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Uttar Pradesh · PC 38 · 1998

Gorakhpur

Winner — Lok Sabha 1998

ADITYANATH
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 42.1%SP 38.0%8 others 20.0%
Votes
2,68,428
42.6% share
Winning margin
26,206
4.2% of votes
Total votes cast
6,38,183
Candidates
10
Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ADITYANATH
NDA (NDA)
2,68,42842.6%
2
JAMUNA PRASAD NISHAD
2,42,22238.5%
3
PRAHLAD YADAW
85,28213.5%
4
HARIKESH BAHADUR
22,6213.6%
5
SANTLAL JAISWAL (SANT)
AD
3,8920.6%
6
RAMAKANT PANDEY
2,7660.4%
7
JAWAHARLAL
IND
1,3780.2%
8
VINOD KUMAR MISHRA
ABBP
1,2440.2%
9
RAM KISHUN
IND
1,1530.2%
10
RAMKARAN
IND
7790.1%

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
4.2%
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 42.6%SP 38.5%BSP 13.5%OTH 5.4%

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?

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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