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440. Gorakhpur

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-GORAKHPUR

INCI 33.5%won by 5.0%JNPS 28.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to INCI (INCI), which now leads by 5.0%.

  • INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 33.5% of the vote here (+33.5%).
  • New challengerJNPS (JNPS) finished second with 28.5% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.0% between them, down from 91.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 7.0% to 49.7%.

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

Electorate
6,54,106
Turnout
49.7%
Valid votes
3,24,910
Margin
16,141
4.97%

Candidates

12 contested · winner INCI
  1. 1HARI KESH BAHADURINCI · INCI1,08,79633.5%
  2. 2DEEP NARAIN YADAVJNPS · JNPS92,65528.5%
  3. 3RAM KARAN SINGHJanata Party · JNP83,14225.6%
  4. 4SHAUKAT ALIIndependent · IND10,3443.2%
  5. 5PURSHOTAM URF SWAMI PURSHOTMA NANDIndependent · IND8,8782.7%
  6. 6BAIJ NATH TRIPATHIIndependent · IND4,4611.4%
  7. 7RAMA KANT PANDEYIndependent · IND4,2171.3%
  8. 8RAMJI PRASAD VERMAIndependent · IND3,4551.1%
  9. 9GURU SEWAK GURU PRASAD TRIPATHIIndependent · IND2,5020.8%
  10. 10SANT KUMARIndependent · IND2,2350.7%
  11. 11SURESH CHANDRA BHARGAVAIndependent · IND2,1440.7%
  12. 12KRISHNA CHANDRA CHATURVEDIIndependent · IND2,0810.6%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
INCIflipped
INCI–JNPS swing
+5.0%
INCI share
0.0% → 33.5%
JNPS share
0.0% → 28.5%
Turnout
56.7% → 49.7%
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