Gorakhpur
Winner — 1974
A closely fought contest. AWADHESH KUMAR won with a 3.3% margin.
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWADHESH KUMAR | Grand Alliance | 19,009 | 33.0% |
| 2 | MADAN PANDEY | Congress (R) | 17,115 | 29.8% |
| 3 | RATAN SINGH | Grand Alliance | 15,215 | 26.4% |
| 4 | RAMA KANT | 3,666 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | RAM AVADH | 737 | 1.3% | |
| 6 | RAM KUMAR ALIAS RAJ KUMAR YADAVA | IND | 568 | 1.0% |
| 7 | RADHEY SHYAM | 398 | 0.7% | |
| 8 | UDAI PRATAP DUBEY | Grand Alliance | 332 | 0.6% |
| 9 | DAUD HUDA |  MUL | 315 | 0.6% |
| 10 | SURESH CHANDRA | IND | 181 | 0.3% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
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 (289th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.
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A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
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3 locationsA group of ruined brick temple of the 10th century locally called Teligarhi, Sultanpur.
A group of ruined brick temple of the 10th century locally called Teligarhi, Sultanpur.
Extensive brick strewn mounds undoubted to be the ruins of Buddhist Cities,
Extensive brick strewn mounds undoubted to be the ruins of Buddhist Cities,
Extensive brick strewn mounds undoubted to be the ruins of Buddhist Cities,
Extensive brick strewn mounds undoubted to be the ruins of Buddhist Cities,
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