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425. Gorakhpur

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984

IN-GORAKHPUR

INC 51.0%won by 25.8%LKD 25.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: INCI (INCI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 25.8%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 51.0% of the vote here (+51.0%).
  • New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 25.2% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.3% of the vote between them, up from 62.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.7% to 53.4%.

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

Electorate
7,00,548
Turnout
53.4%
Valid votes
3,74,203
Margin
96,600
25.81%

Candidates

19 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MADAN PANDEYIndian National Congress · INC1,91,02051.0%
  2. 2HARIKESH BAHADURLKD · LKD94,42025.2%
  3. 3RAMKARAN SINGHJanata Party · JNP19,5785.2%
  4. 4LAKSHMI SHANKER KHAREBharatiya Janata Party · BJP16,1954.3%
  5. 5PORUSHOTTAM ALIAS SWAMI PURUSHOTTAMNANDIndependent · IND9,6172.6%
  6. 6BALIRAM ALIAS BALIKARANIndependent · IND6,8571.8%
  7. 7SHAHJAJANIndependent · IND6,4951.7%
  8. 8VIJAY NARAIN TRIPATHIDDP · DDP5,3741.4%
  9. 9RAMAKANT PANDEYIndependent · IND5,2021.4%
  10. 10SHANKARLAL ARYAIndependent · IND3,3660.9%
  11. 11VINOD KUMAR TRIPATHIIndependent · IND3,3440.9%
  12. 12TRIVENIIndependent · IND2,4870.7%
  13. 13BAIJ NATH TRIPATHIIndependent · IND2,2000.6%
  14. 14MAKHANLAL ALIAS MAKAHANLAL GOYALIndependent · IND2,0360.5%
  15. 15ATUL KUMAR MALHOTRAIndependent · IND1,6270.4%
  16. 16LAL BAHADURIndependent · IND1,4680.4%
  17. 17GIRISH CHAND TIWARIIndependent · IND1,2050.3%
  18. 18AMAR MANI TRIPATHIIndependent · IND9130.2%
  19. 19RAJPATIIndependent · IND7990.2%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
INCI
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–LKD swing
+25.8%
INC share
0.0% → 51.0%
LKD share
0.0% → 25.2%
Turnout
49.7% → 53.4%
424. Bansgaon426. Maharajganj
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