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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 190 · 1969

Gorakhpur

Winner — 1969

RAM LAL BHAI
INC· INC
INC 33.0%BJS 32.5%7 others 34.5%
Votes
16,959
33.0% share
Winning margin
297
0.6% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
55.1%
of 93,098

Gorakhpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.6% — fewer than 297 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAM LAL BHAI
INC
16,95933.0%
2
UDAI PRATAP DUBE
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
16,66232.5%
3
RATAN SINGH
USP
11,89023.2%
4
ZAMIN ALI
Left
2,3874.7%
5
CHANDRAKANT SHANTARAM
1,0712.1%
6
GOPPO LAL
9461.8%
7
HAIDER ALI
Samyukta Socialist Party
7241.4%
8
SATYA NARAIN SINGH
MAP
3710.7%
9
KESHAVA SINGH
SOC
3290.6%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Average turnout (313th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.4% · min 0.6% · max 35.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
57%
lowerhigher
313th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.16
fewer partiesmore parties
57th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
114th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 33.0%BJS 32.5%USP 23.2%OTH 11.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
37,97,117
Density
856 / km²
Sex ratio
983 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,436 km²
SC population22.4%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 82.2%Muslim 17.1%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.7%
Electricity37.2%
Sanitation16.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated80.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.4%
Children underweight (under 5)28.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.2%
Women literate71.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.9%
Clean cooking fuel33.7%
Health insurance20.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Food Processing🏺Iron and Steel Fabrication🏺Moonj products

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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