhpur
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-GORAKHPUR
BLD 73.8%won by 56.6%INC 17.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 56.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BLD vote shareBLD went from 0.0% to 73.8% of the vote here (+73.8%).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.5% to 56.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,70,532
Turnout
56.7%
Valid votes
3,23,284
Margin
1,83,054
56.62%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BLD- 1HARIKESH BAHADURBLD · BLD2,38,63573.8%
- 2NARSINGH NARAIN PANDEYIndian National Congress · INC55,58117.2%
- 3RAMA KANT SHUKLAIndependent · IND19,4676.0%
- 4RAM PREET NISHAD ADVOCATEIndependent · IND5,0371.6%
- 5HARISH CHANDRAIndependent · IND3,0200.9%
- 6AFZAL AHMAD SIDDIQIIndependent · IND1,5440.5%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +109.8%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 73.8%
- INC share
- 53.2% → 17.2%
- Turnout
- 52.1% → 56.7%