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454. Gorakhpur

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-GORAKHPUR

BJP 42.6%won by 4.2%SP 38.5%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.2% to 4.2%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.1% of the vote between them, up from 74.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.8% to 50.5%.

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

Electorate
12,46,190
Turnout
50.5%
Valid votes
6,29,765
Margin
26,206
4.16%

Candidates

10 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1ADITYANATHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,68,42842.6%
  2. 2JAMUNA PRASAD NISHADSamajwadi Party · SP2,42,22238.5%
  3. 3PRAHLAD YADAWBahujan Samaj Party · BSP85,28213.5%
  4. 4HARIKESH BAHADURIndian National Congress · INC22,6213.6%
  5. 5SANTLAL JAISWAL (SANT)Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) · AD3,8920.6%
  6. 6RAMAKANT PANDEYJanata Dal · JD2,7660.4%
  7. 7JAWAHARLALIndependent · IND1,3780.2%
  8. 8VINOD KUMAR MISHRAABBP · ABBP1,2440.2%
  9. 9RAM KISHUNIndependent · IND1,1530.2%
  10. 10RAMKARANIndependent · IND7790.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–SP swing
−6.0%
BJP share
42.2% → 42.6%
SP share
32.1% → 38.5%
Turnout
45.7% → 50.5%
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