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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 323 · 2012

Gorakhpur Rural

Winner — 2012

VIJAY BAHADUR YADAVA
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 31.3%SP 22.3%27 others 46.4%
Votes
58,849
31.3% share
Winning margin
16,985
9.0% of votes
Total candidates
29
Turnout
55.2%
of 3,40,646

A clear win with a 9.0% margin.

Seat history

5 of 29 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.15 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

29 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VIJAY BAHADUR YADAVA
NDA (NDA)
58,84931.3%
2
JAFAR AMIN DAKKU
Samajwadi Party
41,86422.3%
3
RAM BHUAL NISHAD
BSP
41,33822.0%
4
KAJAL
INC
17,6369.4%
5
CHEDI LAL
PECP
8,4904.5%
6
JATASHANKAR TRIPATHI
SWD
6,6653.5%
7
MANOJ KUMAR
SSD
1,4470.8%
8
HARISH KUMAR TRIPATHI
IND
1,0760.6%
9
PARVEZ PARVAZ
MMUP
8670.5%
10
RAKESH
7560.4%
11
MADAN SINGH
6620.3%
12
KUMARHI URF VISHVAPATI DEVI
BSP(K)
6550.3%
13
AKBAR ALI KHAN
KiS
6460.3%
14
TARIQ HUSAIN ANSARI
IND
6400.3%
15
SHIV PRAKASH
5930.3%
16
RANJEET BAHADUR SINGH
NLP
5670.3%
17
GULAB CHAND
IND
5420.3%
18
ASIF JAMA
VIP
4660.3%
19
PRAHALAD SAHANI
JaKP
4640.3%
20
SANDEEP KUMAR
ABHM
4630.3%
21
ANIL KUMAR
IND
4630.3%
22
RAJENDRA SINGH
ARVP
4510.2%
23
SIKANDAR ALI
RPD
4480.2%
24
RAJESH KUMAR
IND
3770.2%
25
ONKAR NATH YADAV
LD
3740.2%
26
ARUN
IND
3630.2%
27
PRAVEEN KUMAR
2920.2%
28
RAGHO
IND
2830.1%
29
AYODHYA
2420.1%

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

Average turnout (211th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
9.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.8% · min 0.0% · max 31.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
211th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.43
fewer partiesmore parties
323rd of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
353rd of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
403 seats · 202 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 31.3%SP 22.3%BSP 22.0%INC 9.4%OTH 15.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
5/29

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.15 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,40,895
Density
1337 / km²
Sex ratio
950 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,321 km²
SC population21.1%
ST population0.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.3%Muslim 9.1%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water34.3%
Electricity42.7%
Sanitation30.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.6%
Children fully vaccinated67.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Children underweight (under 5)33.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.9%
Women literate68.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER14.6%
Clean cooking fuel66.8%
Health insurance17.9%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Gorakhpur TerracottaGI🏺Readymade Garments

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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