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Uttar Pradesh · PC 38 · 1996

Gorakhpur

Winner — Lok Sabha 1996

AVAIDYANATH
BJP· BJP
BJP 41.5%SP 31.5%35 others 26.9%
Votes
2,36,369
42.2% share
Winning margin
56,880
10.2% of votes
Total votes cast
5,69,269
Candidates
37
Seat history

All Candidates

37 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AVAIDYANATH
2,36,36942.2%
2
VIRENDER PRATAP SHAHI
1,79,48932.1%
3
KEDAR NATH SINGH
85,24815.2%
4
HARIKESH BAHADUR
14,5492.6%
5
MANOJ KUMAR SINGH
IND
4,3950.8%
6
NIRANJAN PRASAD
IND
3,8110.7%
7
RAJ KUMAR
IND
3,6330.7%
8
SHEMSHER KHAN
IND
3,3260.6%
9
ISHWAR
IND
2,7950.5%
10
MANOJ KUMAR
JP
2,7420.5%
11
NATNESHWAR
IND
2,4280.4%
12
RADHA KRISHAN MALL
AD
2,0990.4%
13
RAMA KANT PANDEY
IND
2,0690.4%
14
MEHNAJ
BKD(J)
2,0050.4%
15
RAMA KANT YADAV
IND
1,7730.3%
16
AJAY PRATAP MALL
IND
1,7540.3%
17
ALTAF HUSSAIN
AIIC(T)
1,5390.3%
18
VIJAY PAL
IND
1,1920.2%
19
PREM PRAKASH
IND
1,0580.2%
20
NEHRU LAL
IND
9610.2%
21
SABHA PATTI
7470.1%
22
ANIL PANDEY
IND
6580.1%
23
AVID
IND
5750.1%
24
DINESH
IND
5750.1%
25
GANESH PRASAD
IND
5110.1%
26
YUSUF
IND
4310.1%
27
DURGAWATI
IND
4140.1%
28
VIJAY NARAIN
IND
4080.1%
29
SUNIL KUMAR SRIVASTAV
IND
4010.1%
30
ZUHOORUL HASAN
IND
3480.1%
31
JAGAD GURU DHARMACHARYA
IND
3470.1%
32
MOHD. MOGANI
IND
3110.1%
33
VIJAY GUPTA
IND
2740.1%
34
TRIVENI GANDHI
IND
1500.0%
35
ANIL TRIPATHI
ABBP
1240.0%
36
SURENDRA SINGH
IND
1220.0%
37
GUPTTAR PATEL
IND
690.0%

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
10.2%
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
BJP 42.2%SP 32.1%BSP 15.2%OTH 10.5%

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.

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