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Gorakhpur

Winner — 1970 by-election

A.NATH
Independent
IND 48.3%NCJ 31.4%2 others 20.3%
Votes
57,001
48.3% share
Winning margin
19,937
16.9% of votes
Total votes cast
1,17,996
Candidates
4
Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
A.NATH
IND
57,00148.3%
2
B.CHATURVEDI
NCJ
37,06431.4%
3
JANARDAN
16,24313.8%
4
S.L.SAKSENA
IND
7,6886.5%

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 (50th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
16.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.1% · min 1.1% · max 56.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
56%
lowerhigher
50th of 80

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.77
fewer partiesmore parties
11th of 80

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
21st of 80

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 48.3%NCJ 31.4%PSP 13.8%IND 6.5%

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?

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

Large dih called Majhangaon with brick towers on the four corners.

🏛️MonumentASI

Large dih called Majhangaon with brick towers on the four corners.

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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