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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 305 · 1951

Gorakhpur West

Winner — 1951

DEVENDRA PRATAP NARAIN SINGH
INC 59.3%BJS 13.2%5 others 27.5%
Votes
12,380
59.3% share
Winning margin
9,623
46.1% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
29.3%
of 71,322

Gorakhpur West is a safe seat — DEVENDRA PRATAP NARAIN SINGH won by 46.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DEVENDRA PRATAP NARAIN SINGH
12,38059.3%
2
GHAN SHYAM NARAIN DASS
2,75713.2%
3
LALJI SINGH
IND
2,0219.7%
4
MEHTAB LAL
KMPP
1,2836.2%
5
DAVEDI RAM CHANDRA
9284.4%
6
BACHU SINGH
8564.1%
7
RAM AGYAN
IND
6533.1%

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.

Low turnout (394th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
46.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.9% · min 0.9% · max 46.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
49%
lowerhigher
394th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.17
fewer partiesmore parties
55th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
172nd of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
430 seats · 216 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.17EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 59.3%BJS 13.2%IND 9.7%KMPP 6.2%OTH 11.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,59,297
Density
884 / km²
Sex ratio
976 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,895 km²
SC population16.0%
ST population0.5%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
70%HINDU
Hindu 69.9%Muslim 29.2%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water42.2%
Electricity24.7%
Sanitation12.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births69.7%
Children fully vaccinated65.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.2%
Children underweight (under 5)36.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.2%
Women literate48.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.9%
Clean cooking fuel50.6%
Health insurance12.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Kalanamak RiceGI

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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